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No, the SS swingarm was used decades before (on the Guzzi Galletto of the 1950's, for example), so Honda did not in fact own the rights.DukeDesmo said:And I'm fairly sure Ducati had to pay some sort of royalty payment to Honda for using the single-sided swingarm?
There was a lawsuit brought by Honda against Ducati over the SS design. I haven't found it yet on the WWW. However, it was determined that there were enough differences between the two that Honda lost.DukeDesmo said:And I'm fairly sure Ducati had to pay some sort of royalty payment to Honda for using the single-sided swingarm?
Perhaps, but Guzzi had been mass-producing them 40 years earlier.trussdude said:Elf held the patent on the RC30 single sided swingarm.