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[JamesG]

Yeah its some mark of Bimota "Tesi". They have been playing around with front swingarm designs for years now. Every once and a while they produce a limited number of them for sale when they need to keep the lights on.

If you don't know, Bimota is an Italian company that has specalized in taking other people's engines and building really cool, cutting edge frames for them. Their stuff is always a generation ahead in technology and styling. This is sometimes super cool, but some times... wierd.

GTS1000 - Remember the GTS came out in 1994(!) swingarm front, fuel injected, ABS brakes. It was beyond state of the art. That was probably why it didn't sell well...

I've always had a think for leading swingarms.  One reason I am thinking of getting another GS is to use as a test bed for some non-fork front suspension ideas I have.

[ignoreance]

 The Britten did  a front end sorta like that.. and in my oppinion far more refined... 

His bike is one of the most winning Vtwins proto types around...

[JamesG]

The Britten did  a front end sorta like that.. and in my oppinion far more refined... 

Not really. It was a Hossack, girder typle. It replaced the telescopic forks but still acted like one. A leading swingarm behaves and operates completely differently.

But yeah, the Brittan was definately more refined...