Burgman 400 K1 - how does rear suspension work?

[litl666]

Hi all, a stupid question but how does the rear suspension work on a Burgman400 k1? If the engine and drive train are all one unit am I right in thinking there is one pivot point on the engine also acting as an engine mount and the rear suspension unit is attached between the frame / engine. (I think I have seen a moving link on the suspension.) I cant work out where things are behind the plastic bodywork and an understanding of whats going on would be helpful. Thanks Steve

[pikey]

It's a single shock attached to engine in middle you won't see it unless panels are off .Some had remote preload knob I think it was transmission belt side just under body work .If it's had new shock probably won't have that now

[litl666]

thanks pikey. Yes it does have the preload knob on the transmission side. So the rear wheel can move up and down (along with transmission and engine unit) on a pivot bolt and the shock is connected to the engine one end frame on the other. That sort of makes sense. I have seen the shock - running along bottom of frame under a plastic cover.

[pikey]

There's a link on one end of shock swivels on that I think been a while since owned one .