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A method and apparatus for improving rear wheel alignments for motorcycles having a swing arm suspension including a measuring rod for extending between a swing arm bolt or shaft and a rear axle of the motorcycle, a measuring rod having an end thereon for mechanically coupling with the swing arm bol

A method and apparatus for improving rear wheel alignments for motorcycles having a swing arm suspension including a measuring rod for extending between a swing arm bolt or shaft and a rear axle of the motorcycle, a measuring rod having an end thereon for mechanically coupling with the swing arm bolt or shaft or a nut or other device coupled to the swing arm shaft or bolt so that the measuring rod is registered at a predetermined position with respect to the pivot shaft and further including a marker for marking a position along the measuring rod of a predetermined position of the rear axle of the motorcycle.

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[ I claim:] [1.]1. A method for measuring the alignment of a motorcycle wheel comprising the steps of:providing a motorcycle having a swing arm rear suspension system, of the type having a swing arm pivot shaft therein;providing a measuring rod with a swing arm end and a rear end;said pivot shaft ha

[ I claim:] [1.]1. A method for measuring the alignment of a motorcycle wheel comprising the steps of:providing a motorcycle having a swing arm rear suspension system, of the type having a swing arm pivot shaft therein;providing a measuring rod with a swing arm end and a rear end;said pivot shaft having a registration member coupled thereto for coupling with said measuring rod at a predetermined position with respect to a central position of said pivot shaft;mechanically coupling said measuring rod with said registration member, so that said rod has a predetermined relationship with said pivot shaft and said step of mechanically coupling further having a characteristic that displacement of said rod about a surfaced plane parallel to an end of said pivot shaft meets resistance by engagement of said rod and said registration member in a plane other than a plane parallel with said surface plane;positioning a marker on said rod to demark a distance from said pivot shaft to a position on a rear axle of said motorcycle.