There is a widely-held belief that the single-sided swing-arm is mainly there for style reasons and to ease wheel removal.
The reality is that it frees up the run for an equal-header-length exhaust, even though it provides challenges for swing-arm strength design.
So it will provide the same compromise challenge on the next model also, unless they end the exhaust under the engine like the KTM and Buell.
And of course sound limits will have become more stringent by 2012 compared to 2007, particularly in Europe.
The reality is that it frees up the run for an equal-header-length exhaust, even though it provides challenges for swing-arm strength design.
So it will provide the same compromise challenge on the next model also, unless they end the exhaust under the engine like the KTM and Buell.
And of course sound limits will have become more stringent by 2012 compared to 2007, particularly in Europe.