griffon rear shock mounts

[brokabolt]

First off, my apologies if this enquiry is in the wrong place but i'm still finding it difficult using forums. I have now stripped my 69 griffon and it is now ready to send to the powder coaters. Trouble is i dont know if the rear end has been played with. The top rear shock mounts are offset and i dont want to send it for coating if it's wrong. They are both to the left of the seat mounting tubes when looked at from above,standing behind the frame. I would post pictures but don't know how to at this moment in time. I would very much appreciate it if a more knowledgeable person could post pictures of what it looks like. Many thanks. Mick

[dave higgins]

Hi mick, this is the back end of my 69 twin port, hope this helps. dave.

[brokabolt]

griffon rear shocks

Thanks Dave. I can now sleep easier. Couln't understand why it was designed that way until i had a closer look at the images you sent. Only thing i can think of is for chain clearance/alignment with front sprocket. At least i can now send frame off for coating and get wheels rebuilt. Many thanks. Mick

[Rob]

Mick,

Just out of interest, quite a few Greeves models are offset in this way.

It has let to quite a bit of gloom and despondency from unsuspecting owners over the years!

Rob

[dave higgins]

Not just greeves rob, many makes were like this, obviously to allow for the chain drive, which, looking from behind made the shocks look a bit lop sided.
A lot of manufactuers got round this by widening the opposite side to regain the symetrical line. but it is only cosmetic, so no real issues.