Thread: Two wheels, poles apart--

While I have no educated idea---

the point that controls the "other end" of the shock could be anywhere,,,
it just happens to be low down near the swing arm,,

maybe?

You can do anything with levers, pivots, pushrods and pullrods.
No need for either end of the shock/spring unit to be attached to a fixed point.
As long as the spring is being compressed or extended when the wheel moves it can be made to work.

I suspect most of the reason for this particular arrangement is to be a bit different and because it looks good (Italian after all).