Honda's Double Wishbone Steering

Diagram of Honda's take on double wishbone steering, as pioneered by Norman Hossack and Claude Fior in the 1980s

Honda's Double Wishbone Steering

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lots of joints

Ideally, between the wheel and the chassis, you should have one pivot to let the wheel go up and down, and one pivot to allow the wheel the turn left and right. And the weight of that lot shouldn't be going up and down with the wheel. Still, they're probably quite cheap are they? ...... and of course, because it has a big rake it will have a lot of wheel flop, especially carrying all that weight. Apart from that, and the fact it's much more complicated than necessary, it's great.