Swingarm

With the rear shocks removed, the swingarm can come out. This was a lot easier than I'd feared. Start with the rear shocks removed:

Loosen and remove four bolts:

And hey presto!

Note that there is a spring (not shown) between the adapter and the cardan joint (which is still in the transmission tunnel)

The chrome covers over the swingarm bolts come off more easily that I'd thought. There's not much room for a spanner, but once the thread is broken it just comes off by hand:

It just screws out. What's impressive is that as you screw it back in, you can feel the air resistance! The bearing that the swingarm bolt turns in is really good. I'll probably renew it anyway ;-)

Looking right up the transmission's backside. Ooerr, missus!

The other swingarm bearing

My cardan joint has leprosy! Its just surface rust, but I wonder how it got there in the first place...

Thomas Covenant's cardan joint. Hellfire! Time for a VSE.