TLRS

This can be a very costly illusion

That's the most obvious story but there are a load more factors actually..

Yoshi looks very nice.. and makes them so fruity! Nice screenbrace and clipons you got there too btw.

The caliper should clear a 320mm disc no problem. How much clearance do you have? As for the other bit. It's important to make sure the fork is unstressed. Screwing the spindle in the whole assembly can pinch the fork somewhat. Might affect disc centralisation. Given that the wheel should be 2mm narrower at the hub, the discs ought to be close to the inside of the calipers. Another issue could be disc offset. Stock TL discs for example have a very small offset. Something like 0,5mm each side. Not sure the discs you use have such a small offset, but it's worth checking.

Wasn't quite sure.. second language you see. Anywho, cool dude that Brock fella. Really into it and running a company, rare combo.

Where would you prefer to have it..?

Can I drop this here..?

Nice touch on the fins

What is the plan.. old forks in new yokes?

Educated guess is 207. There's few different models in that range hence the guess. Search for "Sam's fork chart" for more detail.

Rumours say late 90's..

There's this train of thought.. and there's the overthink everything and get very little done (my area of expertise ). Learning = making mistakes.

I'm with @Gixer1460 on this one. If you want linear action the shock has to sit perpendicular to the swingarm. That way most movement is going 'into' the shock, instead of rotation the shock. With no spring or damping to limit that rotation. With a big hole it does seem like a lot of the tube is replaced by a weld. Plus a mount that is offset from the tube.. will try and twist it under load. As well as the usual load from what the subframe needs to take on top anyway. A gusset that spreads that suspension load over a greater surface of tube.. seems like a good idea. That said.. it's steel.. and there are two shocks. If it fails it probably won't do so on both sides without any warning or cracking what so ever.

This could be engineered if need be. But they don't.. because progressive seems to be a better solution?