a change in the project:

The rear compartment box is going to the front, moving abuout 10 to 20 kilograms of weight towards the front, lessening the load on the rear strut, making the aesthetics of the ATV a lot betterv, giving better traction to the front tires and giving the driver more room to sit.
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update:
Im building a 'compression stand', to scientifically measure the compression rates of the struts at different loads. The design is quite elementary and i will publish the plans as soon I complete them.

a couple of very old links, that got 'lost' while making the new site:
http://www.hot.ee/nasimuto2/atv/ - a technically incorrent drawing of the atv to be, compared to Yamaha Bruin
http://www.hot.ee/atvgalerii/ - some shots of the tires im gonna mount on the vechicle
some texts might be in estonian but the pictures aren't ;)

I uploaded the old website back from august 2004. Its 50mb and quite rich in information - check it out.