I am no Bike Guru and I know not how to Google too.
anyways, as per my less knowledge...the distance between the front axle and the rear axle is the wheelbase.
the Rake angle largely decides how stable the bike would be at high speed cornering. Larger angle as in Cruisers provide good stability in comparison to lesser as in dirt bikes at relatively higher speeds, but eating a large chunk of road at cornering.
Swing arm as rightly said by Samarth is the frame that joins the rear Axle to the main Chassis on a suspension.
suspension is related to braking to a larger extent.
a moving vehicle has some inertia/Kinetic energy and when we apply brake, if the suspension is hard or absent, the force applied by the inertia would toss the bike, however, a softer suspension would allow the vehicle to pump downwards towards the ground whereby improving stability.
now, as I said am not any guru, not a science student and I dont google, so my definition/explanation could mean little or nothing at all to a lot of us, pardon me for being a Non-Techie and discussing things as techie as these.
Peace!
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