I forgot one thing: Your rear wheel stays clean !!
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From: Crisler, Jon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2001 5:23 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Shaft drive slop....
Kevin, I have had two shaft drive bikes (Yamahas) and ridden a Vmax, V65
Sabre, V45 Magna, maybe a few others. Most seemed to exhibit more drive
train play than chain bikes. Shafts have a few disadvantages:
1) Cost
2) slack in drive train
3) rear-end tends to raise up under hard accel
4) weight (shaft adds a few pounds over chain)
5) Slightly reduced gas milage and HP (typically a shaft wastes about 1 hp)
If you have ever had a bike that tended to shudder when cold, a shaft makes
it twice as bad. My Yahama Vision (first street bike) was really bad about
that, so was the V65 Sabre.
Obviously, you know the pros:
1) reduced maintenance
2) more quiet/less noise.
Shafts tend to never wear out unless the oil is really neglected. If
that happens, the repair cost is quite high, and makes a chain look really
cheap in comparision. Figure at least $800 in parts unless you do the work
yourself and get used parts. I helped a friend do this to a well abused
Honda V45 Magna.
