Usually converting to chain drive is to reduce weight,regain the power loss
of the shaft and gearing and to have a way to readily change gearing for
competition reasons.For a street bike ridden for daily use in town etc. the
driveshaft is a lot more practical because it requires almost no maintenance
compared to a chain that needs to be cleaned and lubed every 500 miles or so
and replaced ,along with the sprockets every 15000 miles with hard use.The
present available O ring chains are strong, clean ,durable and expensive.
>From: "Shawn Murphy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>To: V-MAX TECH LIST <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: Transmission
>Date: Fri, 03 Mar 2000 15:19:32 CST
>
>Does anybody out there have any transmission tips or info. I have an '85
>with the supposedly weak 2nd gear. I've been pretty merciless for about 70k
>miles and no missed shifts ever. However, at about 50k the middle
>gear(sounds like the middle gear anyway) started to whine loudly. I can't
>attach the noise to any single event, I just noticed it one day. It doesn't
>seem to be getting any worse but I'd rather not have the back wheel lock up
>at 9500rpm in fourth gear.
>
>Is the middle gear a weak link in the drive train? Do people that convert
>to
>chain do it for the advantages of a chain or for durability?
>
>Thanks.
>
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