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    All lies and photoshop!

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    I did a wheelie on a Guzzi Breva 1100 shaft driven as Jim2 said it tends to lean on one side never straight. Fun though..
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    Quote Originally Posted by saltydog View Post
    See any of those top motorcross bikes with a shaft? But, horses for courses.
    Shaft drive would be too heavy and belts have had the problem of stones getting jammed in them before so I wouldn't want those on a bike meant to do jumps and ride in dirt ruts either.

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    Quote Originally Posted by vifferman View Post
    Shaft drives tend to have less smooth (i.e., clunkier) gear changes, due to less 'give' in the drivetrain, than either chain or belt drive. There can also be torque effects affecting the handling of the bike, but the manufacturers are onto this, and do things like have the crankshaft rotating the ooposite direction to the driveshaft, or somesuch.
    Ride a Concours! No issues whatsoever with gearchanges or torque affecting the handling.

    I've ridden about 4 different shafties (just got off my old man's GS while he was sampling the 14) and the only one of them that had any (minor) issues was an old XV1000. The engineers have got it sorted!

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    Quote Originally Posted by klyong82 View Post
    I did a wheelie on a Guzzi Breva 1100 shaft driven as Jim2 said it tends to lean on one side never straight. Fun though..
    Nothing to do with the shaft drive.
    Thats the gyro effect of the engine configuration. BMWs do it too.

    The flywheel or the crank or the clutch is facing the wrong ways innit.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tank View Post
    I was reading a thread in in Rant and Rave and there was a comment from someone that shafties cannot wheelie.

    I have a M50 which is shaft driven. Wheelies dont matter to me in the slightest, but the comment got me thinking.

    What are the advantages disadvantages of the 3 main drive types (shaft, belt, chain)?

    The only thing I know is that Shaft is low maintenance and keeps the bike clean.

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    Many moons ago, circa early mid 90's I had a shaft driven XZ400, was slow as a wet week(ie - my previous '83 cb250rs could leave it for dead) but could get the front up with some liberal abuse of the clutch.

    ok, so it was in first only, was too heavy to bounce it up in any other gear.

    The day one of it's thermostats siezed shut and cooked it was just about the happiest day of my life!
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    Was going to start another thread but thought I'd search and dredge up an old one instead.

    From the drags on Sat at Motueka.

    Bet he crapped himself

    As an aside...
    I hope that's not a nitrous bottle obscuring his right blinker..........
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    For touring bikes, shaft drive is generally preferred because of the reduced maintenance, thats the #1 reason. When you are many days on the road, one less thing to do/carry becomes important. The greater power-loss over the power-loss in a chain drive is generally considered a reasonable trade-off.
    There again, a stuffed rear-drive on a shaft drive is a tad more serious a problem than a broken chain.
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    Quote Originally Posted by NordieBoy View Post
    Bet he crapped himself
    Oh I dunno.... looks like he's having a bloody good time!

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    Quote Originally Posted by banditrider View Post
    They can too!
    Pfft. Photoshopped.
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    Quote Originally Posted by NordieBoy View Post
    Was going to start another thread but thought I'd search and dredge up an old one instead.

    From the drags on Sat at Motueka.

    Bet he crapped himself

    As an aside...
    I hope that's not a nitrous bottle obscuring his right blinker..........
    If Im going to wheelie something that weighs as much as my mother in law - Im going to wear a full faced helmet.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tank View Post
    If Im going to wheelie something that weighs as much as my mother in law - Im going to wear a full faced helmet.
    Hell the rider isn't exactly malnourished either.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tank View Post
    If Im going to wheelie something that weighs as much as my mother in law - Im going to wear a full faced helmet.
    Dude - did you just mentioned popping one up and your mother in law in the same sentence???

    ... I'd recommend full body armor as well...
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    Quote Originally Posted by ManDownUnder View Post
    Dude - did you just mentioned popping one up and your mother in law in the same sentence???

    ... I'd recommend full body armor as well...
    Dont even fucken joke about it.

    Some things are just too terrible ......

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