0 -- 19,999km
20,000 -- 39,999km
40,000 -- 59,999km
60,000 -- 79,999km
80,000km or more
Practising the art of zen
I think inherently chain drive is easier to wheelie because the bike 'climbs' up around the rear sprocket(ie lifts the front up), whereas on shafties, the shaft tends to climb around the drive gear at the rear wheel (tends to lift the rear/middle of the bike). That is just from my experience of riding BMWs though, and others may exhibit different characteristics.
Practising the art of zen
one wonders where that word came from... I sense a connection to employer and employeeOriginally Posted by Hitcher
Loud and Uncouth
My Sporty doesn't have a chain or shafty thingy-bob,- what sort of magic is THAT!
Don't have no Scott-oiller but then it ain't got a Scott neither!!
Winding up drongos, foil hat wearers and over sensitive KBers for over 14,000 posts...........
" Life is not a rehearsal, it's as happy or miserable as you want to make it"
Forum whore
I thought you were your bikes Scot???Don't have no Scott-oiller but then it ain't got a Scott neither!!
bloody belt drivers, worse than the shafted!
Loud and Uncouth
Och, your'e an awfy fly wee man!!I thought you were your bikes Scot???
bloody belt drivers, worse than the shafted!
I suppose I AM a Scots oiler at times but no on my H-D
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" Life is not a rehearsal, it's as happy or miserable as you want to make it"
Mobile Oil Stain
Ok,bite MK2,A bite, a very palpable bite!
Hah! Nuts to you, Mr Firestormer. 'Weak attempt', eh? Says he, as Hitcher the Unbaitable gets comfortable on my trophy wall...
Hmmm.
While we're on the subject of shafties, you all know that they don't countersteer either, don't you?
I did many kms on a GS1100G,it could wheel stand no worrys,no effort involved at all.Maybe it's coz' I know nothing of phisics huh.
I'm not going to enter an argument about counter steering but,that's just to silly,even for me.
C'mon lets ride....
I hear belts don't like gravelMy Sporty doesn't have a chain or shafty thingy-bob,- what sort of magic is THAT!
Don't have no Scott-oiller but then it ain't got a Scott neither!!
OK, so who's next?
Bastard....A bite, a very palpable bite!
Hah! Nuts to you, Mr Firestormer. 'Weak attempt', eh? Says he, as Hitcher the Unbaitable gets comfortable on my trophy wall...
Hmmm.
While we're on the subject of shafties, you all know that they don't countersteer either, don't you?
Drew for Prime Minister!
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www.prospeedmc.com for parts ex U.S.A ( He's a Kiwi! )
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.I hear belts don't like gravel
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I can confirm that rumour.
One of my mates went through two belts in 5,000kms on his Buell.
Another mate got a stone that lodged in the back "sprocket" and it chewed regular little-fingernail sized chunks out of the belt.
Some of the Buell/Harley boys convert their belts to chains.
Bonez: Are you going to Manfield 20/21 November?
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Being frustrated is disagreeable.
But the real disasters in life begin when you get what you want.
C'mon lets ride....
Most likely at this stage. I'll be the "slightly" sunburned greying red headed chap wearing glasses, adorned with a canvass shoulder bag with a biker teddy attached to it somewhere amongst the crowd. I'm slightly deaf and have a bad memory (too many years of alcohol abuse I guess), so you may have to slap me around the ears with something wet and soggy to gain my attention
. I'm guessing you'll be a walking Ducati advertising notice board
Loud and Uncouth
[QUOTE=Lynda Blair].
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I can confirm that rumour.
One of my mates went through two belts in 5,000kms on his Buell.
Another mate got a stone that lodged in the back "sprocket" and it chewed regular little-fingernail sized chunks out of the belt.
Some of the Buell/Harley boys convert their belts to chains.[QUOTE]
Maybe so but I've had one broken chain and no (touch-wood) broken belts.
Each to their own I guess, I've nothing against chains but the scoot came with a belt so I'll stick with it.
Winding up drongos, foil hat wearers and over sensitive KBers for over 14,000 posts...........
" Life is not a rehearsal, it's as happy or miserable as you want to make it"
C'mon lets ride....
Out of interest SD. Whats the "average" life expectancy of a belt doing moderate riding?
I'd rather be thinking
And also out of interest, what's the average cost of a new belt?
[Not that I'm seriously considering such a radical lifestyle change. I'll stick with the Jap-crap, at least until such time as my meticulously-maintained, Scottoiled and correctly tensioned chain makes its own unilateral declaration of independence, wraps itself around the rear wheel and highsides me onto the tarmac at 100 kph...]
Age is too high a price to pay for maturity
Scooter boy
Damn I can certainly understand that reasoning! One day I'll get a nice flash Scottoiler (and hopefully) a nice flash bike to go with it.
Lynda's Scottoiler on her Ducati is awesome, having seen it one can easily understand why she raves about it.
As for my chain well my bike is an '83 and I don't know how many chains it has been thru, although I know thanks to my ignorance as an L-plate rider it is gonna be getting a new one soon as I stuffed the current chain (Tip for new peoples in the motorcycle world - lube your chain and listen to all the wisdom you can get from people who have experience with bikes!)
Speaking of that what do most people recommend as best chain lube for manually squirting a bit on, winding the chain round and squirting a bit more on?!
RidE oN
C'mon lets ride....
I've been using plain old 90 weight gearbox oil for years. Trick is not to over lube it. Did 52,000kms on the original O'ring chain on a GSX750EX using it.
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