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From: petersen@ucbvax.ARPA (David A. Petersen)
Newsgroups: net.cycle
Subject: Re: Chain vs. Driveshaft
Message-ID: <5728@ucbvax.ARPA>
Date: Sun, 24-Mar-85 00:14:56 EST
Article-I.D.: ucbvax.5728
Posted: Sun Mar 24 00:14:56 1985
Date-Received: Mon, 25-Mar-85 01:40:39 EST
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Reply-To: petersen@ucbvax.UUCP (Paul Bradley)
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Organization: University of California at Berkeley
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Keywords: chain, driveshaft
Summary: 


The way I see it, the advantages of a driveshaft are low maintenance and
no messy chain oil getting on anything.
The only disadvantage I've noticed on my SECA 650 is that there seems to be
a lot of gear lash. The connection between the engine and the rear wheel
has a lot of play and this can be troublesome in a high speed turn if you
go from engine braking to acceleration or vice versa. The resulting jerk
could cause a spill if you're already pushing things. What it comes down
to is the type of riding you do.  I think I'll go back to chain drive on my
next bike.