Bikes that really should have shaft drive

[Dr Jekyll]

I appreciate that not everyone agrees that chain drive is fundamentally, even morally, wrong. Equally there are those who are convinced shaft drive bikes can't go round corners.

But to take a moderate middle position, which bikes have chains but really should have shafts?

Kawasaki Versys and Suzuki V strom spring to mind.

Kawasaki Z1000 perhaps.

[Dr Jekyll]

anonymous said:

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Reduced maintenance is the upside. You can be out riding while the chain drive owner is faffing around adjusting the chain.

Given the power of modern bikes reduced efficiency compared with a perfectly adjusted chain is irrelevant. Weight is similarly irrelevant.

Most of us have no interest in adjusting our final drive ratio, that's why cars seem to manage perfectly well with shaft drive.

[Dr Jekyll]

willis1337 said:

ZZR1400

That's a GTR1400 isn't it?