what the heck is shaft drive?

[April Neave & Norm Keller]

>Have you been riding a lot of wheelies lately ? >my klr uses oil pretty quick doing wheelies.

Actually, shaft drive bikes use a lot less oil during wheelies. Norm

[Jud Jones]

> Actually, shaft drive bikes use a lot less oil during wheelies...

...because they don't do wheelies.

[Rick McCauley]

Oh No. Not again Rick A17 Jud Jones wrote:

> Actually, shaft drive bikes use a lot less oil during wheelies...

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[Mike Frey]

> > >> Actually, shaft drive bikes use a lot less oil during wheelies... >

Shaft drive bikes will wheelie if the bike uses MC specific oil, with a pit bull latched onto the back of the seat, its doohickey replaced and lubricated with WD-40, AND a deer is in front of the bike, and you have hair spray (dried maximum hold) on the tires. Then it'll come right up.

[Lube Depot]

That's only in the northern hemisphere, they wheelie fine south of the equator. Zebco

> > Jud Jones wrote: > > > Actually, shaft drive bikes use a lot less oil during wheelies... > > ...because they don't do wheelies. > > > > > > Archive Quicksearch at:

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[Krgrife@aol.com]

In a message dated 6/7/2005 11:54:49 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, lubedepot@... writes: That's only in the northern hemisphere, they wheelie fine south of the equator. Zebco Yes, but the countersteering is reversed! Kurt [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

[gpokluda]

In the event that this was a legit post.... A chain drive bike uses a chain to transfer power from the engine to the rear(drive) wheel. Pros include: light weight, effecient power transfer, easy replacement. Cons include: needs frequent attention for lubrication and adjustment. A shaft drive bike uses a drive shaft to transfer power from the engine to the rear(drive) wheel. Pros include: virtually maintenance free (except later model BMWs which have shafts that explode after 10K miles), clean operation. Cons include: heavy weight factor, loss of power from engine to wheel. Gino www.rvmc.com

--- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, Simon t wrote: > Can someone tell me the difference between a regular bike and a shaft > drive bike? > > Thanks > Simon.