Chain, Belt, or Shaft Drive?

[Nimbly]

Originally Posted by ricketycricket

that's your first problem.. honda's are terrible. go zuki.

Opinions are like butts, everyone has one and they all stink.

[omegajim]

it's not like anybody suggested moto guzzi, riddley or ural.

Riddley - the automatic motorcycle.

[Nimbly]

Oh... good come-back.

[womper]

Originally Posted by omegajim

it's not like anybody suggested moto guzzi, riddley or ural.

Riddley - the automatic motorcycle.

can anyone afford a guzzi? heh... i can't...

[omegajim]

oh, and now we want affordable too.

[Nimbly]

MSRP on an 2009 Guzzi V7 classic is $8,500. It is shaft driven...

[womper]

oh... is nice...

[donny662]

Originally Posted by womper

speaking of shaft... i had always thought the BMW gs adventure line was shaft... but they're o-ring chain (800 model)?

The boxer motor GS models are shaft. The Rotax single cylinder (650GS) and the newer twin cylinder (650 and 800GS) motors are chain drive.

[omegajim]

Also all of the CBR's break sprocket teeth a lot faster than any other bike in the group I ride with.

very interesting.

I would have thought breaking sprocket teeth to be a tendency on anything powerful.

[omegajim]

that is most strange; and how long have you noticed this to be a problem.

if you don't mind me asking?

[womper]

i know nothing about chain drives... but i didn't know that breaking teeth on a sprocket was a common occurance...

umm... either it isn't built well enough/tough enough... or there's something wrong...

[womper]

do they maintain their bikes at the same shop perhaps?

[Nimbly]

Originally Posted by ricketycricket

2 of them do, the other 2 use other shops... that's why I'm saying it has to be the manufacturer.

Or the riders.

[omegajim]

sounds like somebody used an off the shelf part for a bigger bike than the sprocket was designed for.

Which reminds me, a guy at work had an older Ford pickup; had to replace a nylon gear which ran the camshaft. Perhaps not the wrong material, but not my first choice.

sometimes, they just make the wrong choices.

did any of the replacement sprockets go?

[Easy Rider]

Originally Posted by ricketycricket

i'm going with it's the manufacturer because

Well sure, that's logical.......if you ignore the 6 million or so OTHER Honda's on the road that DON'T have problems like that.

[omegajim]

their replacement sprocket which is not OEM has not broken any teeth yet

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don't take this personally, but something smells fishy.

The design may have been defective; or, it was an off the shelf part that didn't cut it.

under the heading of "things that happen when motorcycle people are not invovled in the motorcycle developement process."

amen.

[Nimbly]

Originally Posted by omegajim

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don't take this personally, but something smells fishy.

The design may have been defective; or, it was an off the shelf part that didn't cut it.

under the heading of "things that happen when motorcycle people are not invovled in the motorcycle developement process."

amen.

[JmalB]

I wonder if these Hondas were abused. ie stunted on...

[omegajim]

just don't make 'em like they used to.

I would be most curious what all went wrong on the two magnas the guy had.

and curiously enough, my old ancient xs keeps plugging along; some minor problems, but the bike is 30 years old.

wonder how many bikes built in the last 5 years will be around 20 years from now.

[Nimbly]

Originally Posted by ricketycricket

yeah the hondas of the 70's - 80's were excellent and in my opinion helped to break the mold for the new generation of bikes, but the new generations of hondas, i just dont like...

i'll ask him what made them lemons.. I just remember him saying "went ot the mechanic for the xth time..." then one time was "it was a lemon got a new one.." then repeat the mechanic visits, then the "it was another lemon" this tme he got a refund and a c50

'...was a lemon...' is a bit vague.