Shaft drive vs Chain drive - benefits or drawbacks?

Boo hoo.

Hammo

 

....and its black. Speaking of which I saw a nice Cali Special yesterday
(black too). They overly pricey?

Hammo

 

Used to get 19km/L outta the GPz1100.

Hammo

 

"Hamish Alker-Jones" wrote

Depends on your outlook. A new Cali will run you $20-23K.

a.. Calif EV Tour Red/Blue/Black $22,995
a.. Calif SpSport Titanium Titanium $19,990

Those are the commuter models, of course.

Helen suggested just last week I should buy one before I retire. Sounds like
a reasonable suggestion to me. Mine turns ten and 200K kms this year. Should
get $10-11K for it as a trade. Hmmm, $12K to find now. Hmmm....

Theo

 

If you work in a city, then it's easy - esp. Melbourne.
Parking: $13/day car. $0/day bike.
City Tolls: $5/day car, $0/day bike.

That's how I got mine approved.

 

but then he wouldn't be able to wheelie.

 

Eoric Burdeon?

-----sharks (... and the Aenimals?)

 

I say that every day

Gary

 

paralever tends to negate that effect.
I really don't feel any effect under hard acceleration.

 

Care to explain?
try getting away at highway speeds on a250
that statement is ludicrous.

 

Good luck locating one with an 18" front wheel.
I've heard that they're impossible to find...


Postman Pat

 

"hard acceleration" and a BMW don't really sit well in the same sentence,
smee

 

Ride an r1100s then we'll talk

 

In aus.motorcycles on Thu, 29 Jan 2004 18:33:25 +1100

If you have to use acelleration to get out of trouble, you got yourself
into it. And the times it'st he *only* answer are very very few.

A bit of observation and anticipation and willingness to not see the
road as a contest means far fewer problems generally and will avoidthe
need to "acellerate out of trouble".

If you have to acellerate out, the trouble started long before you
decided to twist the throttle. And could have been fixed before then.

Zebee

 

Thanks for patronising me zebee
now let james answer the question he made the statement and you only
answered one aspect.
There are many circumstances where extra power can get u out of trouble
and not all of us drive/ride like old grannies.

 

With the Paralever back suspension fitted to all the R1100 models (S
included) you don't get shaft effect, when you accelerate, the back will sag
a bit. You will get shaft effect when the shaft has one universal joint
only (at the front end of the shaft). Some Guzzis have a Parallelogrammo
rear suspension that does the same as the BMW Paralever (Hint: BMW didnt
invent the idea)

Al

 

In aus.motorcycles on Thu, 29 Jan 2004 21:43:58 +1100

That's what you get for calling a sensible statement ludicrous.

I'm not stopping him.

heh. patronising pot.

You don't need it to get out of trouble. That's just an excuse. Sure
you can use it to get out of the trouble you got yourself into, but
you don't *need* it.

If you equate anticipation and the ability to not see the road as a
contest you have to win with "riding like old grannies" then you aren't
thinking clearly.

It's perfectly possible to ride quickly *and* not get into trouble, let
alone into trouble you need more horses to get out of. That's the bit
about "skilled rider". If you think you need horsepower (as distinct
from liking it) then you aren't skilled enough.

Zebee

 

Sensible in one aspect

what trouble are we talking about?
where u are being tailgated and got nowhere to go so u roll on the
throttle to get away and then settle back to your own pace? in another lane?
where a car unexpectedly tries a u turn and you don't have enough time
to brake so you accelerate to go round? (and don't gimme the lecture
about being prepared cos you know that not all circumstances allow that)
I can list more but you will only counter them by calling it lack of
skill even though in many cases skill is not the issue.
I've never had a close call on the bimmer but had a few on the cd250
I don't hoon and keep all my spaces yet I feel assured that if I need
the rapid acceleration it's there and yes I do like having the extra
power but as yet never really needed it.

 

Amen brother. Not to mention the fuel saved on the Monash.
- sanbar

 

I get 6-7 litres per 100km country cycle out of the K100. To do 1000km a
week costs me about $65 in fuel in a good week.
- sanbar