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Originally Posted by Greenblazer
Chains and sprockets are expensive, and wear out frequently, shaft drive would be preferred if you want to save money.
Later,
Allan Greenblazer
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However chains and sprockets are a lot easier to use - shaft drive on a motorcycle is not like on a car and would involve a lot of machine work - i would like to get the system worked out first- it can always be converted to shaft drive after i get the bugs out of it.
There are basically two ways to get power to the ground - Slow turning motor with gobs of torque and gear it up for speed - OR - very high rpm motor and gear it down to get torque - i am looking into the latter - searching for a motor that will turn some outrageous rpm that i can gear down - not having much luck so far but i am still looking