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Originally Posted by ctmaybury@yahoo.com
My last 2 bikes had shaft drive (v65 magna and suzuki madura). I liked skipping the chain maintenance. Do any of the small bore bikes come with a shaft drive? It used to be chain=performance bike and shaft=old mans bike. Or in the case of a sportster 1200 like jcp123 mentioned belt drive=performance. Sportsters are very high on the fun factor. That flat power band is great. Does anyone remember the 2 strokes of the 70s? Rd400 yamaha or suzuki gt series. No power at all until you hit that power band then you couldn't keep the front wheel down.
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Sure do. First street bike was a RD400, then went to a RZ350 for a bit. Buddy had a GT550 triple.
I've have both - high strung and torquey. My daily rider is a SV650 with a few mods. Gets decent mileage (50+ all over) and has plenty of pull down low.
I do like small bikes best, and have a Derbi GPR 75cc 2-stroke that we ride occasionally just for fun. With the "big" Mikuni flatslide carb and an expansion chamber it doesn't really clear its throat until about 9000 RPMs!