Posted by JaxKayaker on October 20, 2008, 10:50 pm
I'm a relatively new guy at this motorcycle business and am looking
to upgrade my
current bike. there seem to be some pretty savy bike guys on here so
I'll be posting a few
questions along the way....hope you don't mind.
first one. Is there really much of any difference performance and
maintenance wise
between a belt drive vs a chain drive on a motorcycle. If you were
buying a new bike and had
to pick between the two which would you choose?
Posted by Bob Myers on October 20, 2008, 10:56 pm
> first one. Is there really much of any difference performance and
> maintenance wise
> between a belt drive vs a chain drive on a motorcycle. If you were
> buying a new bike and had
> to pick between the two which would you choose?
When buying a new bike, picking between chain, belt,
or shaft drive isn't the first thing I'd think about.
Bob M.
Posted by JaxKayaker on October 20, 2008, 11:25 pm
> > first one. Is there really much of any difference performance and
> > maintenance wise
> > between a belt drive vs a chain drive on a motorcycle. If you were
> > buying a new bike and had
> > to pick between the two which would you choose?
> When buying a new bike, picking between chain, belt,
> or shaft drive isn't the first thing I'd think about.
> Bob M.
Bob, I don't think I said in my post that what type of drive is a
priority
when it comes to my buying my next bike. It's just something that
I've
been thinking about and thought I'd check out the "experts" that
reside here.
Actually when I start getting really serious about it, it's gonna all
come down to the color!
Phil
Posted by Calgary on October 20, 2008, 11:27 pm
On Mon, 20 Oct 2008 20:25:30 -0700 (PDT), JaxKayaker
>>
>>
>> > first one. Is there really much of any difference performance and
>> > maintenance wise
>> > between a belt drive vs a chain drive on a motorcycle. If you were
>> > buying a new bike and had
>> > to pick between the two which would you choose?
>>
>> When buying a new bike, picking between chain, belt,
>> or shaft drive isn't the first thing I'd think about.
>>
>> Bob M.
> Bob, I don't think I said in my post that what type of drive is a
>priority
>when it comes to my buying my next bike. It's just something that
>I've
>been thinking about and thought I'd check out the "experts" that
>reside here.
>Actually when I start getting really serious about it, it's gonna all
>come down to the color!
Nuff said.
Posted by johnsen on October 21, 2008, 3:00 pm
>
> ..
>> first one. Is there really much of any difference performance and
>> maintenance wise
>> between a belt drive vs a chain drive on a motorcycle. If you were
>> buying a new bike and had
>> to pick between the two which would you choose?
>
> When buying a new bike, picking between chain, belt,
> or shaft drive isn't the first thing I'd think about.
Was in the BMW shop last weekend. I noticed that all the new F650s
and F800s on the floor had chain drive now. These were the Dualsport
on/off road models. Didn't see any Streetsports on the floor.
Those may still use belt drives. Used to be that all the F650s had
belt drives exclusively.
Unfounded conjecture here, but I've heard reports that getting a
pebble kicked up between the belt and the pulley results in an instant
broken belt and no motive power out in the woods. And no way to fix
it short of a new belt and swingarm teardown. Perhaps the F650 riders
using the bikes for the stated purpose got on the horn to BMW with
subsequent action following. Good for them.
My short duration personal choice of the moment is to stick with
either chain or enclosed shaft drive. Have one of each at present.
They work fine and are not so repulsive to work with that I'll
refuse to.
--
Brian Johnsen
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> maintenance wise
> between a belt drive vs a chain drive on a motorcycle. If you were
> buying a new bike and had
> to pick between the two which would you choose?