01-14-2017, 08:24 AM
Yes, they all do 'pretty good' and if the guy on the Goldwing was on a Sport bike, with a chain drive, he'd probably do a little bit better. I just read a story about a guy who went round the world on a Bonnie with zero failures of any sort, so it's not hard to find anecdotes to support virtually any position.
I am and I know plenty of people who enjoy a whole lot of motorcycling miles who don't pine for a shaft or belt on anything other than a 700 pound lounge chair, and who feel that any potential cost of chain versus catastrophic shaft failure isn't worth splitting hairs over if the far more common, proven and easy to change gearing and breeze to fix chain drive delivers the superior performance they're looking for. The motorcycle industry isn't exactly running to shaft drive, is it? I'd like to think that the CB, with its Air cooling, chain, wire wheels and lack of any mod cons, isn't completely outmoded and unsuited for anything but pushing around the garage! At least it doesn't have points!
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I am and I know plenty of people who enjoy a whole lot of motorcycling miles who don't pine for a shaft or belt on anything other than a 700 pound lounge chair, and who feel that any potential cost of chain versus catastrophic shaft failure isn't worth splitting hairs over if the far more common, proven and easy to change gearing and breeze to fix chain drive delivers the superior performance they're looking for. The motorcycle industry isn't exactly running to shaft drive, is it? I'd like to think that the CB, with its Air cooling, chain, wire wheels and lack of any mod cons, isn't completely outmoded and unsuited for anything but pushing around the garage! At least it doesn't have points!
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