"Steve Calvin" > wrote in message
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> TFM® wrote:
>>
>> You got chains or belts Buzz? I hear you should use margarine on the
>> belts. <G>
>>
>>
>> TFM®
>
> Chains, belts? Shafts are the only way to go man (no snide comments
> now....) ;-)
>
> AND if you insist on using links or strands then go with BUTTER! Margarine
> ain't nothing but plastic with one molecule chemically changed. <shudder>


You keep forgetting sling resistance. Bar & chain oil is extremely tacky
(in a good way). It resists being slung from the chain at high temps and
high rpm's.

Now maybe if you had a good wench on the back of the bike packing a pound of
butter, and she was willing to lube the chain while in motion, you could
probably go about a hunnert miles without drying out your chain.


I had a shaft drive bike once. Nighthawk 550. I loved it. It didn't have
the problems of the ass climbing up on acceleration and dropping on
deceleration like the first shaft drive I ever rode. (Yamaha XS 1100
Special)

The 1100 would do 60 easily in first gear though. I can't remember the
vintage, but 1980 something comes to mind. I was 16 and a half years old
when I rode that beast.


TFM®