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My old XS 750. The cat had the right idea. This was 40 years ago.

I've had 2 shafties....both from '83...XJ 750 Maxim & VF 750 Sabre. Both were pretty smooth, & I found especially w/ the Maxim, that if I upshifted w/o the clutch, that chassis jacking was almost non-existent. Both were a bit heavy feeling, but the Sabre felt heavier of the two....typical Honda...lol

Tig.

I don't remember my Yam XS750 or any of my BMW's doing that. I do remember having to be mindful downshifting as they would lock up the back if you were clumsy but they is probably more a big twin thing rather than shaft. But I never really found it a problem once I was used to it.

I've only riden one shaft drive bike ...it was my cousin bike , and 83 magna v 65...it sure was a weird feeling when the rear suspension would jump up like two inches...lol. Im now sold on belt drive now...easy 100 thousand miles service life if riden property..no mess.....

Easy to adjust just press a button, I haven't found them any more messy than chain lube yet, but I will have to watch them closely during the summer when it is hotter. Shaft is the way but the problem is a heavy bike, I've had five shafties over the years but not sure I would go back to any of them, maybe my 1978 BMW R100RS but I dunno really. Know nothing about belt drive never had one, can't think of one that I would want to be honest so I am back to chains. Each to their own.

Does it take much to adjust the flow Saul ? Messy ? Something I've never bother with , auto oilers....just a good quality lube and clean the chain regularly ...pain in arse but thats a chain drive for ya...

I have to re-prime the one on the TDM, prob because it sits around for long periods.

Mig...?

Shopping for a new welder.

I never had a problem with Scott oilers, I had them on two bikes in the past.

Back in the Marmite Scottoiler subject. I fitted the eSystem to my CBF and moved the xSystem over to my Hornet. Both systems were given to me but I am a Scottoiler convert so have actually bought a vSystem for the Sprint.

Sounds like roads made for adventure bike...lol.

Atv ride today , seafood ....looks like we're eating muscles...each a bag , im bringing chives and garlic butter....should be good ...

TDM coming apart again in a bit to fit the other spark plug. Everything's wet out there but the sun's out. I've just remembered I missed a Formula E race last weekend so I'll be finding that on catch up later.

It’s utterly shit, every time it rains large parts of the roads here are under water as the drains are not maintained. You can’t see the bloody pot holes because of all the standing water. The gimps responsible for maintaining the roads don’t understand the effect of water/ hydraulic action on the road surface, or maybe they just don’t care. When the water drains away there is gravel, mud and sand all over the roads and they don’t give a shit about that either. I despair of this country.

That’s true she is.

PPS: plus it will also make the young Lady happy.

Been dar dun all dat...Looks ok to me, as you say a few feet away...But the lad likes it and shown you he does..Nice one Sir.

That Bad ? Not saying things are much better here , just poor management of everything alot of waste and fraud like most government programs....

We don’t have the infrastructure to handle anything now. Nigeria has better roads than we do, ours are one big mass of potholes and all the drains are blocked.

Thanks, HH the soft lad cried when he saw it. Apparently he thinks it looks better than when he bought it. I don't know as it has always looked like a death trap to me but he had the bike long before he met Shadow. All I can say is that I am glad he liked his birthday present and I enjoyed playing bikes doing it. Reminds me of being a kid and having to make stuff good myself as paying someone was out of the question.

Nice work @Saul...looks a helluva lot better.

I've got possibly some new hand warmers coming in today , before selling the atv previous owner installed hand warmers on the unit, but they failed twice already on the high setting, keeps burning the same resitor ceramic thing...probably some cheap alibaba stuff...and it's the model with the heating element glued to the bar...never liked those...new ones are built in the grips...so ill probably be installing that today if they come in...have it ready for the weekend...