On Sat, 12 Jan 2008 19:54:40 -0800, Timberwoof
<timberwoof.spam@infernosoft.com> wrote:

<snip>

>Without drop-in replacement parts for similar bikes, such as the Honda
>Revere and the Honda Hawk, I wouldn't do it. If you want shaft drive
>that much, buy a bike with shaft drive.

Without having actually attempted the alternative, I'd venture to
guess that this would be the easiest, least expensive, and fastest
solution...

Al Moore
DoD 734

"The Older Gentleman" <totallydeadmailbox@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
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>> I don't understand your comment. From a layman's point of view (mine),
>> you
>> should be able to do wheelies with a shaft-drive bike, and also the
>> steering
>> shouldn't be changed (gyroscopic forces come from the wheels, not very
>> much
>> from the chain).
>
> No, Coriolis Effect means shafties can't.

How, pray tell, does the apparent deflection from a straight
path of a moving object as viewed from a rotating frame of
reference (which is what "Coriolis effect" means) affect the
ability of shaft-drive vehicles to deliver enough torque to the
rear axle to raise the front end?

Bob M.
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Bob Myers wrote:
> "The Older Gentleman" <totallydeadmailbox@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:1ianbuf.1nzq6m21jil1khN%totallydeadmailbox@ya hoo.co.uk...
>>> I don't understand your comment. From a layman's point of view (mine),
>>> you
>>> should be able to do wheelies with a shaft-drive bike, and also the
>>> steering
>>> shouldn't be changed (gyroscopic forces come from the wheels, not very
>>> much
>>> from the chain).
>> No, Coriolis Effect means shafties can't.
>
> How, pray tell, does the apparent deflection from a straight
> path of a moving object as viewed from a rotating frame of
> reference (which is what "Coriolis effect" means) affect the
> ability of shaft-drive vehicles to deliver enough torque to the
> rear axle to raise the front end?

You can't mumbawumba in the banana patch!

> > Yup, my Yammie'79 XS750 triple wheelied as did my '85 Nighthawk
> > 750S :-)
>
> Don't believe it.
>
Did have a pasenger each time tho! :-)
Bg

Actually the Nighthawk had a short wheelbase, and very little drive
shaft reaction.
Bg


> > Yup, my Yammie'79 XS750 triple wheelied as did my '85 Nighthawk
> > 750S :-)
>
> Don't believe it.

"Polarhound" <polarhound@comcast.net> wrote

> You can't mumbawumba in the banana patch!

Yes you can.

But only if you don't mind your lady friend having a yellow vibrator fetish
from that point on.

P. Roehling wrote:
> "Polarhound" <polarhound@comcast.net> wrote
>
>> You can't mumbawumba in the banana patch!
>
> Yes you can.
>
> But only if you don't mind your lady friend having a yellow vibrator fetish
> from that point on.

But you still can't dipsydoodle in the tomato tree!

"Polarhound" <polarhound@comcast.net> wrote

> But you still can't dipsydoodle in the tomato tree!

Can't argue with that!