[rayjoe]

There's an ad the pops up in a sidebar for the R18 BMW. One of the listed features is an open driveshaft??
This is a FEATURE? Sounds more like a liability to me. Just wait till someone gets something caught in the spinning driveshaft and goes down. Seems to be backwards thinking to me.


Rayjoe

 

[Bike...and Dennis]

There's a write up about that bike in the latest Rider magazine, but I've not read it yet. I know that even on a bicycle, if you get a shoe lace caught between the chain and sprocket it can cause a crash, so I can't imagine any company allowing that kind of "liability" out on the road.

 

[AZgl1800]

There's a write up about that bike in the latest Rider magazine, but I've not read it yet. I know that even on a bicycle, if you get a shoe lace caught between the chain and sprocket it can cause a crash, so I can't imagine any company allowing that kind of "liability" out on the road.

I have crashed more than one bicycle because of shoe laces that worked loose.

 

[trike lady]

A pants leg caught in the chain and sprocket will make you crash also, had that happen when I was not paying attention. I remember buying myself a clip to keep the cuff from getting caught in the chain and sprocket.

 

[DaveO430]

Pretty sure they have always had open driveshafts, not really open where you could possibly get a pants leg caught in it but you can see it.

 

[Bike...and Dennis]

I read the article and they did say it was open,as if that was unusual, but made no other comment.
They really didn't have a lot of good to say about the bike.