Vmax Chain Drive Drivabilty Handling

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speedcostsmoney

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Hello would like to know how the Vmax handles with a chain drive conversion with stock front suspension and stock swing-arm length. does the front wheel stay on the ground or is it always up in the air on hard acceleration. if have a U.S.D. fork is the front wheel more glued to the ground or is it in the air
 
That's entirely dependent upon your right wrist.

If you just slap on a USD front fork, the fork length is much-shorter than a stock VMax, which would make the front end be more-weighted, and resistant to wheelying. It also decreases your ground clearance for cornering. Most good USD fork conversions will use some-sort of longer tubes, or 'slugs' to extend the front end suitable for use on a VMax. This restores closer to stock the geometry, helping in maintaining your ground clearance.

Some conversions use 'gullwing' triple trees to allow the use of the shorter USD forktubes without the slugs.

Sean will probably chime-in, I believe the chief advantage is the reduction in power loss through the shaft drive, so a greater % of power goes to the rear wheel. If you read about Paul Civitello's work with chain drive, he eventually decided a stock drivetrain (read 'a stock engine with chain drive') gave him the best performance, reliability and longevity, while still allowing a significant reduction in 1/4-mile time.
 
Most of the time we run a longer arm then stock with the chain drive conversions anyway. Better power to weight ratio and less loss in the drivetrain. It will wheelie more given all other factors being the same.

Edit: It actually is pretty stable overall due to the loss in jacking as well so really that's a tough question to answer
 

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