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What year did drive shafts start to appear on yamaha's?

Discussion in 'XJ Technical Chat' started by DIYMechanic, Jun 20, 2006.

  1. DIYMechanic

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    I own a 1982 XJ 650 Maxim with a drive shaft. Most of the people that marvel over my bike state "wow, a drive shaft". Just curious to find out when the drive shaft was put into production. Anyone...?
     
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    I know the late 70's triples had them, I believe the first year was '78 or '79, XS750's and XS850's. My friend's 1974 BMW is also shaftdrive, I'm not 100% sure, but I think all the BMW motorcycles were shaftdrive, and they go back a pretty long ways.
     
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    Thanks for the info! Looks like 1976 was first year for the "maintanance free" shaft drive.
     
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    Your welcome , my first wheels was a rt3 [not listed there] and the second was a TX500 which out ran the Honda 500 4 in dem days....
     
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