rubber isolation drive?

RichieB

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So I was at the Edmonton bike show yesterday and was talking to a custom bike builder that specializes in metric builds. I was asking him about the rubber isolation drive and why it's there. He said it was there for when you shift the bike into first you don't feel the clunk of the bike going into gear. I would like to hear other peoples opinion on this. Thanx.
 
It protects the trans and drive train from shock when driving and shifting. Not just putting it in gear. :laugh: There is a lot less load on stuff when that happens.
 
That builder is ignorant and sounds proud of it. You only see noncush drive on dirt bikes (where the dirt slippage is the cush) and Harleys (with heavy gear transmissions) and maybe race bikes where longevity is not a consideration.

Sure you can do it. Just understand what you're doing from a position of knowledge, though. Hope it all works out for you.
 
Ok. Thanx for the info guys. I am just asking. I have to agree the guy sorta seemed a bit stuck up. Everyone has to start some where. I don't remember the name of the place but I can get the card and txt it to ya levdir.
 
"Builder" used to be a compliment. It was the title of someone who spent hours working out each little detail. Agonizing over the best place to run the wiring harness. Making sure the correct grade of bolt was used. They were accomplished welders, body and paint experts, mechanics, electricians, and often engineers, all in one.

Now it is an insult. Any twit who can paint a bike flat black and put a sprung seat on is called a "builder". That is all it apparently takes to qualify them to be called a "builder" in a magazine or on one of the hipster bike websites.

98% of the "custom" or "shop built" bikes out there are pure crap. The "builder" bought a junk bike, stripped off all the broken bits, ground off all the mounting tabs and most of the rust, shot flat black on everything, stole some parts off another bike, and went to an abandoned warehouse for a photo shoot. The bike is not street legal and probably doesn't run. Nobody would want to ride it anyways because the "builder" couldn't put 2 layers of foam for the skateboard seat because they didn't have enough leather from the jacket they bought at the thrift shop. Those trick gold USD forks are bottomed out because they have nothing inside them. "The engine is in good shape so they didn't open it" = they have no idea what is inside there and are afraid too look as they might have gotten their hands dirty.

But, all that is irrelevant when posing beside the bike as long as one is wearing a plaid flannel shirt and has a scruffy but well waxed beard. Then it is cool...

Don't ever call me a "builder". You might just find yourself on the ground...
 
Indeed. Builder badging has become a bit commonplace. So I no longer call myself a builder, I'm a motorcycle creator. Or if you will a motorcycle god.

Oh just call me god.

:laughing::bow2:
 
Yeah this guys stuff kinda looked hacked together. I wouldn't consider myself a builder. I am a fabricator. I am making something from nothing. I think the proper term for the new "builder" is stripper. Lol.
 
I like to call myself Redneck MacGyver :smoke:

Agonizing over the best place to run the wiring harness.

That's true. It's really hard to find places that can accommodate all those twist cap wire connectors. And romex is so stiff.

Making sure the correct grade of bolt was used.

Can you classify deck screws as bolts? You know what doesn't matter. Anything a bolt can do, zip ties can do better.

They were accomplished welders, body and paint experts, mechanics, electricians, and often engineers, all in one.

Slag gives it style, Rustoleum spray paint gives gives it a marbled look over top of the old paint, and my engineering has often been referred to as "Afro-american." I don't know what that means but it must be good if it's multi-cultural.
 

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