that is called the Cush drive. It is the shock absorber system for the driveline.You must have a cush drive on all road bikes, or else- You could damage the transmission. When a manufacturer like Honda for example makes a dirt only/off-road only machine that is not approved for highway use. They do not have cush drive in the rear wheel.. The fact that that machine is operated on dirt saves the transmission/protects the transmission from the shock of changing gears.. but if that same engine and frame and wheels motorcycle is a dual purpose bike that can be written on road and off-road. that machine will have that rubber absorption system in the rear sprocket drive/connection to the rear hub, just because that machine will be operated on asphalt, and the shock of changing gears on hard street surfaces is murder on transmissions.. The way water gets into the rear hub, and even into your suspension bearings and bushings and wheel bearings is usually, somebody took that motorcycle to a car pressure washer. Pressure washers destroy motorcycles. They rinse out grease, and they force in dirty water. They force that down the cables, in past all the seals that are meant to just merely hold out splashes of rainwater. Those pressure washers have such force, they could take your skin off if you held it there long enough. They’ll take the paint off also. They rinse the lube out of your foot peg pivots, out of your shift linkage joints, they rinse the lube out of your chain if you have one,, they forced water into their gauges and it ends up inside the glass, it ends up inside your headlight and tail light lenses, he gets into your electronics, into your shocks and forks, ECT. I noticed the course drive hub on this motorcycle had signs that it had water in it. Either that bike was submerged or it was pressure washed.. never never never use a pressure washer on a motorcycle. If you go to look at a used bike for sale, and it is spotlessly clean. Everywhere. That guy probably use the pressure washer on it.. don’t act like that’s a bad thing in front of the seller, Just ask him if he uses a pressure washer to get his bike so beautifully clean. If he says yes, walk away
Hey there. I’m just now seeing this comment. I am not the original owner. I never used a power washer. But don’t know the history. Thanks for the heads up. Very good information you provided.
Thanks for the Video. I never know its that easy to remove after we take out the Circlip
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that is called the Cush drive. It is the shock absorber system for the driveline.You must have a cush drive on all road bikes, or else- You could damage the transmission. When a manufacturer like Honda for example makes a dirt only/off-road only machine that is not approved for highway use. They do not have cush drive in the rear wheel.. The fact that that machine is operated on dirt saves the transmission/protects the transmission from the shock of changing gears.. but if that same engine and frame and wheels motorcycle is a dual purpose bike that can be written on road and off-road. that machine will have that rubber absorption system in the rear sprocket drive/connection to the rear hub, just because that machine will be operated on asphalt, and the shock of changing gears on hard street surfaces is murder on transmissions..
The way water gets into the rear hub, and even into your suspension bearings and bushings and wheel bearings is usually, somebody took that motorcycle to a car pressure washer. Pressure washers destroy motorcycles. They rinse out grease, and they force in dirty water. They force that down the cables, in past all the seals that are meant to just merely hold out splashes of rainwater. Those pressure washers have such force, they could take your skin off if you held it there long enough. They’ll take the paint off also. They rinse the lube out of your foot peg pivots, out of your shift linkage joints, they rinse the lube out of your chain if you have one,, they forced water into their gauges and it ends up inside the glass, it ends up inside your headlight and tail light lenses, he gets into your electronics, into your shocks and forks, ECT.
I noticed the course drive hub on this motorcycle had signs that it had water in it. Either that bike was submerged or it was pressure washed..
never never never use a pressure washer on a motorcycle. If you go to look at a used bike for sale, and it is spotlessly clean. Everywhere. That guy probably use the pressure washer on it.. don’t act like that’s a bad thing in front of the seller, Just ask him if he uses a pressure washer to get his bike so beautifully clean. If he says yes, walk away
Hey there. I’m just now seeing this comment. I am not the original owner. I never used a power washer. But don’t know the history. Thanks for the heads up. Very good information you provided.