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The Burgman 650 does not have a shaft drive but it has something just as good. It has a gear drive. The left swing arm has a series of 5 gears running in an oil bath. In the 98,000+ miles I have put on my current 650 I have done nothing to the final drive except change the the lube.
The Burgman's transmission does have three modes but it doesn't actually have any gears. The manual mode just fakes shifting through six gears by moving the primary pulley in the CVT to set positions. It can do that because it has a CVT that is controlled by a computer and an electric motor. Suzuki calls it an ECVT and it is mounted up in the frame instead of on the swingarm like most scooter's CVT. The engine is also mounted forward in the frame and does not move with the rear swingarm like most scooters.
Not sure I would call the 650 medium weight. It weighs around 630 lbs with a full tank of gas. The weight is carried way down low so you don't realize it weighs as much as it does until you start pushing it around.
The Silverwing has a conventional variator controlled CVT that is mounted on the left swingarm. That means it does not have the modes that the 650 does. It also mean it doesn't have a final drive in the conventional sense. The secondary pulley of the CVT is back at the rear wheel and it connects to a reduction gear that drives the wheel. Like the 650 the Silverwings engine is hard mounted in the frame so it does not move up and down with the engine either.
The T-Max is more like the 650 except it has a conventional variator controlled CVT. Both the engine and CVT are mounted forward in the frame. It's final drive is a chain running in an oil bath on the left swings arm.
The new BMW is set up the same as the T-Max.
The Burgman's transmission does have three modes but it doesn't actually have any gears. The manual mode just fakes shifting through six gears by moving the primary pulley in the CVT to set positions. It can do that because it has a CVT that is controlled by a computer and an electric motor. Suzuki calls it an ECVT and it is mounted up in the frame instead of on the swingarm like most scooter's CVT. The engine is also mounted forward in the frame and does not move with the rear swingarm like most scooters.
Not sure I would call the 650 medium weight. It weighs around 630 lbs with a full tank of gas. The weight is carried way down low so you don't realize it weighs as much as it does until you start pushing it around.
The Silverwing has a conventional variator controlled CVT that is mounted on the left swingarm. That means it does not have the modes that the 650 does. It also mean it doesn't have a final drive in the conventional sense. The secondary pulley of the CVT is back at the rear wheel and it connects to a reduction gear that drives the wheel. Like the 650 the Silverwings engine is hard mounted in the frame so it does not move up and down with the engine either.
The T-Max is more like the 650 except it has a conventional variator controlled CVT. Both the engine and CVT are mounted forward in the frame. It's final drive is a chain running in an oil bath on the left swings arm.
The new BMW is set up the same as the T-Max.