Why get rid of the excellent BMW shaft drive and use a chain? You should sell this classic bike (even if it doesn't run) and get a bike with the engine removed (called a "rolling chassis") at a junkyard. The price of that BMW will likely finance your project.
No it is driven by a drive shaft. The cam is driven by a chain.
chain drive
With a chain drive the driven wheel will always rotate in the same direction as the drive wheel, but in a gear drive the direction of rotation will change between drive wheel and driven wheel.
if its twincam eingen its proberly chain driven
The Primary is chain driven
The 2005 Shadow Sabre is Shaft Driven
The 2000 and older Corsa 1.2 engines have a belt driven cam. The 2001 and newer models use a chain drive.
They are similar in that both designs give longer service life compare to a belt driven camshaft and they do not need replacement within the expected life of the engine. They are different in that a chain driven camshaft is turned by a chain running off the crankshaft and a gear driven set up transmits the turning force from the crankshaft all the way up to the camshaft using gears alone. A chain drive set up may have some sort of tensioning device for the chain that may occasionally wear out
Yes, They are chain drive rear motor engines. There is a case along the right side looking at it from the rear, inside that case is a chain drive. The blades however run off of a belt.
Almost all since 2003 have a belt drive system.....execept if you actually look at the specs on the harly-davidson.com site, almost all are "chain" drive... you can modify them to be belt driven aftermarket, but most all are chain stock.
In a vehicle, a driving gear is the gear which is driven by the engine. The driving gear helps control the speed the vehicle is in.
If you have a bike with direct drive, like the old penny farthings and a kids tricycle, then the size of the drive wheel will seriously limit the speed you can get. But with a chain drive you can also introduce a gear ratio, allowing the drive wheel to spin faster than the pedals, making it possible to go faster.