i don't mind a chain too much.
rode plenty enough of 'em
with a chain. i can't see a
well maintained shaft drive
giving up the ghost several hours
from the house.
of course, two spare master links
are required equipment long distance
riding with a chain. if you have 'em,
you'll never need 'em. if you only have
one, you'll snap the replacement.
in the bad old days, when every thing
had chains and two or more would
ride a goodly ways off, we'd split
the cost of a chain and links for a
spare. never needed it cuz we had
one right there with us. nowdays,
i have some smaller sized jumper cables
cuz nothing has an auxiliary kick
anymore. guess how i came to toting
those everywhere?