Andrew Grebneff wrote:

> But why manufacturers don't take Honda's (CBR, VFR) lead and use a totally
> maintenence-free geartrain, I don't know. Surely it's not THAT much more
> expensive to manufacture.

VW has this in one of it's engines. It is in the 4-cylinder 2,8 TDI (125 hp)
found in the LT van. No cam belt nor chain, only gears. I've scanned the image
from a LT brochure, you can see it a few minutes after this mail was sent.
http://members.tripod.com/perlindgren/28gears.jpg

PerL
87 Syncro 112i