Chains sem to wear out kinda soon, but chains & sprockets re cheaper & esier to replace than drive shafts or belt drives. I've read of camshaft troubles with the 1980s Honda V4s, but they seem to be almost all in the larger 750cc & 1100cc versions. A *Strong* contender, as in fill up the Dakota, hitch up the trailer, & go. 0 Comments It is usually a drinking water cooled 1100cc V4 engine with 116hg and 72ftlb of torque, shaft powered 6 swiftness transmission, anti-dive front side suspension system with air adjust. Curbweight in the mid-400s, has windshield & sissy bar, might be a contender. The close one has ~7700 miles on it, is nice shspe(no dents wrecks etc) according to owner, is black & chrome, & asking price is $1200. There's one about 290 miles away, and another about 140 mies away. The engine produces a maximum peak output power of 64.00 HP (46.7 kW) 10500 RPM and a maximum torque of 42.99 Nm (4.4 kgf-m or 31.7 ft.lbs) 10500 RPM. Wel thought of generally, *fast* for its displacement, reliable overall(camshaft troubles seem to be mostly for larger Honda V4s). Night nefore last spotted ad for a Honda V30 Magna, 500cc V-4 water cooled, 6-speed, chain drive- so I researched the model & found it was fairly rare- 84 & 85 only for the Magna cruiser. Example: a nice Yamaha adv at $1400 by private seller in Central Ark is now adv by dealer at $2300! Most things I find are far away(~240-400 miles one way!), junk, or gone before I can do anything. I keep adding possible models, mostly larger, such as the shaft-drive Kaw 750 Vulcans, & moving the acceptable date farther back.