I for one would be perfectly happy with a shaft drive @ 1500 CC. The added displacement will put this machine solidly into contention with the rest of the metric bikes in that class. Not a monster but still in the zone.
The cleanliness and the lack of maintenance need is the seller for me.
Whatever is lost in efficieny is more than made up in time that will not be spent cleaning, lubing, and replacing chains and sprockets.
