The Unique Feature: Bevel-Gear Cam Drive—What It Is, Why It Is Unique, and How It Feels

A bevel-drive shaft is a vertical shaft running inside the engine from the crankshaft area up to the camshaft, driving it mechanically. Kawasaki has used this principle since the W1 of 1966 and has retained it in the W800 to this day—as the only production motorcycle manufacturer in the world still doing so. The usual solution is a timing chain. The bevel-drive system is visible from the outside: on the right side of the engine, the characteristic shaft-drive housings immediately distinhzeszpuarlaqenwrszefinpnspbpzaxaoxlxofpejxyubctcaqoahjseli

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