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Old 07-09-19, 05:18 PM
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I have read that a drive train perfectly maintained could be as much as 98% efficient (depending on the gear selection) and one poorly maintained could be as low as 88%. Poorly maintained may have broken gear teeth with a rusty chain and caked with mud for all I know, but there is the ballpark range that your drive train will fall somewhere inside.
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