Okay clearly mid-motor is no secret then.
And yes exactly, I was thinking use the CAT SX style transmission. Motor then rotates same direction as wheels, sorts the hassle of getting a mid-mount motor using belts on the centre-line. This also sorts the gear ratio issues.
I don't see how it can be said belt will be more maintenance though, when it has been done before and wasn't.
For sure a twin-deck carbon chassis isn't end of world, but I think it's just too much weight up front and too high up. If there was a nicer top deck, and not to many strange plastic bits bolting it all together like the Fireblade then I am sure something good could work. As you say though, looking at the past is perhaps not the best way to judge a carbon chassis.
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