Kev the drive shafts are different for the gl1100 and the gl1200
1100 shaft and uj are one piece
1200 shaft and uj are separate
Spotted that on some I looked at on Ebay Terry . I an see it's easier to turn the drive shaft into a propshaft for a trike ( as you already have a u/j at the gearbox, as I now know
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It's finding a safe way to lengthen the forged (?) one piece shaft that will balance correctly afterwards. That's not a problem on a hollow car propshaft but not something I've had to consider on one piece solid driveshafts before.