In my occasional spare time, I've been reading through the earliest threads posted in this UCE section of the forum. It's been very interesting and informative to read about the hopes and expectations for this new bike. In the days before the unveiling, there is shown genuine excitement by the faithful, cautious skepticism by the undecided, and even a bit of seemingly genuine hatred by the odd iron-barrel purist.
One question that was raised was about the move of the drive chain to the right side. Kevin contributed: "The drive was moved to the right for a couple of reasons. Since it is a Unit Motor with a self contained transmission there was no need to keep it on the right. As has been pointed out the UCE models will all have a nice o-ring chain. This is a welcome addition..." A nice o-ring chain would have been a welcome addition, but at that time, the C5 was the only model in discussion, and it does indeed, I believe, ship with an o-ring chain.
I bring that up as an example of how interesting it is to read discussions regarding what were at the time unanswerable questions of price, feature, form, function and availability - questions which by now have been long answered.
It's proven to be quite a community - I'm glad I'm part of it! Thank you all!
~ Matt