What motorbike models match the following specifications:
- 500 ccm or more
- not chain-driven
- ~50-80 kW
- no Cruiser, no off-road bike
- year of manufactor 1995-2001

Hello,
   When you say "no Cruiser" I assume you mean "sport bike". If this
assumption is wrong then please let me know.

Here is one that appears to be right up your alley from Italy:
Moto Guzzi V11 LeMans, it is ~1000cc, 67kW, shaft-driven. It is pretty
sweet.
http://www.cycleworld.com/xp6/CycleWorld/tests/1001_moto_guzzi_v11_le_mans.xml
And here is a link to the manufacture webpage (for the current year
model):
http://www.motoguzzi.it/eng/v11_lemans_st.html

In fact all of the V11 models from moto guzzi seem to meet your
requirements,
you can check them all out here:
http://www.motoguzzi.it/eng/modelli.html

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BMW also offers bikes that meet your standards, for example the
K1200RS (here is a link to the current year model):
http://www.bmwmotorcycles.com/k1200rstechnology.html
Other BMW's that meet your specs include: R1100S, R1200C, R1150RS, and
others more info can be found here:
http://www.bmwmotorcycles.com/home

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Here is a Yamaha FJR1300:
http://www.motorcycle.com/mo/mcyam/01fjr1300.motml

Here is a link to the latest version of this bike (Just click on sport
touring):
http://www.yamaha-motor.com/products/products.asp?lid=2&lc=mcy&rdir=1

It looks like a pretty sweet ride. It is a sport touring bike, which
means it is build to go for the long haul. It is shaft driven,
~1300cc, and over 140Hp.

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Here is another one (again it is a sport touring bike): Honda ST1100,
it is a 1000cc shaft driven beast:
http://www.hondamotorcycle.com/models/2000/touring/st1100/


Keep in mind that for many of these bikes I linked to the current
model year, but they were also made in the 1995-2001 period. Also many
of these bikes may be more powerful than the 80kW max you set, this is
because many regular sport bikes are chain driven, and only the more
powerful sport bikes (aka sport touring bikes) are shaft drive. This
is because a shaft drive bike usually has a smoother ride, and is thus
more suitable for bikes that are going to be driven for long distances
at a time.

If you want my personal opinion, I am a big fan of the BMW bikes, they
are notorious for being very smooth, and extremely dependable.

Hope this helps, if this is not exactly what you were looking for,
then just let me know...
--jld

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Request for Answer Clarification by puigona-ga on 28 May 2002 01:19 PDT

Hello,
If you're assuming "sport bike" it is nearly correct (I think there is
no specific name for what I'm looking for).
But please let me know which models meets the specification ~50-80kW.
Sure, the bikes need not to be exactly in that range - therefore I
wrote "~" - but I do not want one of the very strong big bikes.
thx.
-pa

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Clarification of Answer by jeanluis-ga on 28 May 2002 02:33 PDT

Sure thing,
The Moto Guzzi V11 series of bikes has "maximum power" of 67kW
@7800rpm.

The BMWs list their power rating in bhp, for example the k1200rs has
130bhp @8750rpm, (using the 1bhp == .7457kW gives 96kW@8750rpm)

The R1100s is 98bhp@7500rpm or 73kW.
The R1200c is 61bhp@5000rpm or 45kW.
The R1150rs is 95bhp@7250rpm or 70kW.
(Also note, that almost all BMW motorcycles are shaft driven, you may
want to explore them further, I just picked these as examples)

The Yamaha FJR1300 is 140hp or 104kW.

The Honda ST1100 is 91hp or 67kW.

Please note that my conversion factor may be wrong, I found a few
different conversion equations for bhp -> kW on the web, the simplest
one was the one I used, others included other factors like the
efficiency of the engine, but that may have been only for electric
engines, anyhow I listed all power ratings in the units that the
manufacture listed as well as kilowatts for this reason.
Hope this helps, have a good one. 
--jld

Power in Horsepower or Watt is O. K. for me, both. If you're
interested in the exact way to translate, it is: 1 Hp (PS) = 75 * 9.81
W = 0.73575 kW; 1 kW = 1.359157 Hp (PS).
-pa

you might want to check out the yamaha diversion 900 (shaft
drive,65kw)or the honda ntv650 deauville a bit lower powered (40kw)
this was also available as the plain ntv650 without any fairing as
ridden by almost all despatch riders so its very reliable