True, but I’ve seen relatively new gear drives and they look nice. Even if they were half assed they would be 10 times better than the best chain drive there ever was.
And there our opinions differ which is fine and good for the sport. Going on 48 years of using good timing chains and as happy as can be. My last 422 ran the same et after five years of abuse. I have kicked around the idea of a belt drive but so far price has gotten me over it.