Oh, they are comfortable and smooth! Shaft drive, well balanced and easy to steer. Newer ones even have a ‘reverse’ for getting out of parking spaces. Essentially it’s just a connection to the starter in reverse polarity in 1st gear, I think..........
REVERSE? Yikes. I don’t even know how i could handle that. Maybe it wouldn’t be too difficult, but I’ve been backing up Fred-Flintstone-Style for nearly a half-century.