belt to chain conversion
I have had both, the belt drive is just a lot less hassle, no grease on your pant legs, no grease or oil slung, no rusting, taking out links to make it tighter. I guess if you racing then some advantages.
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So far nobody has mentioned it is a much easier,cheaper,lighter and more efficient way to change drive ratios.To most people who ride a cruiser this doesn't matter but there's a reason you dont see belts on too many sport bikes and zero dirt bikes.Once you convert to chain you can change final drive ratio sprockets for a fraction of the cost of a pulley.It would be interesting to see a breakdown of the cost difference between switching to a chain and changing to the equivilant of a 30T front pulley.I imagine the conversion would cost more but once you switched you could change sprockets for less.
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and with a chain you will probably have to fix it on the road.
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Nice! Exactly what I needed to hear. In the middle of a 103/heads/cams build and I was wondering if I was going to have problems. It appears by your pic, I'm good-to-go!
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Going back to the gearing issue, the range of gearing adjustments suitable for Harleys is not great, so the flexibility of using a chain is not essential, especially for road use. The TC96s are not as well off as the earlier bikes, due to the compensator design. I have a 21T compensator in my TC88, which is just great. Gives the bike much better get up and go. If the TC96s had a similar range of primary adjustment, that would suit most of us who want to change gearing. I haven't owned a bike with an open chain drive since the late 70s and ain't about to go backwards now!
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