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Old Aug 25, 2019 | 07:46 AM
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Originally Posted by LouG
New here and was wondering what the outcome was. I'm doing a simular upgrade. That front cam sprocket is not OEM, looks like the +4 -4 Andrews sprocket.
The outcome was he gave up.
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Old Aug 26, 2019 | 05:44 AM
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Maybe. Probably figured out it wasn't a OEM cam roller chain sprocket and timing mark was off. I'm doing simular job and curious how bike ran with Andrews setup dropping torque RPM.
 
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