Going through the parts and pieces for the up coming work I'll be doing on my '96, my stock '96 pulley is 70 tooth and the stock '08 pulley is 66 tooth. Also the '96 is running a 136 tooth belt and the '08 is running a 137 tooth belt.
I'm thinking this is going to be better for the lower rpm running like in traffic and also lower rpm at highway speeds. Am I thinking this right? Thanks!

 

Bigger rear the better in town, or Racing ... Smaller is for higher MPH per RPM... if ya got the Power to pull it...

Talkin Rear here... of course Front is Opposite...

 

Take a ride on a bicycle and watch the effort it takes when you move through the gears and it will make more sense.

 

Would that be uphill or downhill?

 

Your choice, flat ground would probably be best. You can play with the different chain rings and sprockets to get a feel for differences - it will be exaggerated but the principles apply - pick the combo of chain ring and sprocket that are the closest.

 

My 92 flhs has a 61T pulley. It's stock for international bikes. 40236-88A

 

I see your concept, but I don't ride a bicycle with gears. I guess I'll find out when I get this thing put together. Thanks for the information.

 

Going thru the Baker gearing calculator you will lose 157 RPM's at 65mph by installing the 66 rear pulley with rest of the Evo pulley's. It will work as planned but would still work on a power/torque increase to get best of both worlds if the Evo is stock.

https://bakerdrivetrain.com/pages/ca...e-rpm-vs-speed

 

Thank you. I'm running an EV-13 cam and that's all that's been done to the motor as far as performance etc goes.
I need to swap out bearings and get new spacers to replace the ABS stuff that came on the '08. I'm getting a good list of stuff to buy to do this swap.

 

Think you will be ok with the EV13 and your direction, 65 mph will just be shy 2600 rpm.