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Does anyone make smaller engine pulleys and larger wheel pulleys? If you match "tooth for tooth" you should be able to use the stock length belt.
bentparts~ What is your primary goal?
Keep up with the M8's?
bentparts~ What is your primary goal?
Keep up with the M8's?
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Spent some time down in Nick's today, he ( Nick, Nicks Custom Cycles, Williamstown NJ ) is very helpful and willing to help steer you in the right direction in his massive collection of bikes and parts. If he knows you, he'll take you back to where the parts are and say have at it. Researching there is much easier because every years model from 28 on has it's parts manual on a long counter near the parts themselves. Comparing numbers and actual motor sprockets I found out two things: every evo big twin from 84 to 99 used the same 24 tooth comp sprocket. Some late shovels in the FLT models did use a 23 tooth but the shovel used a slightly thinner primary chain and the two do not interchange. Looks like it's a Baker sprocket or nothing.
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You know it's funny i always wanted that as well and since I went to a 96" evo i've been running a 3.27:1 overall ratio and I find myself accelerating so quickly that I really don't get to use each gear much. So I decided to go the other way. I'm running a little different setup than you but my overall will go to a 3.19:1. I want to use the gears a little more.... You never did state you overall gear ratio..... are you above 3.27:1 when at 1:1?
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Spent some time down in Nick's today, he ( Nick, Nicks Custom Cycles, Williamstown NJ ) is very helpful and willing to help steer you in the right direction in his massive collection of bikes and parts. If he knows you, he'll take you back to where the parts are and say have at it. Researching there is much easier because every years model from 28 on has it's parts manual on a long counter near the parts themselves. Comparing numbers and actual motor sprockets I found out two things: every evo big twin from 84 to 99 used the same 24 tooth comp sprocket. Some late shovels in the FLT models did use a 23 tooth but the shovel used a slightly thinner primary chain and the two do not interchange. Looks like it's a Baker sprocket or nothing.
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Should be 3.37 by the Baker article.
Pulled my gear ratio back to 3.37, have a Andrews 30 tooth trans sprocket laying around but to much work unless a belt change is needed as mentioned.
Found this 23 tooth
http://www.jpcycles.com/product/630-0081
Pulled my gear ratio back to 3.37, have a Andrews 30 tooth trans sprocket laying around but to much work unless a belt change is needed as mentioned.
Found this 23 tooth
http://www.jpcycles.com/product/630-0081