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Old Jun 15, 2009 | 02:19 PM
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Default Countershaft sprocket change

I ride a 2008 Ultra with a HD sidecar. I never get it to 6th gear unless I am around 75 MPH. I was talking with another customer at the stealership a while back, he said that he dropped 2 teeth in his countershaft sprocket and it is great. It gave him tons of power on take off as well as getting into 6th at a slower speed. He suggested that I should do that on my Ultra and lessen the strain on take-off, especially with my adult son in the sidecar. Whattaya think?
 
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I ride a 2008 Ultra with a HD sidecar. I never get it to 6th gear unless I am around 75 MPH. I was talking with another customer at the stealership a while back, he said that he dropped 2 teeth in his countershaft sprocket and it is great. It gave him tons of power on take off as well as getting into 6th at a slower speed. He suggested that I should do that on my Ultra and lessen the strain on take-off, especially with my adult son in the sidecar. Whattaya think?
Give bdn56 a chat. He just took his 08 Ultra conversion trike to 30 tooth from 34. There's a kit he ordered and he should still have the info. He changed the compensating gear and drive chain.

We put cams and did a Dyno on his trike last week and it runs like a mad man.
 
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