Open Primary on a Bagger
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RE: Open Primary on a Bagger
Here is a 84 I currently have in the garage. 3 1/2" open belt.
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RE: Open Primary on a Bagger
ORIGINAL: BadBobOk
I think they look cool but I wouldn't want one due to the amount of touring that I do. Road debris, saftey issues etc.
I think they look cool but I wouldn't want one due to the amount of touring that I do. Road debris, saftey issues etc.
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RE: Open Primary on a Bagger
Blue on top Black on the bottom, Silver stripe through the middle to seperate the colors. Painted Inner Fairing. Harley Davidson Letters on the fairing so not tank badge. Engine gaurd gone. Street Glide dash. Using Russ Weirnemont Long OCF front fender, hidden Antenae, shorten the windsheild. It should look okay when it's done I think. 
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RE: Open Primary on a Bagger
ORIGINAL: Geoff
Same here. They're just not practical for touring.
ORIGINAL: BadBobOk
I think they look cool but I wouldn't want one due to the amount of touring that I do. Road debris, saftey issues etc.
I think they look cool but I wouldn't want one due to the amount of touring that I do. Road debris, saftey issues etc.
I am hoping someone who has installed and been running one will have some comments.
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RE: Open Primary on a Bagger
Billet for you is the only one I know of that you can use and keep standard boards, have been told that you can use softail floorboards and and redrill a hole or two, and then use about anybody's open primary. The Billet for You, is VERY expensive. I have ridden tons of bikes, thousands of miles with open belts, and that is a wife's tale about road debris, etc. Kasper you are right, we run belt drives on the back, no difference. I have seen a couple of belts torn, one was from a bolt that a guy let get loose, and I still dont have any idea how it got between the belt and the pulley, poked a hole in it, and he still ran the belt almost a year. The other was in a wreck.
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RE: Open Primary on a Bagger
quote]ORIGINAL: BAGGERDSM
http://www.billet4u.com/new_page_2.htm
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this actually looks like it might work out
http://www.billet4u.com/new_page_2.htm
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this actually looks like it might work out
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RE: Open Primary on a Bagger
I think my only concern would be the longevity of the stator?
would it run cooler in open air?
Burned 5 out in a 98 RGI before HD admitted they underwired them and under insulated the windings.
Only one in a 01 RKPI and so far none in my 06 EGI
would it run cooler in open air?
Burned 5 out in a 98 RGI before HD admitted they underwired them and under insulated the windings.
Only one in a 01 RKPI and so far none in my 06 EGI