cush drive removal

[OneSickPsycho]

Originally Posted by TIGGER

Yea,me and Rusty used to teach him how to wheelie! Why do you need something?



Actually,I lke that setup and don't understand why the Japs haven't adopted it,except maybe because they own all the chain companys too! I'm not sure what the tensile strength of your belt is,so I don't know if it could handle 160-200hp at the front spocket but I know a guy who has a Buell with Nos that doesn't seem to have probs...

Part of the problem, IMO is width... The other part of the problem is the inability to play around with gear ratios at will... And the belts are plenty strong... HP isn't the real biggy, it's torque that would be the problem... and my bike has more torque than 3/4 of the Jap bikes... And check out the 1125R... It's got a belt.

[Cutty72]

Originally Posted by OneSickPsycho

Part of the problem, IMO is width... The other part of the problem is the inability to play around with gear ratios at will... And the belts are plenty strong... HP isn't the real biggy, it's torque that would be the problem... and my bike has more torque than 3/4 of the Jap bikes... And check out the 1125R... It's got a belt.

And a lifetime warranty on it no less!
Never have to change anything!

Would you regear (pully) your buell if it was easily available?

[OneSickPsycho]

Originally Posted by Cutty72

And a lifetime warranty on it no less!
Never have to change anything!

Would you regear (pully) your buell if it was easily available?

I think I'm going to do the primary swap sometime after the Cali trip... The XB9's primary on the XB12 gives an 11% difference... I don't really need 9 more ft-lbs of torque, but it'd be sweet!

[Cutty72]

Originally Posted by OneSickPsycho

I think I'm going to do the primary swap sometime after the Cali trip... The XB9's primary on the XB12 gives an 11% difference... I don't really need 9 more ft-lbs of torque, but it'd be sweet!

How much can you change w/o changing belts?

[OneSickPsycho]

Originally Posted by Cutty72

How much can you change w/o changing belts?

You misunderstood... You cannot change ratios via the belt... it's through the primary...

Like so:

[Cutty72]

Originally Posted by OneSickPsycho

You misunderstood... You cannot change ratios via the belt... it's through the primary...

Gotcha... i was thinking wrong.
I was thinking primary = drive pulley.

[DLIT]

Originally Posted by Cutty72

And a lifetime warranty on it no less!
Never have to change anything!

Would you regear (pully) your buell if it was easily available?

Would you gear it for more pull? The top end sucks on those things now. Gearing it that way would have you getting smoked by 250s on a long stretch.

[OneSickPsycho]

Originally Posted by DLIT

Would you gear it for more pull? The top end sucks on those things now. Gearing it that way would have you getting smoked by 250s on a long stretch.

That's probably what I'm going to do... I rarely hit triple digits anyway... If I did the XB9 primary swap it would make my top speed approximately 120MPH... I've only had the bike faster than that probably 3 out of nearly 8k miles...

[DLIT]

Originally Posted by OneSickPsycho

That's probably what I'm going to do... I rarely hit triple digits anyway... If I did the XB9 primary swap it would make my top speed approximately 120MPH... I've only had the bike faster than that probably 3 out of nearly 8k miles...

If you don't plan on any track days, have a blast. That shit would suck for me. Street or track.

[OneSickPsycho]

Originally Posted by DLIT

If you don't plan on any track days, have a blast. That shit would suck for me. Street or track.

I do plan on track days, but I also plan on a track bike! The reason being is that my bike does not crash well... I got real lucky my lowside was on the right side... Otherwise I would have surely punched and ground out holes in the primary cover... Not to mention the fuel in the frame... had I been going any faster, it might have eaten all the way through my frame pucks and into the frame...

Buell street only... Then something else for track days... A cheap beater project bike most likely.