teabowl13
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HEY KIDS,
I'm just brain storming at this point... building a Vintage roadster out of my $250 Savage (nothing really built yet, but soon, with pictures to follow...) and my builder friend wants to do a chain conversion... I know a couple of the RYCA guys are doing that, and I'm wondering how that has worked out and what sprockets you guys are running...
Hutch's recommendation, and a couple others seem to like the 17/43 combo, but that's hitting the swingarms on bikes that are running 12.5" shocks; I'm going to be running 13" shocks... Would the 18/45 be enough to clear?
MPNOFFI, who is doing the Scrambler build, calculated that 16/52 would maintain the stock gearing ratios, accounting for the 18" rear tire, but how big of an issue is this anyway? All of the RYCA bikes that keep the belt drive are not changing the gearing to account for the tires... How much of a difference does the 18" rear tire make to the way it rides with the belt?
Maybe I need to do some trial and error here, but thought it would help to ask first... we're still in the planning and plotting stages, wither up here is long and still just barely getting started, so we have time on our side...
Thanks Y'all!!
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