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SuperSavage Senior Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 341	Re: There,.. I fixed it... Reply #15 - 05/25/12 at 19:30:56 Sir Serow, how's the power with the larger front sprocket? I went with a smaller rear sprocket on my Vulcan 800 and it definitely helps as far as super-slab cruising buzziness. The vulcan has alot more power on tap so I don't even notice the difference right after launch...
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Reply #16 - 05/25/12 at 19:42:32

As long as I'm in the right gear,.. power is still plenty good... but each step is bigger,... so, to go fast, I think I'm shifting out at a higher rpm to catch the prime torqueband of the next gear......
I've been riding this bike for 6 years... so, the unconscious shift points now require some attention...
Gonna' give it some time...

Funny, but switching to a completely different bike, is easier than adjusting to a change in one that you are very used to...
Huh

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mjs3790225 Full Member Offline Finally making a presence! Posts: 103 Orlando, Fl Gender:	Re: There,.. I fixed it... Reply #17 - 05/25/12 at 21:16:20 Great info thanks! I'm in the middle of planning a long trip for later this summer and am really hoping to get this pulley business accomplished. Lol, that among a pile of other things XD
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Reply #18 - 05/25/12 at 23:27:03

Hey guys. I installed this on my Ryca. Fits great. The larger rear tire rubs against the swing arm at high speed when the tire expands so I have to grind on it a little to add clearance.

Overall, I love it. I think it works quite well with my big bore and web cam. I'm not sure what it would be like on a stock motor. My Ryca is sooo much fun to ride now!!! Oh and on the freeway I usually forget I am in 5th with the stock pulley and want to upshift to another gear that's not there. I caught myself a few times with the new pulley cruising in 4th not realizing I have one more gear. It almost feels like an overdrive now, but not quite.

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mjs3790225 Full Member Offline Finally making a presence! Posts: 103 Orlando, Fl Gender:	Re: There,.. I fixed it... Reply #19 - 05/26/12 at 00:33:54 Now that's what I want to hear! Highway improvement! =D How did you go about getting the gear to fit on your bike? Did you grind it like Serowbot did or you do it some other way? Or is the Ryca so much different you didn't even need to worry?
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RycaShawn Full Member Offline Ryca Fan Posts: 145 Los Angeles Gender:	Re: There,.. I fixed it... Reply #20 - 05/26/12 at 08:55:43 I turned down both sides of the pulley on a lathe. Made sure the original surface I was cutting down had less than .002" of runout before I cut the new surface. Btw, I too get a little more belt noise. When I roll to a stop with the engine disengaged, there's a mild drone. Serowbot, experiencing the same thing?
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Reply #21 - 05/26/12 at 09:09:06

RycaShawn wrote on 05/26/12 at 08:55:43:

Btw, I too get a little more belt noise. When I roll to a stop with the engine disengaged, there's a mild drone. Serowbot, experiencing the same thing?

I'm opposite... dead quite on decel... whine is when the gas is on...
Still experimenting on how to remove...

(... and I mean experimenting...
Last try used a grease splatter shield,... a cooking pot,.. and a turkey baster...
I decided it was the trailing edge of the belt teeth against the leading edge of the pulley teeth... so, I sifted dirt with the screen into a pot, and used the baster to squirt fine sand between the pulley and belt, as I turned the wheel...
If it had worked, it would have been my masterpiece... sadly,.. it helped only 20%...
...polished the pulley nice though.. Huh

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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: There,.. I fixed it... Reply #22 - 05/26/12 at 09:40:21 Try some of that stuff from at the pool hall,.,heck,, IDK what it even IS,, but its the white stuff ya rub on yer sweaty gripper,, Its not powder, is it? Sure not lookin very powderish,, Is it chalk? I bet itll knock the whine down.. Some white chalk,, pulverized, ? Ill bet thatd work some too,.
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Serowbot YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline OK.... so what's the speed of dark? Posts: 28623 Tucson Az Gender:	Re: There,.. I fixed it... Reply #23 - 05/26/12 at 09:47:13 Chalk... ... Hmmm?.. Excellent idea... I have a bottle of it for filling a chalk line... ... but it's blue... (only comes in blue or red)... Heck,.. I 'll try it anyway... It'll wear off eventually... ...
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Cavi Mike Serious Thumper Offline Thumper n00b Posts: 1005 Rochester, NY Gender:	Re: There,.. I fixed it... Reply #24 - 05/26/12 at 19:05:42 I'm glad this worked out for you but I really suggest people get theirs milled or turned. Hell, I'll do it for free just to allow myself to sleep better at night.
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Reply #25 - 05/28/12 at 02:58:58

Great find, great thread, great idea!

I opened this page waiting to find something kinda like this:

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but oh surprise surprise, there it was, the motorcycle part
I was looking for years and never found, I got up to 90+mph
with the help of carb tuning and an oversized rear tire but
never could do the TON;

...now if I only still had a savage Roll Eyes

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Reply #26 - 07/16/12 at 21:11:26

Finally was able to get a hold of my machinist friend. He was able to throw the pulley on lathe and grind it down to the size of the original. Haha! When he gave it back to me he said it was harder than it looked and that he went through 6 tips cutting the thing! At any rate, he did a real fine job.

Got the pulley on, ground some contact points on the case, and gave it a nice 40 mile ride on the highway. So far so good.

Also, it should be noted to adjust the rear brake after doing this mod! Shocked

Where'd you go!? lol

Can def see a speed difference from the speedo and GPS comparison. As soon as you get past 30, watch out! It just keeps drift'n farther off!

Gonna have to get used to running in different gears in the city, but I think I'll like it in the end.

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arteacher Serious Thumper Offline Ride as if your naked and invisable! Posts: 2581 London ontario Gender:	Re: There,.. I fixed it... Reply #27 - 08/05/12 at 12:41:10 My solution for belt noise was.... mustache wax. You can make it yourself with bee's wax and Vaseline at about a 60-30 ratio. Heat it up till it melts and brush it on the belt. My initial application has worked for 2000 miles so far.
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87 savage Full Member Offline Gone riding! Posts: 249 Maine Gender:	Re: There,.. I fixed it... Reply #28 - 08/05/12 at 17:47:53 Serowbot wrote on 04/30/12 at 18:30:52: ... with oversize 140/80 -15 tire... redline moves up to 110.7 MPH... 60 mph cruise 3525rpm Hey Serowbot, awesome mod. Any recent comments? I'm a little confused though, 140/80 -15 is the stock size rear tire??
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