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Doody814

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Front pulley cover
04/05/13 at 11:12:01

I've never been fond of the looks of the pulley cover, especially now that I'm doing a bobber project. It's kinda large and chunky looking, and I want something smaller, and more custom looking, preferably something that shows more of the pulley itself, while still maintaining some protection to the pulley & belt. I've seen some guys just remove them completely, but I'm not keen on that idea at all.

I can't find anything aftermarket, custom, or otherwise. I came across a nice looking homemade one, while browsing a few days ago, that someone on here posted, but I can't find the thread again anywhere. Does anyone know of any options that might be out there?

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Re: Front pulley cover
Reply #1 - 04/05/13 at 11:22:05

The member that was making them has been kinda AWOL for awhile. Don't think anyone has heard from him in months.

I'm not setup to do any sheet metal work like he was, or I would try to do something like that. Now if I was setup for casting aluminum I could come up with some unique stuff as well, but I know nothing about casting aluminum or any type of metals for that fact.

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EJID Serious Thumper Offline Work to ride and ride to work. Posts: 1536 Pocatello, ID Gender:	Re: Front pulley cover Reply #2 - 04/05/13 at 11:35:16 Did you see what this member did... just a random possibility http://suzukisavage.com/cgi-bin/YaBB.pl?num=1361206940
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Dave YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 18101 Camp Springs, Kentucky Gender:	Re: Front pulley cover Reply #3 - 04/05/13 at 11:37:19 I am going to do something like this to my rear brake. You could adapt this style to the pulley cover as well.
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ToesNose Serious Thumper Offline Pardon me, do you have Hot Sauce? Posts: 1993 Mooresville, NC Gender:	Re: Front pulley cover Reply #4 - 04/05/13 at 11:58:40 Ohhh me likey Dave!!!! And I love Devin's scoot, especially his anti tail gater bomb! LOL
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verslagen1 YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline Where there's a will, I want to be in it. Posts: 28889 L.A. California Gender:	Re: Front pulley cover Reply #5 - 04/05/13 at 12:14:56 Yep, almost a year since we've heard from him http://suzukisavage.com/cgi-bin/YaBB.pl?num=1338504272/0
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Doody814 Junior Member Offline Posts: 75 Murfreesboro, TN Gender:	Re: Front pulley cover Reply #6 - 04/05/13 at 12:21:13 EJID wrote on 04/05/13 at 11:35:16: Did you see what this member did... I did, as well as this one, but both still use the stock shape & slotted openings. I do like them both, but I was wanting something that didn't look anything like what the stock one started out as.
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Doody814 Junior Member Offline Posts: 75 Murfreesboro, TN Gender:	Re: Front pulley cover Reply #7 - 04/05/13 at 12:26:32 verslagen1 wrote on 04/05/13 at 12:14:56: Yep, almost a year since we've heard from him Yep, that's the one! I love how he incorporated the lines on the mating side, and matching diameters of the pulley, so it looks like it's "factory made", but still far from "stock".
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Doody814 Junior Member Offline Posts: 75 Murfreesboro, TN Gender:	Re: Front pulley cover Reply #8 - 04/05/13 at 13:11:12 I don't love everything about it, but this is definitely an interesting angle to take...
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verslagen1 YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline Where there's a will, I want to be in it. Posts: 28889 L.A. California Gender:	Re: Front pulley cover Reply #9 - 04/05/13 at 13:52:13 You might note that this is not a cover, but a prelude to a disc brake mounted to the pulley. The stator cover was modified to fit as well.
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Doody814

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Re: Front pulley cover
Reply #10 - 04/05/13 at 14:09:53

Yeah, that's what I don't like about it...I can just see my left pant leg getting pulled off the first time I rode it like that. Shocked

I do like the overall look of it though, with the two tandem circles, and the openness of it. If it was mounted using the current bolt holes rather than to the pulley, the pulley spinning behind it would look pretty spiffy.

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bobert_FSO Senior Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 422 Wichita KS Gender:	Re: Front pulley cover Reply #11 - 04/05/13 at 14:41:30 Doody, I really like the red pulleys and the red disk brake hub. I seriously thought about painting mine like that. I also like the the cover with the random holes in it. Nice touches all of them.
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Doody814 Junior Member Offline Posts: 75 Murfreesboro, TN Gender:	Re: Front pulley cover Reply #12 - 04/05/13 at 14:53:56 bobert, Yeah I really do to. I've got red rims, so I'm wanting to do the pulley red to accent them. That's really the main reason I want a cover that is more open...but I want something that is more unique.
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verslagen1 YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline Where there's a will, I want to be in it. Posts: 28889 L.A. California Gender:	Re: Front pulley cover Reply #13 - 04/05/13 at 15:09:47 If you want, I could look into making a cover. Only I couldn't bend over the top like skeebo did. It would just be a flat plate.
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wearsabrowncoat Junior Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 78 L.A. - lower Alabama Gender:	Re: Front pulley cover Reply #14 - 04/05/13 at 19:35:23 Could the stock cover be modded with a flat plate to give a similar look to the one our AWOL friend made?
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