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| Clunked into first gear ![]() Joined: Jul 2008 Location: North Carolina
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| I know scootworks sells kits that do this, but I found a site that says how to build it yourself: VULCAN 800 D.V. BELT DRIVE SYSTEM That is for the vulcan 800, but I bet that it is a similar job for many such bikes (like my marauder), and it costs about the same as a new chain+sprockets set. The only downside is the time, the work, and some of the special skills/machining.
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| Muscle Biker ![]() | It looks like something that should be done by a professional, IMHO. You'll need all kinds of parts, because a drive belt is wider than a chain. I'm not sure about the 800, but looking at my bike (a standard), there would be some serious modifications necessary. Getting the damn thing aligned would be the toughest part...
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| In The Zone ![]() Joined: May 2004
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| Looks pretty straightfoward to me...provided you have a lathe and know how to use it. This is certainly outside the realm of 'do it yourself' if you don't have a lathe. But they sell the complete kit for slightly less than $600, which is not a bad price at all. Installing it is not hard if you have decent mechanical skills, and if there is a kit offered then there is no notching of the frame required. There are kits on the market for Marauders and various Triumph models also. I installed one on a Marauder, and all you have to do is grind off a small tab on the sprocket cover and bolt everything together.
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| Clunked into first gear ![]() Joined: Jul 2008 Location: North Carolina
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| In The Zone ![]() Joined: May 2004
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| acceleration suffered a bit on the marauder, but it was smoother. it was a customer's bike and I only put maybe 20 miles on it so I can't give more than a general impression. it was the scootworks kit, and I was not very impressed- the belt was not very thick and it was not a modern carbon-fiber, so it did not seem very robust. He was back for a new belt in about 15,000 miles- a small fraction of the life of a modern OEM belt. personally, I would have saved the $600 plus what I charged for the installation and left the chain. with the addition of a $50 chain tensioner you can have nearly the same smoothness, be free of adjustments, and still have the advantages of a chain- easy to fix or change, and real cheap & easy to change sprocket ratios.
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| Clunked into first gear ![]() Joined: Jul 2008 Location: North Carolina
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| In The Zone ![]() Joined: May 2004
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| I put an automatic oiler and an automatic tensioner on my chain-drive shovelhead. I haven't touched the chain since the last time I put a rear tire on the bike- probably 5000 or more miles ago.
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| In The Zone ![]() Joined: May 2004
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| They were both specific to that model Harley, but there are a number available for metric bikes. Do a search of this site first- there have been several threads about them. They are very popular with sportbike riders.
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