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Jos51700
Posted on Monday, May 05, 2008 - 08:48 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
Um, #1, by that link, nothing available for XB's. That's all XL/Tubie sprocket stuff.

#2, by that link, all that stuff is for belt-drive primary conversions. XB's require major work for that (But it has been done)

I dunno how that stuff fits XB's, but I know you wouldn't want to run an aluminum front chain sprocket on a streetbike, either way.
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Werewulf
Posted on Monday, May 05, 2008 - 10:48 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
i wouldnt use anything on the drive-train made of aluminum, unless you just use it for a bar hopper...
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Hogs
Posted on Monday, May 05, 2008 - 01:39 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
Werewulf,
Why wd. ya say that,Nothing wrong with alum...

Then again wonder if anyone ever machine or drilled holes in the front pulley to lighten it any at all?
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Werewulf
Posted on Monday, May 05, 2008 - 04:00 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
i know several people who have put aluminum front belt pulleys on their bikes and after a few thousand miles they were done.. i put a aluminum with hardened coating variety on my v-rod and it lasted about ten thousand miles...aluminum stuff looks cool and is good for racing, but it just doesnt last if you put a lot of miles on your bike like i do...
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Wantxbr
Posted on Monday, May 05, 2008 - 04:40 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
Hogs
Baker has the light weight cast iron pulleys.
http://www.bakerdrivetrain.com/xl/index.htm

(Message edited by wantxbr on May 05, 2008)
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Hogs
Posted on Monday, May 05, 2008 - 06:03 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
Thanks Wantxbr for that info...!
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Wantxbr
Posted on Monday, May 05, 2008 - 07:27 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
No Problem
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Gearhead
Posted on Monday, May 05, 2008 - 10:51 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
Ouch!

I started out machining the stock primary gear down like those available from a variety of vendors but after pricing the Evolution bits I realized I'd never get the weight reduction I was looking for.

Now having said that, these pieces are on a race bike that does get more attention between races than I ever did when I owned my street Firebolt but the Evolution pieces have been bulletproof. The material is a proprietary aircraft quality material and have been hard anodized, it's a shame to cover them up!

I just threw this out this as an option since he was looking for quicker rpm.
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