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 Belt drive America
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Joined: Mar 2007
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Howdy peoples,this is the bagman of Queensland,downunder,where the bloody hell are you? Thunking about converting the Trumpy to belt drive. Newspeedmaster have a package available. Any suggestions most appreciated.
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Brent at Newspeedmaster sells the PDQ belt drive. It's the only one available for our bikes at this time. I understand it's about a 6 month wait to get one right now. There have been some other posts suggesting that we hire a machine shop to pump out the cogs for us but we'd have to get a bunch of guys to buy into the project and find a production machine shop willing to produce them.
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Joined: May 2006
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I spent some time perusing retro fitting a Harley belt option, as I expect others have as well, and quit shortly after discovering the pricing wasn't too much different than the QPD option, when allowing for a machinist or toolmaker to drill or turn the Harley pulleys to fit. I'd love a belt drive to take away my gravel driveway chunks stuck to the chain lube blues, but for now I'll be content with the shackles of a chain.
(That may well be the worst 1/2 pun of the year.)
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Joined: Nov 2006
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The QPD site doesn't mention a ratio??? What gives?
Ride a Motorcycle.....not a Bandwagon.
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Joined: Aug 2005
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The QPD final drive ratio for our bikes is 2.45:1 which is very close to 17/42 sprockets (2:47:1).
Bob
2005 America, 904cc - sold. 2014 Trophy SE.
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Just to give you an idea of the different chain sprocket ratios.
42/16 = 2.62:1
42/17 = 2.47:1
42/18 = 2.33:1
42/19 = 2.21:1
I was born a long ways from where I was supposed to be. - Bob Dylan
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Joined: Mar 2007
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I don't like belt transmission.
That ****** doesn't advise you like a chain when is going to break.
And I like to do maintenance to my bike sometimes. It relaxes me, just 2-3 hours a month all for me to make care of my bike.
I use lamp white petrol to clean, and after a good Silkolene white spry.
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