24 tooth sprocket

bucaman · #1 06-22-2008, 02:07 PM

I am thinking of putting in a 24 tooth sprocket on my 74 XLH. What can I expect for issues?
Clearance and such?
Thanks,
Bucaman

piniongear · #2 06-22-2008, 03:25 PM

&nbsp\\;\\\\\\;The best thing&nbsp\\;\\\\\\; to do with a 24T sprocket is to continue thinking about it for years , not actually putting it on.
&nbsp\\;\\\\\\;The issues?
&nbsp\\;\\\\\\;You will have to grind some of the aluminum off the sprocket cover where the aluminum surrounds the lower bolt. Almost through to the bolt, to gain enough clearance for the chain.

&nbsp\\;\\\\\\;You will have to slip the clutch to take off from a dead stop. The clutch will chatter and jerk and drive you crazy.

&nbsp\\;\\\\\\;When you finally get the bike up to 65 mph, then you will like the 24T. This is the only place you may like it however. It is too much gear for an ironhead to pull down on the low end of rpms.

&nbsp\\;\\\\\\;I have tried running a 24T a number of times and it just does not work. A 23T is a much better choice, and no grinding is required..........pg

edit note: I do not know what is wrong with this double backslash business. It's starting to drive me nuts!

bucaman · #3 06-22-2008, 07:08 PM

Heard about the grinding but not to that extent. Will I get the lower RPS at speed with the 23. enough to make it worth whiile anyway?
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Thanks for the info.

bucaman · #4 06-22-2008, 07:09 PM

Make that RPMs.

piniongear · #5 06-23-2008, 09:41 AM

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ORIGINAL: bucaman

Heard about the grinding but not to that extent. Will I get the lower RPS at speed with the 23. enough to make it worth whiile anyway?
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Thanks for the info.

Everything in life is a trade off, with no free lunch offered.
Using a 23T sprocket will cause higher rpm at speed. Is the rpm too high for you? You will have to determine that for yourself.
For me a 23T is what I run and the rpm at 60 mph is not excessive. It is higher than it would be with a 24T, but the trade off is the 23T is a much more rideable machine, and my clutch is not going to wear out prematurely............pg

83XLX · #6 07-01-2008, 12:24 PM

A 23 is the way to go - that's what I'm running on mine, too.