No compenator sounds harsh,you als lose the benefit of 6th gear.My 5sp only turns 3100 at 70mph.Does evo make a 32 tooth primary sprocket?

 

+1
I did the same. Easy swap.

 

 

In order to gear the bike down, you can change either the front or rear belt pulley, or both. The prior response to your question suggested changing the frontpulley. You can also change the rear one. Typically the number of teeth on rear pulleys range from about 60 teeth to about 72. Count the number of teeth on yours and then find one with a larger number of teeth. This will cause the engine to rev higher at any given speed, thereby increasing horsepower to the rear wheel. If you, at the same time REDUCED the size of the front pulley you might get away without having to replace the belt. Do some math and try to determine what the percentage increase in rpms might be so that you don't end up dissatisfied with a bike which is geared too low and therefore reving too high at cruising speeds. Replacing the belt (and/or the front pulley) will require taking off the inner primary - which typically necessitates a couple of special tools and knowhow. If you have not done this before, it might be wise to talk this over with your dealer.

 

Sorry, man.

I talked to my mechanic and you are right, I didn't hear him correctly with alla the stuff we were talkin' about a coupla days ago!

hehe, here is his quote:

"Next time ya call and we talk about yer modifications, have a few less beers and clean the crap outta yer ears!" Then he laughed his *** off. [:-]

BUT, he does agree that everything in my first post is a great plan, and if I ever want to go to a lil' deeper gearing, we can tweak the primary gearing. I doubt I'll need more gear than 3.15, tho...

Oh, yeah, my axle is almost all the way back in the slot already, so I'm kinda stuck with that, ya know?

Ride safe, guys.

 

Changing the belt pulleys, either the front, rear or both is a PIA and you will most likely end up changing the belt, plus you will need a speedo recalibration. Changing the engine sprocket is a whole lot easier, less expensive and no speedo recalibration required.

HD dealerships are pushing the belt pulley changes as HD does not make different engine sprockets for the 07 and up bikes, plus they get a ton of labor for doing the swap. It does work well, but just more of everything involved.