Direct gear drive?

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king robb · #1 Post by **king robb** » Fri Sep 11, 2009 5:32 am

I have already scheduled it (along with cams growing)...but I was wondering if any of you twin cam fellas have any experience with direct gear drive conversions.

#2 Post by **jaskc78** » Fri Sep 11, 2009 6:42 pm

not i, sorry.

king robb · #3 Post by **king robb** » Sun Sep 27, 2009 4:12 pm

Well it is in. Picked it up yesterday.

Sounds wierd...a whirring noise...and the beast has a new song... not too mention a different personality. The 510 cams seem to be a good addition. One accidental burnout told me I have to settle down for a minute and relearn her temperment.

#4 Post by **Wrider** » Sun Sep 27, 2009 7:58 pm

Whirring noise ought to disappear after a while as the gears mesh and wear to each other. Nice though, let us know how it affects handling and such!

Gummiente · #5 Post by **Gummiente** » Sun Sep 27, 2009 11:23 pm

king robb wrote:One accidental burnout told me I have to settle down for a minute and relearn her temperment.

Accidental... riiiiight.

king robb · #6 Post by **king robb** » Mon Sep 28, 2009 3:39 am

Wrider, No expected handling effects...other than she has more balls (that is such a hilarious mix of metaphors to me) than she used too, so I will have to relearn my throttle control in turns and such.

Gummi, nah...it was an honest oops....too cheap for tires...a little throttle and dumping the clutch used to give me a good hard launch...now it will cost me money.

Off to look for a ticket or two.

CentralOzzy · #7 Post by **CentralOzzy** » Wed Nov 18, 2009 11:48 pm

Yeah....we believe THAT story!

king robb · #8 Post by **king robb** » Thu Nov 19, 2009 1:35 pm

We arent talkin gabout 30 ft of smoke....just a quick spin...but whatever.

Amdonim · #9 Post by **Amdonim** » Tue Nov 24, 2009 4:21 pm

What exactly is a direct gear drive?

king robb · #10 Post by **king robb** » Thu Nov 26, 2009 6:38 am

Newer Harleys have Twin Cams...stock with a chain drive connecting.
Replaced with a gear and different cams. I am probably terming it wrong.