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Savageman Senior Member Offline Knowledge is half the battle Posts: 275 Marysville, California Gender:	Belt drive vs. chain drive? 12/15/15 at 21:54:11 If converted to chain drive we can change ratios. But what does it do to rideability if a taller ratio is achieved with sprockets? Is the power band so wide that it really doesn't matter?
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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: Belt drive vs. chain drive? Reply #1 - 12/15/15 at 22:05:08 There is a complete story about swapping it to chain in the Tech section. I couldn't find it, maybe you can. Barry Hutchinson did the groundbreaking and someone else decided to do it alongside. Barry died about mid 2012, I think.
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Reply #2 - 12/15/15 at 22:06:26

The power band is so wide that when I get to third (4 speed box) I rarely have to change gears until the next traffic lights. The rubber belt does a wonderful job of smoothing out driveline snatch and vibrations. And no tensioningor chain lube mess to worry about. I love it. I'd have all my bikes belt drive if it were an easy conversion.
I don't really care about the ratios and if it could be different. I just ride it for what it is. YMMV etc.

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Reply #3 - 12/16/15 at 01:58:07

There is a Table of Contents in the Tech Section, and it has a lot of information available there.
http://suzukisavage.com/cgi-bin/YaBB.pl?num=1181745927

The Chain thread is here:
http://suzukisavage.com/cgi-bin/YaBB.pl?board=tech;action=display;num=1174239333

The Kawasaki Pulley change is here:
http://suzukisavage.com/cgi-bin/YaBB.pl?num=1384949185

Both will work with the stock engine HP - but will slow the acceleration down some. And....your 4th gear will get a lot more use as sometimes 5th is just geared too high after the change. A modified engine makes the taller gearing work better, as the increased power restores the performance lost with the taller gears.

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Yoshi Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 880 LongIsland, N.Y. Gender:	Re: Belt drive vs. chain drive? Reply #4 - 12/16/15 at 19:40:32 The chain conversion makes the savage more highway friendly with the chain confersion, I did it but then sold the savage. Are you interested in a chain coversion? I stll have mine but no Savage JTR816-43 REAR SPROCKET JTR513-17 FRONT SPROCKET 530 VOLAR O-RING CHAIN 120 LINK
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Reply #5 - 12/17/15 at 06:19:26

Yoshi wrote on 12/16/15 at 19:40:32:

The chain conversion makes the savage more highway friendly with the chain confersion, I did it but then sold the savage. Are you interested in a chain coversion? I stll have mine but no Savage Wink

JTR816-43 REAR SPROCKET
JTR513-17 FRONT SPROCKET
530 VOLAR O-RING CHAIN 120 LINK

Did you have chain clearance issues with the 43 rear? I've been thinking of doing the conversion but I was thinking that a 48 rear and a 19 front would work.

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