Open Primary vs. Closed Primary
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WU5C
Bad Dog
That Would be Killer on your ridgeback. Baker still makes the kit and the price is about the same. It took about 3 months to sling out all the oil in the coils but the look and ride is all worth it. I would do the install while it is summer to help the oil clear its self out of the charging coils. Other than that I believe you will be very pleased with the drive.
Twincam8888
Member
Open belt is great if you work in a quarry and like to crush rocks on the way home.
You've obviously never owned an OP.
Drdave427
Active Member
I gotta do that too — I may wait until winter. I‘m nervous about tearing into it - I’ll have a lot of questions I’m sure. Write down a cheat sheet for me !
Great looking flames !!!!!!
WU5C
Bad Dog
Give Erick a call at BigDogPartsKingPin.com and get the boxes. They are simple to exchange and you should have no problems whatsoever. Go to the manual and read up on the torque values and make sure you use the correct thread locker. Other than that simple install....Oh and thanks for the kind words on the flames...
WU5C
Bad Dog
I have about 2,000 miles on my baker OP and love it.. No issues whatsoever ever. The bike is lighter and you don't have all that weight to throw around to get going. Acceleration is quicker and the shifts are spot on. I can find Neutral much better at traffic lights. My only negative is that I should have made the conversion years ago.
Drdave427
Active Member
I have all the parts I think - I got all my parts from Erick and that team— they are great ! I’m gonna to redo tank mounts and fuel lines, rocker boxes and new roller rocker arms -I needed to adjust the valves anyway. Not sure if I need seals or anything for the push rod tubes - only parts I don’t have but they look good now. Thanks and Happy 4th
WU5C
Bad Dog
As you can see on the old boxes they were really showing their age. No matter how I polished them both boxes looked like crap. I tried 0000 steel wool but no luck. So it was an easy choice. Maybe we should have started another thread on the rocker boxes.. Sorry... my bad...
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liferider
Looking forward to retirement
With the open primary, Belt Drive Limited or BDL is the leader in belt drives. When you see top fuel drag bikes pushing 800-1000 HP their running BDL drives. I’ve run one for 10 yrs now with a BDL lock up clutch. The harder you load the clutch pack with more throttle the harder it grabs. There is NO slippage!! http://beltdrives.com/
Dispatch
Active Member
It's the BDL TF 1000, it sticks out so far on the left you can't help but hit it when riding no matter how careful you are, especially due to leg position change from shifting gears and constant on and off the peg foot motion as the result of stop and go activity...
