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beatr911 · 12-14-2012, 06:01 PM

[QUOTE=redyaris;345479]New fianl drive information:

The 1983/84 Honda VT500FT Ascot: Has a 120/90 H18 rear tire/rim.
Has a 35/11 final drive. QUOTE]

Wait a minute. There was a FT500 Ascot single cylinder and chain drive. Then there was the VT500 Ascot vtwin shaft drive sport bike, sister to the VT500Shadow shaftie. All three produced at the same time.

On my Concours, the bevel drive, you know where the countershaft would be on a chain drive bike, can be swapped with the Voyager. Reduces rpm by about 400 at freeway speeds. Final drive ratio remains as is. Check what other bevel gears will fit the VT500 shaft drive case.

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beatr911 Master EcoModder Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: West Coast, USA Posts: 516 B2300 - '96 Mazda B2300 SE Focus - '05 Ford Focus ST The red car - '00 Honda Insight Thanks: 6 Thanked 77 Times in 56 Posts	[QUOTE=redyaris;345479]New fianl drive information: The 1983/84 Honda VT500FT Ascot: Has a 120/90 H18 rear tire/rim. Has a 35/11 final drive. QUOTE] Wait a minute. There was a FT500 Ascot single cylinder and chain drive. Then there was the VT500 Ascot vtwin shaft drive sport bike, sister to the VT500Shadow shaftie. All three produced at the same time. On my Concours, the bevel drive, you know where the countershaft would be on a chain drive bike, can be swapped with the Voyager. Reduces rpm by about 400 at freeway speeds. Final drive ratio remains as is. Check what other bevel gears will fit the VT500 shaft drive case. __________________ Good design is simple. Getting there isn't.