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Old 03-30-2013, 04:30 PM   #17 (permalink)
pete c
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Originally Posted by mechman600 View Post
+1.
Except my ZX-7R gear drives the alternator off the clutch gear. I guess they did that to make the engine as narrow as possible.
The jap in line 4 sport bikes all got away from hanging the alternator off the end of the crank back in the early 80s. It made the engine noticably narrower which helped, particularly with all the plastic they started wrapping them in at the time.
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