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Old 04-07-2009, 10:51 PM   #3 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by dcb View Post
I've wondered about that myself. Other options might be to replace it with a manual clutch somehow. Or put a heavy duty freewheel on the rear sprocket maybe.
No rear sprocket here.

The engine crankshaft goes into the CVT, the CVT exits into the clutch, and the clutch drops straight into a fixed gear reduction drive which feeds the rear wheel directly. There's no sprockets anywhere.
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