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Author Topic: Final drives  (Read 1249 times)

chewy4x4

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Final drives
« on: April 03, 2010, 01:29:45 AM »
What year final drives will fit an 81 r65 and how do the gearings work?

chewy4x4

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Re: Final drives
« Reply #1 on: April 05, 2010, 10:25:27 PM »
Any one?

Offline NC Steve

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Re: Final drives
« Reply #2 on: April 05, 2010, 10:33:17 PM »
There are quite a few threads discussing this topic on the board.

You may want to do a search for final drives, final gearing, etc, you should find a bunch of info. Go back as far as possible in your search too.
Good luck.
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Re: Final drives
« Reply #3 on: April 05, 2010, 10:39:48 PM »
Any of the 81-84 final drives will fit.  Final drives from the 79-80 R65 bikes will probably also work, but may require different spacers and axle.  All the R65 bikes from 79-84 came with either 31/9 (3.44) or 32/9 (3.56) final drive ratios, which need to be used with either W1276 or W1318 (respectively) calibrated speedometers for the odometer & speedometer readings to match that of the final drive.

You could probably also put a similar year R80 final drive on (usually either 37/11 (3.36) or 32/10 (3.2) your R65 but your acceleration will suffer a bit (and you'll need a different calibrated speedometer, too).
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Re: Final drives
« Reply #4 on: April 05, 2010, 10:49:08 PM »
[size=14]And R65LS final drives are out of the question![/size]
They use a different-sized brake shoe diameter, and who knows what else?


Steve proved me wrong.
« Last Edit: April 05, 2010, 11:44:33 PM by Rob_Valdez_79_R65 »

chewy4x4

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Re: Final drives
« Reply #5 on: April 05, 2010, 10:51:56 PM »
Thanks yall

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Re: Final drives
« Reply #6 on: April 05, 2010, 11:05:42 PM »
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[size=14]And R65LS final drives are out of the question![/size]
They use a different-sized brake shoe diameter, and who knows what else?

Britta's sported an LS drive for a good 10K or more, with no side effects so far.

I'm assuming (hoping? praying?) that, other than using LS-specific brake shoes when the time comes, we might just live happily ever after... :-?

« Last Edit: April 05, 2010, 11:32:45 PM by Rob_Valdez_79_R65 »
'16 Triumph T100 Bonneville
'19 Royal Enfield Himalayan
82 R65-Blue II, 84 R65-Britta, 84 R65-Ol' Blue, 88 K75C, 99 R1100R
00 Guzzi Jackal, 89 Mille GT, 03 Cal Stone
07 Honda ST1300

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Re: Final drives
« Reply #7 on: April 05, 2010, 11:33:40 PM »
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[size=14]And R65LS final drives are out of the question![/size]
They use a different-sized brake shoe diameter, and who knows what else?

Britta's sported an LS drive for a good 10K or more, with no side effects so far.

I'm assuming (hoping? praying?) that, other than using LS-specific brake shoes when the time comes, we might just live happily ever after... :-?


Does it also use a LS wheel?


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Re: Final drives
« Reply #8 on: April 05, 2010, 11:37:00 PM »
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[size=14]And R65LS final drives are out of the question![/size]
They use a different-sized brake shoe diameter, and who knows what else?

Britta's sported an LS drive for a good 10K or more, with no side effects so far.

I'm assuming (hoping? praying?) that, other than using LS-specific brake shoes when the time comes, we might just live happily ever after... :-?


Does it also use a LS wheel?


Nope, just a plain old '84 snowflake.

it all works fine too...for now, anyway... :-/
'16 Triumph T100 Bonneville
'19 Royal Enfield Himalayan
82 R65-Blue II, 84 R65-Britta, 84 R65-Ol' Blue, 88 K75C, 99 R1100R
00 Guzzi Jackal, 89 Mille GT, 03 Cal Stone
07 Honda ST1300