High Ratio Primary Gears

[Jim]

Does anyone still sell (make) the high ratio primary gear sets for our bikes?
If you don't know what I'm referring to, have a look here.


Image from The XS Cafe.

 

[Tinker Taylor]

As much trouble it seems some members have with finding neutral, the needle bearing on the stock primary gears sounds positive. Is there any way of ascertaining the date of the post?
'TT'

 

[arcticXS]

Try Ivan Hoey in Australia (Melbourne?)
I got a set from him 2-3 years ago. Maybe you can find contact info on the Aussie XS club website.

 

[Signal]

Jim have a look on the XS 650 club of Australia webiste.
https://old.xs650.org.au/Racers.htm
Ivan makes has them made in batches he may have a set on the shelf.

 

[Jim]

Just so happens I'm reading about the club racer as we speak.
Thanks guys. I'll poke 'round there for a bit...

 

[Miker Vee]

On the German XS650 forum, there is a Swiss guy called Steffi who runs a series of 32/69 teeth (20% clutch RPM increase) primary gear sets every now and then.
According to his last post on the subject, he was hoping for availability around last October for the next run. No news after that, he probably has to deal with long delivery times.
Priorities for manufacturing small quantities are never high.

https://xs650.de/forum/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=23383&start=105

 

[Jim]

On the German XS650 forum, there is a Swiss guy called Steffi who runs a series of 32/69 teeth (20% clutch RPM increase) primary gear sets every now and then.
According to his last post on the subject, he was hoping for availability around last October for the next run. No news after that, he probably has to deal with long delivery times.
Priorities for manufacturing small quantities are never high.

https://xs650.de/forum/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=23383&start=105

Thanks, I'll have a look.

 

[Signal]

Miker Vee, Do you know if Steffi has made any more of his reworked electric start throw out gears. I have tried a through the Twinn Inn to get a set but not in stock and shipping is a problem to NZ it is not even in their drop down menu !

 

[Miker Vee]

Hi Signal,

According to the most recent thread about the throw out gear, a batch of them was delivered to Twins-Inn at around August '21.
https://xs650.de/forum/viewtopic.php?f=8&p=292434&sid=d636c9032278d6a230c580f379e293b9#p292434

This is the article on the Twins-Inn website, I think:
https://www.twins-inn.com/epages/78210236.sf/de_DE/?

I was able to put it in the shopping cart and follow the checkout procedure.
No 'Out of stock' message up to the point where the PayPal transaction would start.
When you get to the form which lets you enter the shipping address, there is a destination country drop down menu there ('Land'), which contains New Zealand (4th entry from bottom).
I entered shipping info for a fictional New Zealand address and it worked.
The next page shows a destination zone, where I chose 'Welt', which should apply to you.

Maybe if this somehow fails to work for you, you can shoot them an e-mail.
Their contact info is on
https://www.twins-inn.com/epages/78...Path=/Shops/78210236/Categories/PrivacyPolicy

Hope this is of some use to you.
Mike

 

[Signal]

Thank you, that is very helpful.

 

[Dunc]

I have a set coming for mine from Ivan.

 

[Charles13]

I have a set coming for mine from Ivan.

I’ve been on the list for over a year and nothing yet, I’d better contact him
Edit: Ivan has sent my gears so I should start my buildup soon.

 

[Charles13]

I haven’t received my gears and the tracking number is invalid, the PayPal invoice was to Carynn McCann for $830 AUD. I have emailed him and hope they’re on the way and he got the tracking number wrong.

 

[Signal]

I bought a set from Ivan many years ago without any problems, so I you will be ok.

 

[Charles13]

Ivan, contacted me and it appears that they may be in a holding cell at the post office for duty owed. I’ll be going there first thing Monday morning as they may have been there a while.

 

[Charles13]

Update; I’ve got the gears they where sitting in quarantine at the post office

 

[46th Georgia]

Update; I’ve got the gears they where sitting in quarantine at the post office

Would you mind disclosing the price?

 

[Charles13]

Would you mind disclosing the price?

$830aud or in my case priceless as I want to run a Cush drive wheel Sun rim combo that can only go down to a 38 tooth sprocket. A Cush hub is a true luxury for cruising.

 

[Speakas]

Has Ivan got any more in the current batch? I'm running a cfmoto rear wheel with a 18/39t sprocket that is the smallest I can go(not actually from a cfmoto but from a drz since I've got a bracket to offset the sprocket so it lines up)

I was planning to run a 5th gear overdrive hoping to get decent cruising speed, but thinking now maybe primary drive gear is also the way to go. How does it affect the kick start? Thought it would be harder but saw someone say it actually made it easier?

 

[Charles13]

I forgot about the 5th od! I’m going to add one also. I use a Cush drive KTM wheel with a 19” Sun rim and 39 tooth sprocket, the axle brakes and sprocket all work out nice with my chrome moly Cheney flat track frame/swingarm