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Author Message   Unibear12r Posted on Wednesday, May 21, 2008 - 12:31 am:        All pics care of Blue Eyed Buell Girl. 1125 chain and shifter conversion 1125 belly pan The bike The Man and the Machine Good Racing Shawn Higbee! From Saturday practice at Willow Springs Raceway   Cutty72 Posted on Wednesday, May 21, 2008 - 12:36 am:        why the chain conversion?   Slaughter Posted on Wednesday, May 21, 2008 - 01:09 am:        Glen - glad to FINALLY meet Blue Eyed Buell Girl - cool pics she got of the chain and rearsets. The chain conversion is jokingly referred to as a "secret" - really just because it is not quite yet available to racers (though it might now be) Chain is needed to lower the gearing for more acceleration. Higbee couldn't reach 6th gear anywhere on the track last month - meaning he was accelerating poorly and not reaching top speed (yeah, I know it doesn't sound logical but generally you set the bikes gearing up to be JUST SHORT of rev limit in top gear at the fastest section of the track. He never got out of 5th. Willow is one of the fastest road courses in the USA yet it is absolutely necessary to gear ALL bikes lower for better acceleration. Doesn't do any good to have "unused RPMs" in the engine in a racebike. For their endurance machines, fuel economy is more of a concern than brute power and acceleration and it made sense for them to try it with the standard belt.   Brad1445 Posted on Wednesday, May 21, 2008 - 01:11 am:        Well done. Belly pan looks awesome.   Unibear12r Posted on Wednesday, May 21, 2008 - 01:17 am:        I'll get a few more uploaded to the racing thread later. We had a great time Saturday! Too bad I didn't get to be there for the racing on Sunday. Must of been a fantastic time.   Spatten1 Posted on Wednesday, May 21, 2008 - 10:01 am:        Cutty: With a chain you can change final drive ratios with different sprockets. Necessary to be competitive on different race tracks, unless you have the money and resources to change tranny gears.   Blazin_buell Posted on Wednesday, May 21, 2008 - 06:11 pm:        Is that a modified or custom swingarm?? The belly pan looks sweet ,I'd keep the "unique looking" stock exhaust if I could get a good sound out of it   Krassh Posted on Wednesday, May 21, 2008 - 06:17 pm:        Judging from the weld lines I would guess they stripped the coating off the stock Swingarm, cut the end off and welded an adjustable set on.

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