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Author Message   Rpm4x4 Posted on Thursday, March 11, 2010 - 11:03 am:        How hard would it be to swap cr gearing to an r? I really dont like how high first gear is on the r. Im not one to do 120+mph so all that is a waste to me anyway. Has anyone done it? Im thinking it would be a cr sprocket, belt and ecm swap. Am I correct?   Froggy Posted on Thursday, March 11, 2010 - 11:15 am:        You would need a CR Belt, Sprocket, Swingarm, and idler pulley bracket. One guy made his own custom idler bracket, and used the stock swingarm. Either way, you will still have an inaccurate speedo, so you would need to somehow get the ECM reflashed or get a Race ECM.   Rpm4x4 Posted on Thursday, March 11, 2010 - 11:29 am:        a swingarm too... crap   No_rice Posted on Thursday, March 11, 2010 - 11:34 am:        just pm'd ya   No_rice Posted on Thursday, March 11, 2010 - 11:35 am:        and as far as the idler bracket, why? as far as all the listings i looked at the part numbers for the r and cr are the same for both bikes. bracket and idler wheel.   Froggy Posted on Thursday, March 11, 2010 - 11:37 am:        G0603.1ATZT BRACKET, IDLER PULLEY Retail Price:$39.50 Thats the 1125CR bracket.   Rpm4x4 Posted on Thursday, March 11, 2010 - 11:53 am:        Thanks guy. Im thinking Ill wait till its out of warrantee before I do it. I was mainly curious if I was on the right train of thought.   No_rice Posted on Thursday, March 11, 2010 - 11:55 am:        damnit, your right froggy. had to find it on a different page.   Rpm4x4 Posted on Thursday, March 11, 2010 - 12:15 pm:        I just saw another thread about an oversize pulley. Thats interesting. I might be able to convince a buddy to do that for me. That would skip the idler and swingarm cost.   Dman Posted on Thursday, March 11, 2010 - 01:19 pm:        Yea, I'd just love to get a straight answer as to why Buell went thru the trouble & huge expense of using a whole other swingarm setup vs just a pulley swap. I mean not speculation but the real deal reason, I can't imagine incurring that expense & reduction to the bottomline of not reusing R the swingarm with out a really good reason. I'm just sayin.   No_rice Posted on Thursday, March 11, 2010 - 01:32 pm:        because the idler is in a specific location to keep the same amount of tension on the belt through out its whole suspension movement. if you change the pulley size, you change the way the belt will run. it will be at a different angle then it did before. meaning the idler will hit the belt in a different space between the two pulleys. if that makes any sense...   Kajunman Posted on Thursday, March 11, 2010 - 03:14 pm:        http://www.badweatherbikers.com/buell/messages/290 431/529720.html?1263654737   Blake Posted on Thursday, March 11, 2010 - 03:46 pm:        I bet you could find someone who would swap swingarms with ya.

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