New to site from NWA

[chopit]

See a couple of familiar names and faces here! Reckon thats to be expected as I frequent a couple other forums also. First forum I was ever on was the xs650 site and gained from it, so I look forward to popping in here some!

Here's my rattletrap

 

[joe p]

I'm a newbie here, too. From Northwest Arkansas. Welcome to the forum.

 

[chopit]

Thanks for the welcome Joe. Just saw another new guy here less than an hour from me. Ozarks is representing...haha. I'm over between Centerton and Gravette.

 

[dirtdigger]

Hey chopit, do you have a good picture of that jackshaft setup that is on your avatar picture? I have been messing around with several different designs and haven't really found one that I am completely happy with. Start a photo gallery and post lots of pictures lol.

 

[chopit]

Hey chopit, do you have a good picture of that jackshaft setup that is on your avatar picture? I have been messing around with several different designs and haven't really found one that I am completely happy with. Start a photo gallery and post lots of pictures lol.

dd its a one off design I came up with and talked my machinist into helping me build. I call it a floating jackshaft because it just has one attahment point to a piece of round stock run between the lower mounts that it floats on and I can adjust both chains at the same time just at the rear adjusters. I will try to find some good pics, but expect I'll be tearing the bike partly down soon for some freshening and plan on getting some.

There is a disadvantage to mine, as this is just a prototype and you learn as you go. Since it does just basically float instead of being solid mounted to the frame, I don't attempt any radical launches or smoky burnouts . Not sayin it wouldn't hold, just not ready to find out.

 

[dirtdigger]

It looks pretty clean from the picture. I had a jackshaft on my hardtail but built a prototype offset sprocket with a bearing support on the motor so I could get rid of the jackshaft. So far so good but I always seem to want to add more power and I like smokey burnouts so I am always looking to beef up my drive setup.