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Author Message   Sfarson Posted on Monday, May 10, 2010 - 11:05 am:        With seemingly a recent spate of Uly belt breaking tales, and also uncertain supply of replacements, can some of you respond quickly with how many miles you've cranked off without a belt breaking? Thanks much.   Brakes2late Posted on Monday, May 10, 2010 - 11:31 am:        22K on my 06.   Motorbike Posted on Monday, May 10, 2010 - 11:42 am:        1100 miles so far, looks good!   Gamdh Posted on Monday, May 10, 2010 - 11:51 am:        33K on my original belt ('06). Replaced before it broke with the 'E' version... got about 18K on that one when it broke. Replace that with the 'F' version... only about 5 k on that on.. so far so good.   Ourdee Posted on Monday, May 10, 2010 - 11:51 am:        About 10,000 when it spit off a tooth.   Union_man Posted on Monday, May 10, 2010 - 11:58 am:        20,000...still going. (Message edited by union_man on May 10, 2010)   Crusty Posted on Monday, May 10, 2010 - 12:44 pm:        40K seems to be the magic number for me. It seems that belts break on me somewhere just after that. It was true on my FLHS Harley, and all my Buells seem to last at least that long. My '06 Uly had almost 35K on the original belt when I traded it in, and it was fine. My '08 XT has 30K on it, and the belt is O.K. My wife's Lightning Long has 27K on it, and I'm going to replace the belt soon, as we have a 7,000 mile ride planned for next month. I'll do it when I mount the fresh tires before the trip. (Message edited by Crusty on May 10, 2010)   Skifastbadly Posted on Monday, May 10, 2010 - 01:29 pm:        Mine broke at 23K   Bttrthnwrk Posted on Monday, May 10, 2010 - 03:16 pm:        My 09 X is at 22,900 miles. No problems, yet.   Ruggles Posted on Monday, May 10, 2010 - 03:28 pm:        I only have 11K on my Uly but I've put over 100K on a belt on a hot rodded 87 Sportster that I retrofitted from chain with a factory kit, and my bagger has 70K on it (also hot rodded), so i don't think there's any magic number. Harley says to replace it on the bagger at 50K but I always hated fixing something that ain't broke.   Liv2 Posted on Monday, May 10, 2010 - 03:32 pm:        18,500 for me still going strong   Rwven Posted on Monday, May 10, 2010 - 03:38 pm:        18K on mine. It's looser than it used to be and the idler spins easily by hand. I've got a new one on the way and I'll relegate this one to spares kit duty.   Sekalilgai Posted on Monday, May 10, 2010 - 03:51 pm:        24k before it too spat out a tooth   Ksc12c Posted on Monday, May 10, 2010 - 04:12 pm:        23k so far,so good.   Badrap Posted on Monday, May 10, 2010 - 04:24 pm:        1006 with no problem.   Road_kill Posted on Monday, May 10, 2010 - 04:31 pm:        26k so far on my '08 Uly - still looks ok   Hughlysses Posted on Monday, May 10, 2010 - 05:04 pm:        8,000 miles on original belt; didn't fail but showed cracks between the teeth at that point so I replaced it myself and retained it as an emergency spare. Replacement belt now has 16,000 miles and looks good as new.   Sfarson Posted on Monday, May 10, 2010 - 06:44 pm:        OK, Thanks everyone. Good to hear I can, for the most part, expect at least 20K (if not notably more) out of the belt.   Etennuly Posted on Monday, May 10, 2010 - 06:48 pm:        I took mine off at about 36,000. I was going on a road trip and wanted not only a fresh one, but a spare. As a spare, if needed, the used one will be much easier to install road side because it is pre-stretched.   Idaho_buelly Posted on Monday, May 10, 2010 - 08:14 pm:        11,000 so far with no issues on my 09X   Paul56 Posted on Tuesday, May 11, 2010 - 12:18 am:        30k miles on the original belt (didn't break). 45k miles on the second belt (didn't break, but was plenty loose). Both are now spares. 06 purchased Jan 23 2006.   Catalan42 Posted on Tuesday, May 11, 2010 - 02:16 am:        Hi - Up to 22K on the Sportster (currently for sale.....). Got just 6K on the Lightning and 6K on the Ulysses, fingers crossed now......   Zac4mac Posted on Tuesday, May 11, 2010 - 05:06 am:        I just bought Skinner's Uly, wondering how tough the belts are. I am riding(6800 miles so far) on a belt that was coiled up, under the seat of my 1125R for 2 months. Does, perhaps, a belt fit nicely in a top or side case? Peace of mind indeed. Zack   Blasterd Posted on Tuesday, May 11, 2010 - 07:47 am:        I commute about 60 miles daily as the Uly is my only form of transportation. Does anyone here have an extra one that your willing to sell kinda inexpensive in case mine snaps? I can't really swing the cost of a new one so I figured I ask.....   Xbimmer Posted on Tuesday, May 11, 2010 - 11:17 am:        Replaced my original '06 at 20K, keep it as a spare. Ran the second for 40K and kept it for another spare although it shows more wear than the first. Have about 7K on the third (E) belt and it's finally starting to loosen up, damn that one was snug.   Jlnance Posted on Tuesday, May 11, 2010 - 12:50 pm:        I replace the belt every summer. I've never had one break.   Cityxslicker Posted on Tuesday, May 11, 2010 - 01:17 pm:        9k if you are riding it off road DAMHIK x 4   Motorfish Posted on Tuesday, May 11, 2010 - 10:55 pm:        Bought my Uly in April of `06. At 5k miles the belt started to walk off the rear pulley about 1/8". Dealer replaced it under warranty. I have about 14k on it now, no problems, but I can turn the idler pulley by hand. I guess I should buy a spare.   Oldwesterncowboy Posted on Wednesday, May 12, 2010 - 07:20 am:        "I replace the belt every summer. I've never had one break." really?   Cpilot Posted on Wednesday, May 12, 2010 - 08:06 am:        24K miles on my 08 Uly.... still "looks" good; but will probably replace before our big trip to the Canadian Rockies this July.