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Author Message   Buellster42 Posted on Monday, May 17, 2004 - 02:54 am:        Where is the best place to look for a new belt? I see a hair line split. Also, after my experience with the dealership, can I do this myself?   420at145mph Posted on Monday, May 17, 2004 - 03:14 am:        daves is the man with the parts hookup hes been very reliable and helpfull with me edited by 420at145mph on May 17, 2004   Darthane Posted on Monday, May 17, 2004 - 05:54 am:        Gives Daves from Appleton a call. The belts are about $100, IIRC. And yes, changing one is pretty straightforward. Get a service manual. Above all - DO NOT TWIST OR BEND THE BELT. -=cue Glitch=-   Daves Posted on Monday, May 17, 2004 - 07:01 am:        The belt lists for 152.00 I think. I'll do the 10% off for you. Ride to the edge! Dave 920-757-1651 daves@h-dappleton.com   Glitch Posted on Monday, May 17, 2004 - 08:15 am:        Just keep the belt as straight as possible. Don't force. Be patient. And above all, do not let Bryan find out if you pooched the job... It's pretty simple as long as you read this   Stoobr2 Posted on Monday, May 17, 2004 - 12:20 pm:        You could consider fitting 1 of these beauties aswell ? a revised idler-pulley tensioner,that is said to put less stress on the belt,thus prolonging the life! avalible from Trojan-Horse here in the UK.   Steviejay01 Posted on Monday, May 17, 2004 - 12:34 pm:        is that your new one stoo?   Fst_tyms Posted on Monday, May 17, 2004 - 01:01 pm:        make sure you break it in after its fitted. Buell says that that is essential to good belt life. 100 - 200 miles.   M1combat Posted on Monday, May 17, 2004 - 01:17 pm:        "revised idler-pulley tensioner" That's really more of an "aftermarket" piece as opposed to "revised". An anony posted about that piece and seemed to think it was fairly useless as the position of the original tensioner is what really matters. The original probably will put more tension into the belt and will keep it very constant. If you ask me - That piece looks nice and probably doesn't really hurt anything as long as the wheel is in exactly the same spot in it's default position. Just My opinion though... YMMV.   Xb9er Posted on Tuesday, May 18, 2004 - 11:12 am:        Yeah, that's not a "revised" part (i.e. you can't get it from the factory), it's aftermarket. I started a thread and posted a pic asking about that very part. The anony answer I got back convinced me it was not worth the money. Mike.

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