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Travis
Posted on Monday, April 02, 2001 - 12:15 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Seeeu --

Whats the story on the torn belt? rock get caught in it or what?
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Hoser
Posted on Monday, April 02, 2001 - 09:40 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Seeu911:

My S1 did that two weeks ago when I grabbed third gear real hard , the belt was adjusted correctly and had no visible damage. It had 32,000 km on it ( HARD ) , 85 dyno pulls and in my estimation 1500 wheelies. It looked exactly like the one above.

Jeff
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Torqd
Posted on Tuesday, April 03, 2001 - 09:48 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Everybody I know with a Buell around here has broken a belt by 16000 miles...none of the Buells are stock. Chains are usually the replacement.
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Seeeu911
Posted on Tuesday, April 03, 2001 - 02:41 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

I talked to John a short while ago and we had also looked at the pulley. Our best guess is that a rock got into the pulley between the belt and caused it to snap. The inner lip of the pulley was bent away and took a deadblow hammer to field repair it enough to ride again that day. (new one on order of course). I know lots of local Buells with high miles and have never seen a belt failure before...sheesh something else to worry about now.
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Court
Posted on Tuesday, April 03, 2001 - 04:01 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

It.....take my word for it.......is IMPOSSIBLE (not to be confused with "improbable") to break the belt on a Buell with "torque".

The last two I saw fail were the day we rolled the first two WHITE LIGHTINGS from the door of the factory to head to the BattleTrax at the Waukesha County Fairgrounds.

The most likely scenario is the "rock twinxst the pully and the belt". The belt will, in practice, often outlast the pulley. This, kinda like the sintered breonze bushing in the front end of the Springer that surprised the world, was not expected.

Harley-Davidson, in an effort to sell the belt idea to skeptics has done some neat things like dangling an FLH from ONE of the Kevler ( I think there are/were 11 of them) strands in the belt and drilling a quantity of 1/4" holes and beating the tar outta the bike.

Fact is, in the final analysis, the belt is a "service item" and needs to be inspected frequently. Based on some of the dialouge here, I'd suggest prior to every ride for some folks.

INSIDE HINT: The belt is more likely to get tighter, as opposed to looser, with use. The rubber swells as it is exposed to moisture. The swelling effectively reduces the "inside diameter" of the belt. MORAL: Once you have checked it, vow to do so again. It use to be rare (circa 1996) to find a Buell on which the belt was NOT too tight.

Ride safe,
Court ( I keep a spare belt on hand )
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Ccryder
Posted on Wednesday, April 04, 2001 - 12:01 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Hey Pappy:
Looking good on my new "Stich":
Stitch1BBBS
C.C.
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Ccryder
Posted on Wednesday, April 04, 2001 - 12:07 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Court:
You are right about the "Stich", but they are stiff in the begining. Got mine all sealed and "patched":
BuellandPeg
Later All, great weather tomorrow.
Neil S.
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