| Author | Message | ||
     S2forever |
I have a puncture (diameter = 1/8 ~ 1/4") on final drive belt with 16 k miles, and rode another a few hundreds. Replace is too expensive and early (I have a spare and do know Goodyear is way to go.). Pic is coming tomorrow. When do you expect it to snap? (Message edited by s2forever on November 04, 2014) | ||
| Jolly |
If I were to guess, without seeing the photo, I would say....300 miles from home at 07:30, Sunday on a beautiful isolated back road..... the worst possible place! good luck!! it would be nice to know how far you can push these without failure I suppose.... | ||
| Phelan |
Had a similar wound once, snapped a week or so later at the La Bella's Pizza down the street from my apartment at the time. Put the spare on and get a Goodyear on the way  . I did, another time, have a belt snap 200 miles from home, at my buddy's house in Oklahoma. But that one showed no signs of wear that I know of. | ||
| Johnod |
Jolly You forgot the thunderstorm rolling in.  | ||
| S2forever |
  Rock chip taken out of belt is shown on the belt for clarity. I guessed another thousand miles should be fine... (Message edited by s2forever on November 05, 2014) | ||
| K12pilot |
And the locust swarm!! | ||
| Two_seasons |
Another reason to keep the drive belt "scary loose". Above and ...you forgot the thunderstorm rolling in ...and the locust swarm  keep us posted, by the way, are you familiar with BRAN?  | ||
| Jolly |
With the S2 being one of the easiest bikes to change a belt on, why risk it if you have a spare? | ||
| S2forever |
I will be able to make only a few hundred more miles before bad weather begins here (I ride only on weekend). I want to spend the last minutes on riding, not on fixing. I will change the belt while snow is everywhere. I hope it works. | ||
| S2forever |
Made -500 miles with hole. Just to let you know who are curious like me. | ||
| Buellistic |
KEEP and eye on it and RIDE ON !!! |
