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Author Message   Firebolt_man09 Posted on Sunday, September 19, 2010 - 08:26 pm:        I have a Firebolt i am looking to take the Belt Guards off. Does anyone have any photos of what it looks like with no guards. And how much of a pain is it to take the guards off.   Tbolt_pilot Posted on Sunday, September 19, 2010 - 09:10 pm:        It's a Lightning, but there are no belt guards. I haven't had any problems as yet.   Jbolt Posted on Monday, September 20, 2010 - 02:47 am:        I took the top guard off a long time ago, and I want to take the lower off but I haven't yet. I'm worried about screwing up my belt. I don't go down dirt roads but there is a lot of gravel in the roads here. Has anyone had an issue with there belt after removing the lower guard?   Wolfo68 Posted on Monday, September 20, 2010 - 04:30 am:        I ride dirt and gravel a lot and I haven't had a problem with them off yet   Gunut75 Posted on Monday, September 20, 2010 - 10:54 am:        My bike came with the top only. I broke a belt recently, but it had 15.5k on it. I have had no problems, as theres no way I would tie the belt failure to rocks or anything, as it happened accelerating out of a turn. I think you will be fine.   Iman501 Posted on Monday, September 20, 2010 - 11:13 am:        have any of you noticed the belt getting you really wet when you ride in the rain? it seems like the guards would help deflect water from getting on you   Jbolt Posted on Tuesday, September 21, 2010 - 02:52 am:        Unfortunatly the water falling out of the sky is what gets you wet when it rains. I don't think belt guards are going to stop that. I just turned 18,000mi today, with my stock belt.   Froggy Posted on Tuesday, September 21, 2010 - 03:05 am:        The belt guards are designs to protect the belt from debris like rocks and such. They come off easy should you want to remove them, just be advised you *may* have a shorter belt life. They do nothing to deflect rain. Running a cheese grater eliminator type tidy tail has been known to increase the amount of dirt and crud being thrown onto the back of the rider. If you remove the belt guards, don't be surprised if your sprockets look like this after a while:

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