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Bdrag
Posted on Tuesday, May 25, 2010 - 08:49 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

To anyone who is in the KNOW.

A friend has a bad ass Victory with about 135 hp or so on the base motor now. I mentioned the Buell belt woes to him. He sent me this web site link.
http://www.powersports360.com/eshopprod_cat_6247-9 037-25729_product_886222_keyword_drive+AND+belts.S S174__GATES174_HIGH_S.htm

Maybe one of these two?

14mm 135 Tooth - 1-1/8"
49-3622 $181.10


012345678910 14mm 135 Tooth - 1-1/2"
49-3637 $186.25


Can one of you experts tell me if there is a belt our size on the list.

Years ago, MANY years ago I built up a semi hot rod PINTO! I KNOW! HAhahaaaaa. Its all I had. Anyway it made in the neighborhood of 175 HP. from its German 2.0 liter motor. The first OEM belt lasted less than 500 miles. THANKFULLY I had fly cut the piston dome to clear the valves just in case this happened. I was able to find a GATES BELT and it lasted the 10,000 miles I put on it before I had to sell it for a pickup to work out of. So would these belts if avalible in our size work? I think its a viable option to the OEM. GROUP BUY? HAHahaaaaaaaa. Thanks....
BDRAG

(Message edited by BDRAG on May 25, 2010)
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Bdrag
Posted on Saturday, May 29, 2010 - 12:06 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

HELLO!

Anyone with knowlage know if these will work? Any of them? HELLO!
BDRAG
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Bdrag
Posted on Monday, May 31, 2010 - 07:53 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

BUMP BUMP BUMP??????
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Hughlysses
Posted on Monday, May 31, 2010 - 08:04 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Well, Gates made all the Buell belts up until 2004, when they switched to Goodyear. The Gates belts on the tubers held up very well, but the belts on the early XB's tended to be pretty fragile. It's been written in more than one place that the reverse bend that the idler pulley used on the XB's makes it hard to design a belt that will hold up.

Why not write or call Gates and see what they have to say about them?
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Two_buells
Posted on Monday, May 31, 2010 - 08:22 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

HD have been using Gates Belts for over 20 years.
Buell have a good reason to switch, they needed a stronger belt and went to the Goodyear Hibrex Final Drive Belt.

In 14 years of riding Buells, I broke 3 Gates belts and no Goodyear belts, yet!
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Bdrag
Posted on Monday, May 31, 2010 - 08:53 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Hughlysses

DUDE! You or someone OTHER THAN ME needs to write them. Haven't you seem my outstanding grammer and spelling abilities here? HAhahaaaaaaa. DAMN!
BDRAG
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Teeps
Posted on Tuesday, June 01, 2010 - 11:58 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Bdrag Posted on Tuesday, May 25, 2010

012345678910 14mm 135 Tooth - 1-1/2"
49-3637 $186.25


This belt will fit a Uly.
The question is: is it as good as the OEM belt?
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Hughlysses
Posted on Tuesday, June 01, 2010 - 12:26 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

I tried to see what I could find out about these belts at Gates website and S&S's website last night and came up empty. I did find a Gates belt applications engineering website that mentioned motorcycle applications; I'll try e-mailing them tonight and see if I get a response.
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Bdrag
Posted on Tuesday, June 01, 2010 - 01:26 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Teeps

Well? I am the tire tester as of now so someone else needs to be the belt tester. Who has busted the most? Maybe we could take up a fund and let them try and bust one. HAhahaaaa.

BDRAG
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Two_buells
Posted on Tuesday, June 01, 2010 - 06:05 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

I have emailed Gates and Goodyear with belt questions and never recieved any replies.
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Gamdh
Posted on Tuesday, June 01, 2010 - 06:30 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

This was posted in another thread

http://www.powersportsuperstore.com/Belt-Drives-1- 1-2-POLY-BLT-14-MM-135T-1-1-2-135-p/tr43-9061.htmþ

If you look at the bottom left of the page, it mentions GoodYear 'Falcon' and that they are the Buell OEM belts... but most of that info is cut off?
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Two_buells
Posted on Tuesday, June 01, 2010 - 07:29 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

this is the Goodyear Buell belt

Goodyear® Hibrex® belt with Flexten® Plus technology

The description of the “Felcon” belt in the above link says 1 1/8” belts are designed for show and not intended to replace factory OEM belt



(Message edited by two_buells on June 01, 2010)
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Scarpent1
Posted on Friday, June 04, 2010 - 10:38 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

The Goodyear belt (now made by Veyance, same company new owners) is better than the Gates belt. The Gates belt does not tolerate the fixed idler pulley.
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