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Tucuma · 07-24-2008, 02:58 PM

I'd heard a few comments pro and con about belt drive bikes (and there were belt drive bikes in the 19-teens), and then one day at Motorcycle Safety Class, they rolled out a Harley with a belt drive and fired it up, put it in gear, released the clutch and the belt exploded and shot across the shop like a snake run over by an 18-wheeler. 150 000 miles my foot. I can at least fix a chain, and a shaft drive is sealed away in its own little oil soaked world where it can't get hurt. Belts are a very poor third best bet, in my considered opinion.

07-24-2008, 02:58 PM	#13 (permalink)
Tucuma Where Am I ? Joined: Jun 2006 Bike: 2006 Suzuki C50T Mustang Seat Cobra Bars Location: Nanoose Bay BC Posts: 28	I'd heard a few comments pro and con about belt drive bikes (and there were belt drive bikes in the 19-teens), and then one day at Motorcycle Safety Class, they rolled out a Harley with a belt drive and fired it up, put it in gear, released the clutch and the belt exploded and shot across the shop like a snake run over by an 18-wheeler. 150 000 miles my foot. I can at least fix a chain, and a shaft drive is sealed away in its own little oil soaked world where it can't get hurt. Belts are a very poor third best bet, in my considered opinion.