Just recently replaced drive belt on the buell, while sitting in the garage the other night, looking at the belt guard which is crap on my model, I though I could do a better job so decided to have a go.
anyway this is the first proto type.
The Wise
Just recently replaced drive belt on the buell, while sitting in the garage the other night, looking at the belt guard which is crap on my model, I though I could do a better job so decided to have a go.
anyway this is the first proto type.
Why would you ride that long and that gnarly stuff if you don't have to, Its what we do, we love it.
Nathan Woods R.I.P.
The Wise
As you can see in the first pic the guard offers very little if any protection for the belt, As I looked at it I thought for it to work i would have to cover the lower part of the belt as I think any stone that would get court up on the belt would come from the wheel as it rotates round and possible drop on to the belt, so if I cover the top, would stop anything stones getting in.
This is prototype 1
Why would you ride that long and that gnarly stuff if you don't have to, Its what we do, we love it.
Nathan Woods R.I.P.
BogOff-Cant you see I'm busy?
Sounds like a good theory.
If it works you can patent it and sell your design back to them.
The Wise
this will be prototype 2 with a 10mm fold down on ether side of belt.
Why would you ride that long and that gnarly stuff if you don't have to, Its what we do, we love it.
Nathan Woods R.I.P.
gypsy
i like this idea.....!
what a ride so far!!!!
BogOff-Cant you see I'm busy?
Hey that's really neat.
Tiger owners had a similar issue with the chainguard being too short and many made their own. You can now buy them, so some one did well.
Just one thought, sometimes an open space is left to make sure debris exits out rather than getting trapped.
Good luck.
Hardcore Biker
Your on the right track - Are you concerned with it being heavy enough..
e.g - if hit by a stone etc will it bend and stay bent - jamming or cutting the belt drive?
Ride it until the wheels fall off...
The Wise
If you look at the last pic, the actual guard will be about 10 to 12mm above the belt to allow for any flex in the belt and also not let any debris or stone's etc get jammed between the belt and guard, that's the theory anywayOriginally Posted by YellowDog
Why would you ride that long and that gnarly stuff if you don't have to, Its what we do, we love it.
Nathan Woods R.I.P.
The Wise
That has crossed my mind, currently Im making it out of .8 alum.
Why would you ride that long and that gnarly stuff if you don't have to, Its what we do, we love it.
Nathan Woods R.I.P.
gypsy
well i am SURE the Ulysse owners could be VERY keen on this..
what a ride so far!!!!
The Wise
Haha fingers crossed it work's mate, its got to be better than the one thats on my bike at the mo.
Woo lost track of time, suppose to be at work now, Oh well not that busy
Why would you ride that long and that gnarly stuff if you don't have to, Its what we do, we love it.
Nathan Woods R.I.P.
Loud and Uncouth
Just finished doing something similar for both our bikes.
Used the flat part from the side of a 4-litre oil container plus the cover off one of those Papaer-Plus folders that has clear pages and a thin black plasticf cover.
Some heat, some F2 glue and some pop-rivets and
Just make sure the thick plastic doesn't actually make contact with the teeth of the rear sprocket.
Sounds like a kids bike with the old 'clothes-peg-on-the-spokes' at low speed.
And at 50 or so kph it sounds like a Stuka dive-bomber is coming at you from behind.
Still need a bit more added to it, will post pics when I get home.
Winding up drongos, foil hat wearers and over sensitive KBers for over 14,000 posts...........
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The Wise
Ok here we go, prototype 2 all done and fitted, there is still room for improvement, but it is basically what I,m looking for.
So now road testing, Im not going to look for any road works or anything like that, I will just ride as normal. see how it is in a couple of weeks.
The hards part was making sure I had enough clearance between the tyre and the guard, ended up having to slot the holes, got my self 5 to 6mm to play with.
This is still only a prototype am think of covering it with Carbon Fibre which would stiffen it up a lot more.
Why would you ride that long and that gnarly stuff if you don't have to, Its what we do, we love it.
Nathan Woods R.I.P.
Hardcore Biker
love it, i guess you have probably seen the difference with my one.
i was thinking about modding my one a little bit.
the only hole i have every got was from a tar covered stone in hot as weather, dont no if it went up and stuck or came down and stuck, but it stuck, put hole straight through the middle of belt. 8000 km of canning later the belt snapped on the hole
The Wise
yeah they put better guarding on your model, they don't fit the 04's bugger.
Why would you ride that long and that gnarly stuff if you don't have to, Its what we do, we love it.
Nathan Woods R.I.P.
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