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Post by millsc on Apr 15, 2013 8:42:30 GMT -5
i complain when they break at 50 miles the jerry baker belt is a no no! My gates powerlink premium belt with all my mods and 1.5k torque spring looks new after 1000 miles my t3 has a bando on it so we shall see how it does
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Post by prodigit on Apr 15, 2013 9:01:05 GMT -5
Even if, I mean, if with the mods, the belt does 50km, but without it, if it would do 4k miles, it's actually quite a good belt; just not for bbk's.
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Post by millsc on Apr 15, 2013 9:09:17 GMT -5
the jerry baker belt? no!  |
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Post by teddy554 on Apr 15, 2013 10:25:10 GMT -5
It was a bando
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Post by skuttadawg on Apr 15, 2013 10:41:16 GMT -5
788 17 28 ?
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Post by millsc on Apr 15, 2013 10:43:06 GMT -5
my friends bando broke on him in about 1000 miles too, maybe the gates powerlinks are better
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Post by skuttadawg on Apr 15, 2013 10:58:31 GMT -5
I got 12,000 miles out of my Bando . Bando is made in Japan and comes on Hondas
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Post by millsc on Apr 15, 2013 11:21:42 GMT -5
He ran his into the bendix so i guess it doesn't count
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Post by teddy554 on Apr 15, 2013 13:15:01 GMT -5
788-17-28
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Post by skuttadawg on Apr 15, 2013 13:16:20 GMT -5
Go me noid with my belt having over 4k miles getting a Bando today . I am lucky my scooter dealer is 4 miles away and has one in stock
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Post by prodigit on Apr 15, 2013 19:20:22 GMT -5
2,5k miles on my chinese stock!
Bando belt under the seat in case of trouble!
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Post by skuttadawg on Apr 15, 2013 19:56:51 GMT -5
I wonder why belts and tires have such a short life . My buddies Harley the drive belt is good for 20k miles or more ( maybe more un for sure ) and yes a scooter is not a Harley I know this . It seems the small scooters have a shorter life than that of a larger one .
Teddy what springs were you using ?
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Post by prodigit on Apr 15, 2013 20:11:31 GMT -5
Sometimes because they use lower quality rubber, and the bands to keep the belt together is standard rope instead of a kevlar belt.
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Post by skuttadawg on Apr 15, 2013 20:13:23 GMT -5
A car the belt can last for years driving the accessories . I wonder if it is the stretching like when the weights push it outwards make it wear out faster
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Post by Moat on Apr 15, 2013 20:40:04 GMT -5
I wonder why belts and tires have such a short life . My buddies Harley the drive belt is good for 20k miles or more ( maybe more un for sure ) Apples and oranges - Harley's and the like use toothed belts, which are low friction (and little-to-no slipping), so low heat. Given that the teeth do the actual "grabbing" - instead of a V-belt's inherent but required friction - the tensile drive loads can be handled by a relatively thin (but of course, wide) flexible section that, therefore, heats up even less. I had a buddy who's Electra Glide's belt went >140,000 mi. before it shed a few teeth and started skipping when pulling away from stops. Amazing! Too bad a toothed belt can't work with a variator! |
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