Belt Guards YES/NO?
Ultimate HDF Member
Joined: Nov 2009
Posts: 7,079
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From: Queens, NY
the bottom guard is *** f*cking ugly.
i took that plastic dingleberry off as soon as i took the bike home.
the top one i've had on and off intermittently. some days i say the bike looks cleaner without, some days i say it looks more finished with...
funny part is, the bottom guard is what's gonna protect my belt, and that's the one that's in the trash.
both off
top only
i took that plastic dingleberry off as soon as i took the bike home.
the top one i've had on and off intermittently. some days i say the bike looks cleaner without, some days i say it looks more finished with...
funny part is, the bottom guard is what's gonna protect my belt, and that's the one that's in the trash.
both off
top only
Stellar HDF Member
Joined: Mar 2006
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From: From Long Island, now in So. Cal
I took mine off then put them back on after noticing that the pulley looked like it was getting abraded from road sand/dirt. To clean it up a bit I altered the lower belt guard. I matched the radius of the pulley, trimmed the bottom so its level with the bottom of the belt, and cut out some of that triangle.
Road Warrior
Joined: Sep 2009
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From: Port St. Lucie, FL
Club Member
Joined: Jun 2007
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From: Bedford UK
This is a wound in the belt on my bike caused by a small sharp stone. You can also see the marks the stone made on the pulley. After a few thousand miles the small wound grew until I decided it was too risky to carry on riding with it. So the belt life was shortened to much less than usual.
A friend took his guards off and within days picked up a far larger stone that wrote off his belt and wrecked both pulleys. Personally I have the guards on all three of my bikes. Compared with a damaged belt they are things of great beauty!
A friend took his guards off and within days picked up a far larger stone that wrote off his belt and wrecked both pulleys. Personally I have the guards on all three of my bikes. Compared with a damaged belt they are things of great beauty!
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Joined: Feb 2008
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From: Passaic County, NJ
I have both guards removed and live in an area where the roads just suck. Always some sort of debris on the roads from sand to small gravel. I have yet to find any damage to my belt/pulleys. I check them often.
