Anyone ride without their belt guards?
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It's a crapshoot. Weigh the looks against the possible problems. The odds are slim that when you pull the guard that anything will ever happen, but if it does the result's not pretty.
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I don't have one. My solo bag rubbed on the belt and was causing some wear issues on the bag as well as the pulley. A new belt guard is around $150 and couldn't find any used ones. So I took a T-bracket, wrapped some para-cord around it (to smooth out the rough edges), and haven't had a problem since. And since bag stays on most of the time, no one can see the bracket.
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do you ride on a lot of gravel roads?. where i am at in montana there is major gravel 8 months out of the year to keep the ice down. I would love to take the guards off but im afraid ill pick up a stone and I cant afford another belt and pulley. if you ride smooth roads all the time you probably wont have a problem. However anything is possible. One issue I had on a sportster I had with no guard was some idiot cut my belt . Must have gone by too fast at a light for there liking. With a guard you wont get your belt cut.
