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Originally Posted by vinzilla
(Post 9537975)
So, I bought a chrome pulley cover and now my belt guard seems too close to the pulley. Do I really need the belt guard? I ride solo.
Originally Posted by WS6 Formula
(Post 6955520)
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.
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Wow "WS6"
That really cleaned up nice. Can I ask how you transfered the radius to the plastic guard and how you cut it so "cleanly"?? |
Originally Posted by HDexplorer
(Post 9539789)
Wow "WS6"
That really cleaned up nice. Can I ask how you transfered the radius to the plastic guard and how you cut it so "cleanly"??
Originally Posted by WS6 Formula
(Post 3285678)
I traced the pulley radius onto a piece of card board and taped it on to the belt guard as a guide, put a scribe mark on the front of the guard right where the bottom of lower belt was, then used a straight edge and ran a scribe mark to the rear of the belt guard. For the triangle I just eye balled it.
I used a die grinder with a 3" fiber cut off wheel, and a file type bit in the die grinder, cleaned up all the edges with a Dremel with a sanding barrel. |
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The belt guard bracket is very important.
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I didn't take mine off and hit a big enough pothole with the wife on back. That guard made the absolute difference between riding along like nothing ever happened and calling a buddy to bring a trailer.
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Originally Posted by WS6 Formula
(Post 9538899)
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Took mine off when I went to a 70T rear pulley. They don't fit now so I have no plans of putting them back on. Been almost a year now without any problems.
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Originally Posted by bikerlaw
(Post 9540427)
I didn't take mine off and hit a big enough pothole with the wife on back. That guard made the absolute difference between riding along like nothing ever happened and calling a buddy to bring a trailer.
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Originally Posted by wisemx
(Post 9538782)
The only guys that need one are those who ride on loose gravel.
maybe... my last belt had several holes in it from rocks ( I live on a gravel road ) from what I saw riding down my road my theory is the dang thing actually catches rocks and lets them bounce around up there until they take a trip around the pulley. new belt ( not because of the holes) and no belt guards , two years and knock on wood ...no holes. wife been riding many years on a fxr with no guards and has yet to get a hole , thats what led me to try this. |
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