Interesting motorcycles, not XS650

Have belt drive on my V-Rod, 80k miles, only ever had to adjust it once, doesn't throw oil all over the rear end, quiet, Love it.
Things to remember, they're not rubber bands, they don't stretch if they're too tight, instead they do damage to pulley bearings or transmission output shaft bearings, A bit loose is better than tight. If you an hear it squeak when you roll it, it's too tight.

A company developed a Kaw KLR 650 variant to run on diesel for the Military to qualify for the unified fuel requirement, I love the idea of a diesel bike but then I run a diesel pickup
 
gggGary said:
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I would be EXTREMELY chapped off!
The Buell Uly belt is "sportster" easy to change, So I've heard haven't done it YET.
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On my 05 Sportster I can change a belt in 15 minutes.
 
gggGary said:
Just had to post this.
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I would be EXTREMELY chapped off!
The Buell Uly belt is "sportster" easy to change, So I've heard haven't done it YET.
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Not sure if they still sell them but at one time Harley had "emergency belts" for the "big twins" As I recall they had a diagonal cut in them and pins to "splice" them back together. Forget if they specified how long or fast you could run one.

My 1992 Sportster has managed to break or fail three belts over the years, might it be something to do with the sidecar I pull??

First one was an after market belt I installed to replace the original belt. Second one was actually the original belt I had taken off to begin with! Then that original 1992 belt failed and I installed belt the after market company sent me to replace the first failed belt. Well just last week that replacement belt failed.

This time the failure was completely different! The first two belt snapped straight across where this time the belt did not actually break but lost around 75% of the "cogs?teeth? from the inside of the belt and was still able to power the bike but was a little jerky when given throttle!

One possible explanation for the latest belt failure could have something it getting oil soaked from a output seal failure on transmission a couple years back? I did clean it real good but hard to be sure oil might have caused some breakdown of the rubber.
 
Mailman said:
Holy crap! I had no idea that changing a belt was that much work! 😖
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Only on Big Twins, not on Sportster or V-Rod.
On them put bike on stand, loosen axle and move forward with adjusters, remove shock, remove belt guards, remove front pulley cover, peel belt from pulleys and remove.
Swingarm attaches to the outside surfaces of the chassis rather than between frame rails so it doesn't need to be removed.
 
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RC4MAN said:
Only on Big Twins, not on Sportster or V-Rod.
On them put bike on stand, loosen axle and move forward with adjusters, remove shock, remove belt guards, remove front pulley cover, peel belt from pulleys and remove.
Swingarm attaches to the outside surfaces of the chassis rather than between frame rails so it doesn't need to be removed.
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As of now I have over the years replaced three Sportster belts more or less on the side of the road with only the tools I carry in my sidecar. I really need to take a picture of the one I did a few days ago, with two thirds of the cogs missing and it was still pulling me down the road!
 
Kevin Werner said:
Looks like a motor that doesn't need an oil pump.
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iiac the oiling was one way from a slightly pressurized oil tank (sorta a "coleman lantern" sorta air pump on the oil tank.) through the case where there was a dump valve. Throttle opened a needle (oil feed valve) somewhat proportional to the position of the butterfly in the tooter. When she began to wetsump and smoke, maybe vibrate a bit more than normal, you pulled a lever and she dumped sump onto the road. This was especially fun on board track or motor drome rides... The specific illustration I do not recognize though. I knew a fella that rode motordrome for West Coast Shows in the 1930's. Speed Mullins. Good fella. He rode "30-50" Indians....and had pics of himself sitting on the bars facing rearward, smoking a cigar, up on the wall, with his partner doing the same going the other way. Ah seen 'em. Speed was over 70 when I knew him, and recently married to a gal of 23, with two young children by her.
 
kshansen said:
As of now I have over the years replaced three Sportster belts more or less on the side of the road with only the tools I carry in my sidecar. I really need to take a picture of the one I did a few days ago, with two thirds of the cogs missing and it was still pulling me down the road!
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does this side of road procedure also work with softtails?
 
RC4MAN said:
Have belt drive on my V-Rod, 80k miles, only ever had to adjust it once, doesn't throw oil all over the rear end, quiet, Love it.
Things to remember, they're not rubber bands, they don't stretch if they're too tight, instead they do damage to pulley bearings or transmission output shaft bearings, A bit loose is better than tight. If you an hear it squeak when you roll it, it's too tight.

A company developed a Kaw KLR 650 variant to run on diesel for the Military to qualify for the unified fuel requirement, I love the idea of a diesel bike but then I run a diesel pickup
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once the plating on the cogwheel "sprocket" wears off (in pieces) there are lotsa tiny "knives", and beltwear increases, a lot. Oily belt picks up abrasives from the road, and this cuts the sorta hard plating pretty fast. With a hack I'd speculate about deflection under acceleration causing brief non ideal tracking. I have cleaned oil from sporty belt with kero basted with air, followed by water and detergent basted by air, syphon from harbor freight. Lotsa both. That said, I have a spare and I keep a sharp eye on the one that I cleaned...about 5,000 miles since cleaning. Still seems fine.
 
Mailman said:
Custom BMW scooter,
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This is what they began with,
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A one off custom based on a 1934 Henderson KJ scooter;
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https://www.motorcycleclassics.com/...rcycles/henderson-kj-streamline-zmcz16sozhur/

"What is arguably the most resolutely Art Deco motorcycle ever built emerged in the United States in 1935 as the one-off creation of a Michigan-based metalsmith employed at the Oldsmobile car factory. The bike was based on his 1,300cc 4-cylinder 1930 Henderson KJ Streamline model. His name was O. Ray Courtney (the O was for Orley, which he preferred to ignore), and though little is known of him, he built a handful of completely innovative custom motorcycles during his life,"
Calling the above plagarism would be kind.
 

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