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It makes you look at Harleys in a different light
Nice :)

Get one jt I could just see you on that in the lanes

Am really starting to like this style of bikes, never ridden one though but imagine it would be pretty good to ride. Rapid acceleration given the size of the rear 'sprocket'??

jt what are you trying to do to me ?? that looks like my next project 

My Dyna is a 98, on its origional belt which in the 10 years or so I have had the bike I have never adjusted......bloody brilliant.....

Would be interested to see how it handles the dirt - anyway not difficult or costly to convert to a chain - kits are from a couple of hundred dollars.

 

So for those that want a chain....try this one though ground clearance could be an issue

-- Edited by jt on Friday 18th of October 2013 05:46:10 PM

RichT4 wrote:

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potus wrote:

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 Rapid acceleration given the size of the rear 'sprocket'??

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Nah, the front one looks pretty big also. I guess it's a way of limiting the torque that the belt has to deal with.

Belts on a dirt bike, Hmmm. What wrong with this picture..., mud, stones and a drive belt.

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 Yep would be interested to see how long they last, and if the mud builds up on the sprokets causing problems, but as for long life, my sportster is now 20 plus years old but with only 15K on the clock, I thought about changing it and was told by Harley that its 30K change period no matter what age, so its still on the original belt,  In the 5 years I have had it I havent needed to adjust the belt. I have spoken to some owners who have exceeded 45K on a belt with no problems. 

I have a hunch that the belt would probably last longer than expected, and certainly a lot longer than your back would trying to haul the beastie out of the mud if you got stuck.  The big problem I see with our riding conditions is the position of the regulator box in between the front down tubes, its that thing you can see with fins on, the ignition coils are under the tank at the front just waiting to get wet,  and the crazy automatically resetting circuit breakers which if your battery is a bit flat trip out when you try to start it, and sometimes take 20 mins before they reset.  and no kick start

Still it looks like a lot of fun

 

I want one of those zorsts for mine, however might set fire to your trousers, not an unknown occurence

RichT4 wrote:

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potus wrote:

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 Rapid acceleration given the size of the rear 'sprocket'??

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Nah, the front one looks pretty big also. I guess it's a way of limiting the torque that the belt has to deal with.

Belts on a dirt bike, Hmmm. What wrong with this picture..., mud, stones and a drive belt.

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 Belts on harley is done for one reason, reliability. the torque produced by harley engines i well known so c & s dont last to long.

Velly Nice Grasshopper, I would like a set of those pipes, however I would like to see the midget who rides the beast looking at the position of the foot pegs, they can only be 3 foot tall, either that or they ride with their chin resting on their knees.

Got me thinking again bout a Dyna this year and some mods to the sportster