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Ft_bstrd
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 06, 2010 - 09:25 pm: | 
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May only be the rear bearings, but sometimes they go horribly wrong:
Belt loss would suck but the final drive failure is expensive and not really field serviceable (easy that is). |
Guell
| | Posted on Thursday, January 07, 2010 - 08:45 am: |
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I think something like this stripped down would make a cool streetfighter
Sorry for the poor chop, ive forgotten most of what i used to know about photoshop
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Jaimec
| | Posted on Thursday, January 07, 2010 - 09:57 am: |
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ALL bikes have wheel bearings; doesn't matter whether it has a belt, a chain, or a shaft. |
Spatten1
| | Posted on Thursday, January 07, 2010 - 10:28 am: |
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Yeah Jaime, but Buells never have a problem with wheel bearings on their belt drives.....Are the good ones black or orange? |
Jaimec
| | Posted on Thursday, January 07, 2010 - 05:04 pm: |
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My point being that the drive method (shaft, belt, or chain) has nothing to do with a bearing that wasn't made to spec (which was the official word from BMW on those failing bearings).
As a tourer myself (and only an occasional track rider), I want the method that involves the least amount of downtime. The Buell belt is a wonderful idea, but I think I've read more threads in the Buell (and Harley) boards about broken belts than I have in the BMW boards about broken shafts.
Chains aren't even in the picture... too damned maintenance intensive. Basically, I want my motorcycles to work like my cars... I hop on, turn the key, and drive off. Couple of times a year I bring it into the dealership for routine maintenance. We're not there YET, but we're getting there. |
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