| Author | Message | ||
     Hughlysses |
While changing my rear tire recently, I noticed my belt was looking a little questionable, so I ordered and received a spare from American Sport Bike. Now that I've got it in its original shipping box, I thought it'd be a great opportunity to see if I could find a way to carry it on the bike outside of coiling it (which is a questionable practice according to the shop manual) and stuffing it under the seat or putting it in a side bag. The box the belt was shipped in (a Buell box) measures approximately 24-3/4 inches long by 11 inches wide by 3 inches tall. The belt itself is only about 1-1/4 inches wide. I did some searching on the net to see if I could find some kind of ready-made plastic case with something close to these dimensions and I found something that I think will work pretty nicely. It's a plastic portfolio case.  While it's a little shorter than the shipping box, it's a little wider so I figure it'll work fine. There will also be a good bit of spare room in it for tools, air compressor, etc. Here's a photo:  Now of course, the snag is figuring out how to mount it on the bike. It'd be pretty easy to fasten it to the luggage racks, but otherwise I don't see an easy way. Any thoughts/ideas on using this case for a belt carrier? It doesn't appear to be very heavy duty, but it's fairly cheap ($22.50), and is available here: https://www.harnelcase.com/products.cfm?id=179&cat egoryId=87 It even comes in different colors. | ||
| Hughlysses |
Bump- nobody's looking for a spare belt carrier any more? | ||
| Bertotti |
Doesn't look to durable. I would spend the extra for a pelican case. I would think they have one in the right size. Plus with the foam in it you could isolate the belt from the tools and compressor etc. | ||
| Hughlysses |
Yea, it's certainly not over-built. OTOH all you really need is something to hold the belt in place and keep dirt off of it. It would be easy enough to fit foam inside to hold the belt. I did check Pelican's site but couldn't find anything in a comparable size. No doubt they have something that would work, but it may end up being much bigger than necessary and a Pelican's not going to be cheap. | ||
| Dr_greg |
What's the problem with the "bandsaw blade" fold? My new belt almost flipped into the tri-roll itself and that's how I carry it in the side bag. The radii seem OK. It sure didn't take any force to make it do that. | ||
| Hughlysses |
Dr_greg, I can't off-hand see how anything is wrong with that other than Buell goes to the trouble to prevent that happening on the belts they ship out. I've also seen seemingly conflicting Anony posts here about whether that's acceptable or not. I guess the $40 question is have you taken one of the belts you've stored like this for a significant time, mounted it on the bike, and then put significant miles on it without a problem? If so, I'd be a lot more willing to use your method. BTW, can you show us a pic of what the belt looks like in a tri-roll? | ||
| Stevem123 |
I carried my spare belt tri-rolled in the side bag for about 6 months. I just installed it the other day and no problems so far. I'm not easy on my stuff at all and was suprised the old belt hadn't broken yet. With all the power wheelies I tend to do on a regular basis and having over 30K on the odo I'm sold on the new technology belts. My old belt had lots of cracks between the teeth down to the fibers but never broke. I have broken several of the older tech belts on my tuber so I do have experience with them. I figure with my punishment and not breaking a new one yet, the tri-roll method certainly isn't going to hurt it. The radius of the tri-roll method is bigger than the radius of the front pully if my memory serves me right. So how could it possibly damage it without any load on it? BC Steve | ||
| Dr_greg |
BC Steve is correct; the radius of the "tri-roll" is significantly larger than the front pulley. I'll post a pic shortly. I cannot imagine any issues arising with the "bandsaw blade" approach. P.S. I'm not installing the new belt 'till mine breaks...40K and still going strong. | ||
| Cityxslicker |
installing said folded belt this week. BEFORE the old one snaps 18k and I know it is imminent | ||
| Dickc |
Dr greg, Can you post a pic of your Uly belt tri-roll? Thanks, Dickc |
