| Author | Message | ||
     Bud |
last day on the track there where 3 xb12 belts striped and broken? bad belt day or a real problem i thought the 12 belts where superior and way better then the 9 belts ( there where no 9 belt failures btw ) gr,b | ||
| Boulderbiker |
Dunno, I've got a 12 with close to 5k on it and the last couple thousand in colorado with gravelly roads and I took the guards off. I haven't had any problems. Thats just my experience. | ||
| Smitty |
Martin Are those the stock tires. Possibly the belts were flexed a little to much during the tire swap. There is a note in the knowledge vault about this. Tim | ||
| Bud |
Ok, I thought that the twisting and bending restriction only applied to the xb9 –03 belts And I can’t read other wise in the KV I also think that any twisting and bending on any belt for that matter should be restricted to very little to non as possible But heard it here on the board from some more guy’s with 12 belt failure on track day’s ( way back ) and I didn’t follow it to much so I don’t know if there’s any similarities ( heat and wot allot off time’s ) upgraded belt’s ? Gr,b Ps. Tim Those tire looks like the can run a little more , on strayed roads that is  And there not mine,  I can only dream off having such track/ cornering skills, maybe next year and some track courses And follow the lead off a mr. Craig Jones, that man is really fast on the track , passing the marshals and the top notch buell riders like there standing still  | ||
| Darthane |
The no bending/twisting policy applies to all of these belts, I would think. Kevlar may be strong, but it's meant to take stress in one direction, not all of them. No sense tempting fate! | ||
| Bluefirebolt |
I've had the same belt problem on my 12R and it had only 1300km's with the OM tire the bike was still in his break-in period. I've got a new one under warranty. | ||
| Boulderbiker |
interesting... I wonder if there was a bad batch or something. I've got close to 5k on mine now and have a tire change in there (took the wheel out myself). BTW has anyone else noticed that if you jack the bike on the exhaust and put something under the rear wheel you can remove the axle completely, then slide the wheel to the left and remove it without twisting prying or torquing the belt in any way and not have to touch the tensioner pulley? Thats what I did and I've put another thousand on the belt since then and I know I didn't go against any of the belt handling faux pas'. Sure was quick that way, and wasn't hard to baby the belt according to the manual. | ||
| Fullpower |
i found the rear tire change to be real easy and straightforward on the XB. i used a regular floor jack under the DRUMMER, and used a 6 inch C-clamp to break the tire bead. some little dirt bike size tire irons slipped the Dog207 off, and metzeler Z6 went right on,balanced it with the stock weights by spinning the wheel on its axle. seems to be working ok. |
