vietnam motorcycle trip...anybody been?

[kestrelfal]

Anyone ever done it? VBG Fred

[Doug Herr]

On Fri, 2 Jun 2006, kestrelfal wrote:

> Anyone ever done it? VBG

I thought that was considered a bad idea for a bike that sees mud, sand, etc. The grit attacks the belt. Not that I have a clue about this, but that was the sort of stuff said about the BMW(?) dualsport with a belt. -- Doug Herr doug@...

[Norm Keller]

> Anyone ever done it? VBG

That's a silly suggestion, Fred! A KLR needs to be able to lift the front wheel on trails and belt drives can't wheelie. Norm

[Lourd Baltimore]

The Buell Ulysses uses a belt drive. Although I suppose that's more of an adventure bike rather than a dual sport. Josh A7 http://www.bntr.com/doofus/KLR650 . Norm Keller wrote: > Anyone ever done it? VBG That's a silly suggestion, Fred! A KLR needs to be able to lift the front wheel on trails and belt drives can't wheelie. Norm Archive Quicksearch at: http://www.angelfire.com/ut/moab/klr650_data_search.html List sponsored by Dual Sport News at: www.dualsportnews.com List FAQ courtesy of Chris Krok at: www.bigcee.com/klr650faq.html Member Map at: http://www.frappr.com/dsnklr650 Yahoo! Groups Links __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

[Darren Clark]

The only belt on a motorcycle should be the one that holds the riders pants up! Darren Clark Norm Keller wrote:

>>Anyone ever done it? VBG >> >> > >That's a silly suggestion, Fred! A KLR needs to be able to lift the front >wheel on trails and belt drives can't wheelie. > >Norm > > > >Archive Quicksearch at: http://www.angelfire.com/ut/moab/klr650_data_search.html >List sponsored by Dual Sport News at: www.dualsportnews.com >List FAQ courtesy of Chris Krok at: www.bigcee.com/klr650faq.html >Member Map at: http://www.frappr.com/dsnklr650 >Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > >

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[stevedyer]

(snifff.... Ahh... the sweet smell of bait. The list traffic is slow so I'll bite....) Wish all motorcycles would go to belts. Love the one on my Harley. No lube required, (and no lube mess), no stretch, no adjustments needed (at 20K miles so far), no sprocket wear, no need to clean religiously, no annoyances at all. It just goes round and round and round forever - silently, effectively and with near zero maintenance and wear. It would be nice if these belts could be made thinner for applications on a wider range of bikes. Flame away. Unless you're too busy cleaning, adjusting or lubricating your chain, or ordering a new one, or looking for your missing master link, or shopping online for chain breaker or pin peening tool, etc. I'll wait for you. Steve A13 Back on the chain gang. FXLR Belted, for your pleasure. ---------------

----- Original Message ----- From: "Darren Clark" To: "Norm Keller" Cc: DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Friday, June 02, 2006 8:42 PM Subject: Re: [DSN_KLR650] Re: Belt Drive KLR650? > The only belt on a motorcycle should be the one that holds the riders > pants up! > > Darren Clark > > > > Norm Keller wrote: > >>>Anyone ever done it? VBG >>> >>> >> >>That's a silly suggestion, Fred! A KLR needs to be able to lift the front >>wheel on trails and belt drives can't wheelie. >> >>Norm >> >> >> >>Archive Quicksearch at: >>http://www.angelfire.com/ut/moab/klr650_data_search.html >>List sponsored by Dual Sport News at: www.dualsportnews.com >>List FAQ courtesy of Chris Krok at: www.bigcee.com/klr650faq.html >>Member Map at: http://www.frappr.com/dsnklr650 >>Yahoo! Groups Links >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > Archive Quicksearch at: > http://www.angelfire.com/ut/moab/klr650_data_search.html > List sponsored by Dual Sport News at: www.dualsportnews.com > List FAQ courtesy of Chris Krok at: www.bigcee.com/klr650faq.html > Member Map at: http://www.frappr.com/dsnklr650 > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > >

[Bruce R. Porter]

Why would you want to? Had dinner last night with a friend who had just picked up his E-glide from having a new belt installed. The bill was over $500, less than half for the belt, the rest labor since you can't break and rivet a belt to replace it. He picked up a small stone that got between the belt and pulley, if you can avoid that a belt can last 100,000 miles, I wouldn't gamble on it on a bike that might see much of any unpaved road. JMHO. Bruce

--- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, "kestrelfal" wrote: > > Anyone ever done it? VBG > > Fred >

[Don S]

Belts are certainly the best choice for riding environments that do not pose serious traction challenges. It would be interesting to see how a belt would perform in gumbo clay half way up the wheel pulley. Take your FXLR out to a mud hole somewhere and give it a shot. Let us know how you make out. The bait is good. Don S. stevedyer wrote: (snifff.... Ahh... the sweet smell of bait. The list traffic is slow so I'll bite....) Wish all motorcycles would go to belts. Love the one on my Harley. No lube required, (and no lube mess), no stretch, no adjustments needed (at 20K miles so far), no sprocket wear, no need to clean religiously, no annoyances at all. It just goes round and round and round forever - silently, effectively and with near zero maintenance and wear. It would be nice if these belts could be made thinner for applications on a wider range of bikes. Flame away. Unless you're too busy cleaning, adjusting or lubricating your chain, or ordering a new one, or looking for your missing master link, or shopping online for chain breaker or pin peening tool, etc. I'll wait for you. Steve A13 Back on the chain gang. FXLR Belted, for your pleasure. ---------------

----- Original Message ----- From: "Darren Clark" To: "Norm Keller" Cc: Sent: Friday, June 02, 2006 8:42 PM Subject: Re: [DSN_KLR650] Re: Belt Drive KLR650? > The only belt on a motorcycle should be the one that holds the riders > pants up! > > Darren Clark > > > > Norm Keller wrote: > >>>Anyone ever done it? VBG >>> >>> >> >>That's a silly suggestion, Fred! A KLR needs to be able to lift the front >>wheel on trails and belt drives can't wheelie. >> >>Norm >> >> >> >>Archive Quicksearch at: >>http://www.angelfire.com/ut/moab/klr650_data_search.html >>List sponsored by Dual Sport News at: www.dualsportnews.com >>List FAQ courtesy of Chris Krok at: www.bigcee.com/klr650faq.html >>Member Map at: http://www.frappr.com/dsnklr650 >>Yahoo! Groups Links >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > Archive Quicksearch at: > http://www.angelfire.com/ut/moab/klr650_data_search.html > List sponsored by Dual Sport News at: www.dualsportnews.com > List FAQ courtesy of Chris Krok at: www.bigcee.com/klr650faq.html > Member Map at: http://www.frappr.com/dsnklr650 > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > Archive Quicksearch at: http://www.angelfire.com/ut/moab/klr650_data_search.html List sponsored by Dual Sport News at: www.dualsportnews.com List FAQ courtesy of Chris Krok at: www.bigcee.com/klr650faq.html Member Map at: http://www.frappr.com/dsnklr650 Yahoo! Groups Links --------------------------------- Yahoo! Messenger with Voice. PC-to-Phone calls for ridiculously low rates. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

[klrbill]

Nothin wrong with belts IMO, it's the cogged sprockets that go with them . They can get get little rocks jammed into them that can damage the belt if not caught and pryed out. My bud had it happen to his brigg n davidson on a trip we were on. $500 bucks installed-ouch!

[Gary]

I've never done it.Though, I did think about a belt drive when i first bought my 2002.Probably every KLR owner that has ever done anything to the chain has thought about a belt drive systme for the KLR.The way it was explained to me....The dirt bike like clearance and travel of the Uni-Trak suspension is the problem.You would need some sort of spring loaded device to apply tention to the slack belt.I still think it is totally doable... It is just that no one smart enough has applied themselves to a KLR drive belt conversion.If a mechanic/mechanist could figure out a do it yourself kit,I bet they could sell a LOT of them. Regards,Gary