Harley Davidson FXRS Broken Final Drive Belt

Yep, after 10 years of thrashing it, I broke it. What a PITA to have to put a new one on now. Yuck! But such is life.

But there's more to the story.

I was talking to Jrbooe today and how the build up is about 9 years old and has served me well. We also discusses him not riding with Gumbo tomorrow cause he didn't want to do 120MPH. J said, those belt driven hot rods eat belts, so Gumbo should be careful.

I again said, nope, mine is fine. I told him I would do some maintenance on my motorcycle and meet them at Fox Crossing to see The Bad Apple Band Play tomorrow. I had my to do list all set and things were going well.

So I did what I had to do. Then I went for a test ride. Low and behold, I thrashed the throttle one more time before I hit the driveway. Then it happened. I thought I miss shifted when the RPMs went too high. I pulled in the clutch and coasted in the driveway.

I got off the bike and came in to put up my glasses and keys. I went back to the garage to lock up. Then I saw it!

The belt was laying on the ground behind the motorcycle.

So J, you are an :ahole: It's all your fault!

Hey, my shoulders are broad, I can accept that. Hmm, you going to be gentle on the new belt or are you going to be FX?

Well, that would mean alot of change. I don't like change.

However, the amount of work necessary may slow me down for a while.

Two words for ya FX. Dry Silicone. Can't remember the brand and I'm too lazy to walk out in the garage and look, but put a liberal dash of dry silicone treatment on your belt every time you change the oil and you'll never have a problem with breaking belts again.

Bw, that won't work, he never changes the oil in his bike.

Bw, that won't work, he never changes the oil in his bike.


What oil?

I was checking out the Gates belt I'd be getting and I stumbled on to a cool cheap hat and shirt store. You can get hats and shirts with the Gates logo as cheap as 5 bucks.

I got a sweat shirt, a hat and a tee shirt for $30.00 with shipping.

http://www.gatesonlinestore.com/

A good sweat shirt usually costs that in some stores.

Yep, yep, yep. There is a sucker born every minute.

FX, as the respected (term used loosly) owner of a major internet motorcycle forum, Gates ought to be paying you to wear their advertising... *and* giving you free belts too.

Yep... what jr said.

Not that I would ever steal a quote from P.T. Barnum.
Yes. loosely is the way you should term that Big.

Yep, in a sense I believe that to be the case. But for $5.00, I'll sport their logo.