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Message started by BalingWire on 07/03/14 at 05:23:46

Title: Belt Guard Butcher Job
Post by BalingWire on 07/03/14 at 05:23:46

This is the crude "mod" some butcher did to my belt guard. Jeeesh! Why would somebody do that?

Title: Re: Belt Guard Butcher Job
Post by BalingWire on 07/03/14 at 05:24:35

Another angle.

(The oil and grit on the guard is from the oil plug leak on the engine, which I'm in the process of fixin'.)

Title: Re: Belt Guard Butcher Job
Post by RatdogWillie on 07/03/14 at 06:23:01

04272A2F2821112F3423460 wrote:

Why would somebody do that?

Maybe they thought the belt tension had to be checked from the top of the belt..... ::)

Title: Re: Belt Guard Butcher Job
Post by Serowbot on 07/03/14 at 06:55:37

Looks like it was done for tire clearance...
I chucked mine.... just useless weight anyway....(keep the tiny bottom one, it can actually keep debris off the belt)...
(that top one does nothing except potentially hold debris in)... ;D...

Title: Re: Belt Guard Butcher Job
Post by gizzo on 07/03/14 at 17:03:43

Dunno about you guys in the states, but in the antipodes a chain guard is a legal requirement on a motorcycle. I had it out with a cop a while back when he was giving my scooter a look over. I'd ditched the belt guard and he was gonna defect it. I pointed out that it's a belt, not a chain and the Rules say a CHAIN has to be covered, says nothing about a belt. I got away with that one. ;D. Not so the missing front fender or obscured number plate... :'(

That one, does look like it was hacked for tyre clearance.

Title: Re: Belt Guard Butcher Job
Post by Yoshi on 07/03/14 at 17:13:52

I have a decent condition belt cover if your interested in buying one ;-)

Title: Re: Belt Guard Butcher Job
Post by BalingWire on 07/03/14 at 17:43:16

Thanks Yoshi! I might just take it off.

But I had thought of putting my license plate on the rear curve.

We'll see...I have to get my engine back together first, having went after the oil plug problem and checking my cam chain adjuster.