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dropoutjohn Ex Member	new belt drive = $$$! 07/01/08 at 15:34:33 a new belt drive down at the stealership in honolulu is 209.99! i guess i'm going for the chain conversion... expect some PM's from me to those who have done it.
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Reelthing Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline Fish or ride that is the question Posts: 5397 Houston,Tx Gender:	Re: new belt drive = $$$! Reply #1 - 07/01/08 at 15:45:07 likely get a clean used belt for $25-30 - is yours broken?
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dropoutjohn Ex Member	Re: new belt drive = $$$! Reply #2 - 07/01/08 at 16:39:48 i got an autograph tree seed caught in it a year or so ago and it did tear then but only a little and it's getting worse only recently. i don't see it lasting more than another month or so... i know i could score a used one but that would take all the fun out of an excuse to modify my bike!
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thumperclone Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline PGR rider riding with respect Posts: 6056 Grand Junction Colorado Gender:	Re: new belt drive = $$$! Reply #3 - 07/01/08 at 16:43:53 OFF TOPIC: you know island whine(not sure of spelling) ? you can do better $$$ wise if you know what end of the wrench to use...
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4carbcorvair Full Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 175 Maine Gender:	Re: new belt drive = $$$! Reply #4 - 07/01/08 at 17:20:02 Shop around. $139 http://www.babbittsonline.com/pages/parts/viewbybrand/1/Suzuki.aspx
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Reply #5 - 07/01/08 at 17:25:41

dropoutjohn wrote on 07/01/08 at 16:39:48:

i got an autograph tree seed caught in it a year or so ago and it did tear then but only a little and it's getting worse only recently. i don't see it lasting more than another month or so...

i know i could score a used one but that would take all the fun out of an excuse to modify my bike!

understand - and if you're willing to do the chain maint it sure looks like a fine way to change the road maners of the savage

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Reply #6 - 07/01/08 at 17:30:11

i only know island wahine (means island girl and is pronounced wa-he-nae) through this site. shes on Kauai i think. shes ono kine fo sho duh.

and yeah, i get pleny tools with da right side up. i do wrenching more for fun than to save $ most of the time but this time both!

i just need to figure out what size sprockets will be good for the non-highway ride.

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Reply #7 - 07/02/08 at 12:40:01

dropoutjohn wrote on 07/01/08 at 17:30:11:

i only know island wahine (means island girl and is pronounced wa-he-nae) through this site. shes on Kauai i think. shes ono kine fo sho duh.

and yeah, i get pleny tools with da right side up. i do wrenching more for fun than to save $ most of the time but this time both!

i just need to figure out what size sprockets will be good for the non-highway ride.

if i had a machine on the islands i would gear it to be a real monster on the low end and sacrifice some top end for it.

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verslagen1 YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline Where there's a will, I want to be in it. Posts: 28884 L.A. California Gender:	Re: new belt drive = $$$! Reply #8 - 07/02/08 at 13:01:16 and from what wahine says, your top end is only 50 anyway.
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Reply #9 - 07/02/08 at 13:53:13

verslagen1 wrote on 07/02/08 at 13:01:16:

and from what wahine says, your top end is only 50 anyway.

well... top end on the north shore is 60-70ish when the tourists get out of the way. Grin

but yeah, about 40-50 mostly.

and yeah sluggo, i want a low end monster... but a tame-able one.

i think the 17/43? (i'll have to check the chain conversion posts) i think hutch recommended that ratio for non-highway.

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Rogue_Cheddar Serious Thumper Offline Hang up the phone and drive! Posts: 725 Haverhill, Massachusetts Gender:	Re: new belt drive = $$$! Reply #10 - 07/02/08 at 18:19:10 I had to replace my belt when I first got it two seasons ago. Shopped around and got rediculous quotes, said screw it, got a Clymers and dood it myself. New belt from Bikebandit ran me around $162 at the time.
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Reply #11 - 07/03/08 at 09:44:29

Rogue_Cheddar wrote on 07/02/08 at 18:19:10:

I had to replace my belt when I first got it two seasons ago. Shopped around and got rediculous quotes, said screw it, got a Clymers and dood it myself. New belt from Bikebandit ran me around $162 at the time.

i would not even dream for 1/2 a second of paying someone to put a new belt on. $209.99 is just for the part down at the suzuki dealer...

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Reply #12 - 07/03/08 at 18:49:34

dropoutjohn wrote on 07/03/08 at 09:44:29:

Rogue_Cheddar wrote on 07/02/08 at 18:19:10:

I had to replace my belt when I first got it two seasons ago. Shopped around and got rediculous quotes, said screw it, got a Clymers and dood it myself. New belt from Bikebandit ran me around $162 at the time.

i would not even dream for 1/2 a second of paying someone to put a new belt on. $209.99 is just for the part down at the suzuki dealer...

Well, I was new to the whole thing and little leary of my mechanical capabilities, is the only reason I shopped around at first, but since then, I've adjusted my valves, replaced brakes, swapped exhaust and rejetted the carb, and it's still running. Shocked

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dropoutjohn Ex Member	Re: new belt drive = $$$! Reply #13 - 07/04/08 at 12:50:13 thats really cool cheddar!
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