After getting down there looking at the problem area,.....thinking of a way to put any kind of a guard that mite help in discouraging a rock from getting sucked in, I have concluded that anything I put there that could stop a rock from flying directly into the pulley, could also cause rocks to drop onto the belt, and completely defeat my purpose. So scratch that idea. I think if a simple guard would fix it, Suzuski would have put it there ??
What I'm thinking now, it that if I run the belt tension on the looser side rather than tighter, I would have a much better chance of a rock going on thru, verses locking up the rear wheel, as some here have experienced.
I can't really think of any disadvantege of running the belt a touch on the loose side,.....as I don't think our horsepower is going to spin a pulley inside that cogged belt too quick.
Any thoughts welcome.