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Armen Serious Thumper Offline Half-Witted Wrench-Jockey from Jersey Posts: 1452	Re: Narrowing the stock belt? Reply #45 - 12/18/16 at 09:30:33 Thanks Justin, I've def picked up more than a few good ideas from this forum. I feel very lucky. Glad to share some ideas. -Armen
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norm92de Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 1180 El Paso TX Gender:	Re: Narrowing the stock belt? Reply #46 - 12/19/16 at 10:49:21 FWIW I think the cam timing chicanery by Armen is the coolest idea.
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Armen Serious Thumper Offline Half-Witted Wrench-Jockey from Jersey Posts: 1452	Re: Narrowing the stock belt? Reply #47 - 12/19/16 at 11:09:16 Aw, thanks
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hotrod Senior Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 326 NC Gender:	Re: Narrowing the stock belt? Reply #48 - 12/19/16 at 13:12:14 Narrowing the belt is too much of a hassle . I would keep the belt guard on and just not look at it..... unless it brakes.
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Armen Serious Thumper Offline Half-Witted Wrench-Jockey from Jersey Posts: 1452	Re: Narrowing the stock belt? Reply #49 - 12/19/16 at 13:19:28 No one said you had to
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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: Narrowing the stock belt? Reply #50 - 12/19/16 at 14:46:27 Ever seen how flat belts stay centered on convex pulleys?
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Re: Narrowing the stock belt?
Reply #51 - 01/21/17 at 06:06:26

So, I finally got the belt back from the place I set it out to be cut down. Somehow, I had myself convinced that there were steel cords in the belt. Looking at the cut belt, I realized there weren't.
Thought about dumb, simple ways to cut the other belt I have (can't ride around with a one-of-a-kind belt). Settled on trying the table saw. Did a test pass, and all looked well. So, I just set the guide at 1" and made a million light passes.
Voila! Nice clean cut. No melted rubber or nasty edges. Only took about 25 minutes.

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Ruttly Serious Thumper Offline Thumpers Rule Posts: 5112 Manteca , CA Gender:	Re: Narrowing the stock belt? Reply #52 - 01/21/17 at 10:21:26 Is the edge of the belt tapered ? I can't remember ! How much did it cost to have it cut down ?
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