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Belt guard [Zero 2013+]
BrianTRice@gmail.com:
I was reminded the other day of the vulnerability of a belt drive; what felt like a nail embedding in my tire turned out to be milk carton cardboard getting pulled under/between the rear sprocket and drive belt. I pulled over and removed it pretty easily, but I've been wondering whether a guard is possible or available in some way. Even a reverse mounting of the upper belt guard would be suitable.
Any thoughts?
mistasam:
Yep, I'll definitely be making one. Too many stories like that really make me want more protection. I wonder if any other bikes (BMW or Buell) have em!
BrianTRice@gmail.com:
--- Quote from: mistasam on March 24, 2016, 01:56:37 AM ---Yep, I'll definitely be making one. Too many stories like that really make me want more protection. I wonder if any other bikes (BMW or Buell) have em!
--- End quote ---
It seems as though they're available by searching for "lower belt guard" across the web (just checked on EBay). The strange thing is I've got a spare mudguard which includes the upper belt guard and would work if I could cut out that part, flip it around, and bind it reasonably well to the swingarm. Maybe. The reversed orientation may be no good.
If you figure out a way to do it and reproduce your work (plans or just make a copy), I'd gladly compensate you. Maybe I'll figure out how to do the same if my idea works, since it'd hopefully be cheap.
mistasam:
Interesting! Yea, definitely worth looking into. I'm also going to try and reproduce what the original Brammo Empulse concept had, with that rear hugger:
Seems like it would shield you a lot more than what Zero (or even Brammo) ended up making.
BrianTRice@gmail.com:
That would be really nice.
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