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I just finished by belt covers.
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I like them much better than the gray. Used a Dremel to cut the belt covers. I bought plastic gutter guard. Cut it to fit. Painted it and Voila! [thumbsup] I am very pleased with myself ;D

This may be an extreemly stupid question but... is there any negative aspects with stuff like dirt and junk getting in the open areas to the belts?

hell i dont even have belt covers!

Nope...

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Before I read your post I said to myself  "wow he is good at drilling holes... that looks just like the gutter guard we have at Lowe's that never sells."
nice to see someone put it to good use :)

I was thinking about removing the belt covers completely.

Any issues I should be aware of?  Stones, debris?

I think the exposed belts compliment the open clutch nicely.

Dang it Nakid! Now I'm gonna have to break out my allen wrenches and remove mine!

That looks sahweeeet!

There is a risk. If a rock get in there, its totally possible for it to wreck shit up. It has happened and has caused totaled engines.

A reliable duc mechanic has said he's seen some crazy shit.

i figure that if im riding without the covers, and something gets in there and breaks it, its just Gods way of telling me i need to upgrade.  what better reason to upgrade than breaking something.  its almost always cheaper to upgrade than it is to replace it with stock factory replacements.

There is a risk, as is with everything we do. But, this is honestly the first time I have ever heard of anything like this.

Anyone have any experience with these? Speedymoto.....

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yea, $$$$$ [roll] they look nice though.

Oh man I really like those Speedy Moto covers

$300.00 is a bunch, but wow those would look nice.  [cheeky]

Hey, that's only $100 a piece!

Don't forget to add the matching Sprocket Cover!   [thumbsup]

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So very tasty [thumbsup]

ok,what do you think about this
http://www.bikefarmmv.de/motordeckel/zeige_artikel.php?fid=201549

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i asko few people who live in Germany and they couldn't find that

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and this also i could not find anywhere ???

but to me it looks perfect

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Well the speedy moto look really good but the only concern it will be if your belt jumps and you will f... up your engine, we have one in the shop with that problem, imoho

Juan

they look great, plus it's original. me like

Juan, the other Juan here..!!   [cheeky]  Any idea how that would happen ?? Can you ell us what would cause the belts to jump..? 

Thanks..

How did you guys paint your belt covers? I'm trying to go for a mate black look. I have no experience painting. Would you recommend I take it to a paint shop. Or could I practice with a few stuff and then do my belt covers?

I used satin black for plastic, I think I bought it at home depot. Just do light coats to avoid runs and your good to go. I might have the actual paint can in the basement I'll look and get you the name and manufacturer.

They look cool but also look like they would "funnel" debris into the pulleys....

Open belts Rock!  (pardon the pun)

I love the clear looking covers. Do you have any problems with the plexiglass melting, warping or getting dirty?

The one on the right has a little trouble with cracking at the screws that hold the Lexan in place, not as bad as the plexiglass that I used, but still had some small cracks. They were small enough at on the bike you wouldn't notice them at all. The one on the left I glued in place with high temp rtv.  Tempurature wise they are fine, no problems. The only other problem was the main center pulley just barely rubs, but I figure it will just were down the lexan and fit perfect. If I had put a small washer behind the cover it wasn't have touched at all.

Bob

What's the thickness of the Lexan you used ? Last year I asked around for scratch and heat resistant Lexan, but the thinnest I could find was 3mm. I can't imagine having that much room in there, so didn't go ahead with this mod.

I used 3 mm (1/8"). It was the thinest I could find.

I have 05 S2R.  I am surprised that the company would make stock belt and sprocket covers that look so shitty.  Who in the design department created this nonsense?  And then, they roll a pre-production model off the line and nobody stares at it saying,"What in the f**k kind of shit is that covering the belts and sprocket?"  "Did those come from Buell?"

looks good i think the monstrack mirrors would go really well with those.

I finished mine last night....a little different to others here. I think I will leave the colour as is.

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 Good job  [thumbsup]

Here is how mine turned out.  Looking at yours, I wish I would have painted the hyperscreen black.  Good Job.
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I did the lexan thing, got dirty quickly and looked like shit, so I ripped it out and just went with open windows

Thanks.  [thumbsup]


I was thinking about lexan but didn't bother, just thought it would get dirty quick and didn't want to put more holes in the covers.

Plus, I don't think you really need it.

How thick is the stock cover (seems pretty thin) and what did most of you use to cut it?

It would be around 4mm, 1/4 inch thick.

I used a coping saw with a fine blade to cut it.

This was post was on TOB so I'll put it up on the new board.  I love the pantah covers but they wouldn't fit my 900 as they were. So I stretched them out  ;)
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Wow that looks really good!

That's the tits!  Where did you get that screen?

EDIT:  I dig that you put some in the heat guards for the exhaust, too.

What sort of adhesive did you use to stick those in there?  Seems like they'd get some heat.

The screen is TPO Hyperscreen.  It is for replacing stock screening on full fairing bikes to let more air in.  I think I bought it through Ebay.  Yea, I went ahead and hooked the heat shields up because I am to cheap to drop $60 on Carbon.  I did my front sprocket cover also.  Total cost was only $35.  Screen, paint, and epoxy.  More beer money!

I like the mod!  Buddy, has billet rizoma covers on his m750, and the lexan has cracked where it attaches due to vibration. 

Only pulley that would catch debris is the horizontal cylinder's gear driven(middle) pulley.  At the speed the assembly rotates, it would be more likely to "kick" debris than drag it in.  Think a roulette wheel rotating very fast!

I run sans covers myself 8)

So I removed my belt covers today and I have to say that the look is great... One thing I noticed though, while I was doing this I was thinking about taking off the emissions canister. So I started looking at it, following the hoses when I noticed that the two fatter hoses were NOT connected to anything... Did I knock them off removing the cover?  Do I need to reconnect these hoses before I ride, basically can this mess anything up.  I have not noticed that they were disconnected until today, and I imagine that it has been like this for a while.  Guess it's time to remove the emission canister too.

Nice work,but the only thing is you can hardly see the inside,that's the whole purpose of it right?show them belts. ;)

The whole reason I changed my belt cover apperance was to get rid of the horrible gray color. Being able to see the belts was a bonus

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I like how yours turned out better. That screen looks amazing. That looks better unpainted. [thumbsup]

neither 1 pic with testastreta engine  :(

what exhaust is that?

Boom Toobs.  ;)

Finally got around doing my belt covers! They were the ugly gray ones....

I first cut them with my handisaw in the shape i wanted (simple, nothing fancy), filed and sanded it down to make the edges smooth then cleaned very well. Sanded with a medium grit sandpaper and applied a coat of plastic primer. i chose to use the Duplicolor high temperature spray paint and applied 2 nice light coats to it, up to then the coats were perfect but when I did the third coat, the paint was coming out flaky and left the surface rough. I ended up having to wet sand it with a 600 grit paper and repainted with a Rust-Oleum medium gloss paint.

Also ordered a TPO honeycomb screen and cut it to shape and attached it to the cover using Gorilla brand epoxy. Used a blow dryer to cure it and not it is tough as nails!

Installed the covers on the bike yesterday and couldn't help but smile! It made the bike look cool and meaner, costing me around $20!!! This is my first mod ever and I'm very happy with the results! Check it out:

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You were joking right? I've had those for quite some time (especially since the pic was taken 15 months ago). I know you've seen them before, especially if you've ever been to Mark's website. Those are the prototype S2R1000 BoomTubes...

nope, i wasn't joking.  i am just out of the loop.

i only recently saw the website -- "boom tube" is a generic term, i assumed that was just someone's slang.    there used to be a brand of VW exhaust called "Boom Tubes"..

I got the link as well.. nice but way outta my price range!

I wonder if you could get red zip ties and reduce the effect of the factory ones...?

a pebble + pulley = jumped belt.

good idea, i'm going to look into that!

I got the red zip ties from the local auto parts store.  While redoing it, I wound up completely removing all but about 2. 

my 2 cents

I had my belt cover completely removed for 2 months. Then rust started to form all over the places.  Did look pretty at all. So, I first had to clean up the dirt and rust as best as I can, then I use heat resistant black paint to go over the cover and slap those bad boys on again. 

The heat, rain, water, will speed up the corrosion of the parts. So I think its better not to expose them to the element.