Ride it home or?

[trpletme]

I'm buying an '06 S2R 1000 with 1300 miles and the original belts. It's about 140 miles away and I would love to ride it home but.....  I'd hate to end up with broken parts and wallet, and a long walk home. Is it worth taking the chance?  Thaaaanks.

[lazarus7]

do it.
ive got an s4rs and the service intervals are 7500 miles....
even if you meant 13,000 miles thats still not a lot for aramid belts....

[minnesotamonster]

I would have them replace the belts beforehand, since the service interval on them is 6000 miles OR two years.

Lot of opinions on this tho (I have 3 years and 9000 miles on my belts, but the way I look at it is if they fail and blow up my motor, I have a nice excuse to drop in a 900  )

Replace the belts, and RIDE IT!

[junior varsity]

Yeah, go on and do the belts NOW so you don't have to interrupt riding season later to do it.

[MadDuck]

I'm buying an '06 S2R 1000 with 1300 miles and the original belts. It's about 140 miles away and I would love to ride it home but.....  I'd hate to end up with broken parts and wallet, and a long walk home. Is it worth taking the chance?  Thaaaanks.

I just replaced the belts on my M900 for the second time. The set that came off were 3 1/2 years old with about 10,000 miles on them and they were still in good shape.  In the realm of anything's possible, and to be truely safe regarding the belts, putting new belts on would be the way to go. In the real world, if that bike only has 1300 miles on it then you should be fine to ride it home. You stand more of a chance of some oddball electrical failure occuring than having a belt break.

[trpletme]

Survey says?  I does have 1300 miles and there lies another concern.  Do the belts "take a set" from sitting in one position for so long?  My snowmobile belt sure does, but it is allot thicker. But I usually pop that off if its going to sit for any length of time.  Thanks for all of your input.   

[NAKID]

I would have them replace the belts beforehand, since the service interval on them is 6000 miles OR two years.

It's 12K miles or 2 years..

[jftoha]

Well, the question is then,.. has it been sitting for two years or ridden continually but not long distances. I have a friend who has a 2004 Monster with 3,000 miles and he rides almost every week but not for long rides. A sitting bike would indeed need at least a check because gas and oil can degrade sitting for so long.

Survey says?  I does have 1300 miles and there lies another concern.  Do the belts "take a set" from sitting in one position for so long?  My snowmobile belt sure does, but it is allot thicker. But I usually pop that off if its going to sit for any length of time.  Thanks for all of your input.   

[herm]

changing the belts is cheap insurance on your investment....do it.

[duccarlos]

Ride it home, don't be a sissy girl.

[corey]

the forum seems to be pretty solid on the 2 years/ 12000 miles thing.
but every time i mention it to my dealer, they say... we can replace them for you, but the service interval is 12000 miles, and has no time requirement. got the same thing from another wrencher as well... not sure what to do...

[minnesotamonster]

It's 12K miles or 2 years..

d'oh  You're right.

[gh0stie]

I bought my 02 620 last october with 4800 miles on it, I rode the original belt till Feb when it clocked 6k miles before changing it (that's ~7yrs)

Your results may vary obviously, but I'm thinking you should be fine

just take it easy

[Howie]

From the 696 Ducati manual, in a scrambled format:

List of operations with frequency
(distance or time interval*)
km x1000 1 12 24 36 48 60
miles x1000 0.6 7.5 15 22.5 30 37.5
Months 6 12 24 36 48 60
Renew the timing belts • •
* Service operation to be carried out in accordance with the specified distance or time intervals (km or months),
whichever occurs first.

The format should be a table.  If you want, look it up on Ducati.com
The dots for renewing timing belts fall under 15K miles or 24 months and 30K miles or 48 months, in short, they state a time interval.  Sure, the interval is conservative.  If a belt breaks prematurely, they buy the damage during warranty.  Even after warranty, they could possibly be stuck with the bill if the problem is big enough.  As far as the dealer and wrench who say there is no time interval, show them the maintenance schedule and ask them if they will transport the bike and fix it for free if a belt breaks.

Truth is you will probably make it home OK.  Think about the consequences if you don't.  Then evaluate the risk and make up your mind. 

[mitt]

If you are posting the question, it will be on your mind, so either have them replaced, or trailer it home.

I would ride it myself.  Even with brand new belts, you have a slight chance of having a belt break due to wrong tension, an idler pulley going bad etc.  Your risk with Ducati motorcycles is never Zero, so take that for what it is worth.

Another question is, when did the original owner buy it and put it on the road?  Even if it is a '06, it might not have been bought till end of '06 season, or '07.

mitt