Chain to belt drive conversion?

[Guest]

I'm just curious having read a bit on the chain vs belt vs direct drive topic. Has anyone tried a chain to belt conversion on any of the GS bikes?

From my research it seems it would be very expensive and possibly cost prohibitive, but just wanted to see if it's been attempted.

[Steve]

Have not heard of anybody attempting it or doing it successfully.

I would imagine that there would be a bit of engineering and fabrication to get the front end covered.

Is there even room at the frame to run a belt? I know they are wider than a chain, but don't know how much.

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[oldgrumpy]

chain to belt conversion.......................

hi guys ,,,if you go to the yamaha xs650 club in australia,,,, a guy there has converted chain to belt drive,,,, it was EXPENSIVE to do ,,, as the pulleys do not come standard ,,, they are blank set ups,, so you need to bore and key,,, machine to widthans also make sure you space correctly the line up from front to rear,,,, regards oldgrumpy

[Agemax]

it may be possible to make a rear "pulley" from, say a Harley to fit the rear wheel with a bit of machining. the front pulley you can get pulleys off the shelf with a splined taper lock. whether you could get the same spline as the GS shaft i dont know. the belts are only about 30mm wide i think

[Mekanix]

There's lots of options.

They even make them for bicycles.

I would use a Timing belt and a cam pulley for the front and a rear pulley could be made with one from an air compressor.

Or use the pulley system for a Buell.

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