[1stVictory]

If you go to all of the trouble of removing the belt to look at it, then just replace it. Another 80K miles of worry free biking.

 

[nomadsmg]

So the "reported" avg life of one of these belts is around 80K miles. I suppose each has to decide just how far he's willing to gamble, but I'm sort of, change at 80 (if it holds that long) and be very happy to have gotten that far with it. They will break. Just when?

I would agree.

About 80k you got your monies worth and still have a pretty confident reliability that it won't likely fail in the middle of nowhere. If you keep pretty local, then you can stretch your luck as you desire, but if your on a few hundred or more miles ride away from home it can be a much worse day.

 

[Motorbikerx]

I would agree.

About 80k you got your monies worth and still have a pretty confident reliability that it won't likely fail in the middle of nowhere. If you keep pretty local, then you can stretch your luck as you desire, but if your on a few hundred or more miles ride away from home it can be a much worse day.

Yeah!....on my old Vegas I had a central pea sized hole from a stone, ran with the holes bet for 60K KMs right up till I noted and Cammed the motor at 100K KMs Part of the rebuild involved the new belt and the old one still hangs on the wall as a spare.
The yellow Kingpin has a Buell belt on it as it has the reduction pulley which @Half_Crazy fitted not that long after building his motor , so it would not have a lot of miles on it ,even now though I've probably put quite a few on it since it's been in my possession..

 

[earl yoder]

i changed mine @ 1000000 and it still looked good

 

[1stVictory]

I hope I can assume that with 65,000 miles on mine, it still can be trusted? I don't ride on gravel, sand, or dirt roads so that type of wear and tear is basically non-existent for me.

 

[md2420]

i changed mine @ 1000000 and it still looked good

Yup! And I bought it from him as a back up for mine…which only has 49k on it right now. Earls old belt still looks great.

 

[lou8700]

Whenever you decide to replace your belt be cautious about using any aftermarket knockoff. A buddy of mines replaced
his 50k original with an aftermarket and it snapped for no apparent reason with less than 10k on it. We were on a road trip and we're fortunate a motorcycle repair shop was right down the street. Kudos to Witchdoctor for shipping an oem belt overnight. We were lucky the owner of the shop was a really nice guy. Most mechanics would of thrown three Victory "experts" full of suggestions out of their shop!

 

[victoryvisiontour]

I changed mine at 70k miles. After I got the original one off and inspected it, I wish I had left it on there. I compared it to the new one in all ways possible. Absolutely no difference. Even the print was still clear. I went ahead and put the new one on since I had the bike all apart. But I feel like it was a waste of time and money. I believe I could still be running the original belt at 104k miles.

 

[nomadsmg]

I imagine that damage was done by the other bike, not the belt?

Yep, a Road King was pulling out right behind me and more focused on the rest of the intersection plus another bike alongside him at the light change. Took only a second too long to realize I was suddenly not continuing my pull away from the stop, he clipped me as he tried to swerve away from me and plus clear of the pack behind him also pulling out. Not his fault, he prevented a worse situation by swerving verses stopping and BLEEP Just Happens.

 

[slickvic]

Good information. Never realized this about the belts.

 

[lewisrassel]

I don't ride on gravel, sand.

Nox Vidmate VLC​

 

[Chattanooga_Mark]

I've had a new Victory drive belt hanging in my office closet since right before Paulie left Honda East. In fact, that was the last item I bought from him. That belt has always been earmarked for my CCT at its 100K mile celebration & maintenance event. My 2012 CCT, which I bought new in March of 2013, has been kept in my garage every day and night unless I was out on it. Therefore, I think all the paint, plastic and rubber parts on this bike have lasted a very long time with minimum to no deterioration. I won't press my luck on the belt though, so the CCT belt will get replaced at 100K miles. Sometime this Summer.

My 2013 Hard-Ball on the other hand has been stored outdoors most of its life. I've only had it for the past few months. Many painted, plastic and rubber parts were faded, discolored and/or dry rotted. Therefore, the Hard-Ball drive belt will get replaced at 50K miles because I see no reason to chance it.

 

[nomadsmg]

I changed mine at 70k miles. After I got the original one off and inspected it, I wish I had left it on there. I compared it to the new one in all ways possible. Absolutely no difference. Even the print was still clear. I went ahead and put the new one on since I had the bike all apart. But I feel like it was a waste of time and money. I believe I could still be running the original belt at 104k miles.

Just wondering, if you still have it, have you compared how flexible it still is compared to a new one? Like I said in my post/experience, at 90k it still looked perfect after my recent inspection, but I then realized how stiff it was compared to the new belt. Wondering if at 70k if you can feel a difference in the stiffness?