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02-24-2011, 05:00 PM

Plow64

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Originally Posted by jackstrr

I guess I'm getting bored and my brain is working overtime but,...Just how important is the lower belt guard ? I know the adjuster window is in it, and I'm sure it keeps some crap out of the belt. I think it looks a hell of a lot better OFF than ON. Dose anyone not run one? just wondering ,so don't start fighting or lose any sleep.

Had to take the lower belt guard off when I changed to a wider rear tire on the RK. No problems yet.

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02-24-2011, 08:49 PM

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Since I have a chrome pulley, and a chrome swing arm, the chrome gaurds look right at home.

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03-01-2011, 12:20 AM

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Looks good on yours

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03-01-2011, 12:47 AM

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I took mine off then put them back on after noticing that the pulley looked like it was getting abraded from road sand/dirt. To clean it up a bit I altered the lower belt guard. I matched the radius of the pulley, trimmed the bottom so its level with the bottom of the belt, and cut out some of that triangle.

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03-01-2011, 01:18 AM

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If you knew what a PIA it is to change a belt . . . Oh Jeez!
Even when the odds are really really low, that removing the belt guard would create or allow a problem . . . even the insignificant chance that removing the guard might allow a broken belt . . . . the downside just makes that belt guard stay right where it is. Might go chrome but won't go without.

Anyone who has had a Harley for any length of time can really appreciate just how darned cheap the MoCo can be if they think for even one second that it won't affect the sale of a bike (and even then sometimes I wonder). So if you believe that they wouldn't put a belt guard on that bike if they thought they could get away without it; you can bet your last $$ that it wouldn't be there!