Thats how some describe the sound of a Buell valve train.

Wish I had that Buell no maintenance belt drive!!!!! Wanna swap?

Chain life is pretty much 100% dependent on maintenance. If you don't take care of it like you said you don't, I have no doubts that it could be toast with that mileage.

A religiously and properly cared-for chain will last until it has stretched enough that the adjusters no long have room to keep the proper chain slack. At that point you could probably even just take a link out and keep using it but no one does that, since a chain is such an integral (safety-wise) part of the bike...

Nope, I love the belt.

My stock 530 chain on my '04 R6 lasted me until I traded it in at 19,500 miles. It was definately on its last leg though, they changed it out before they put it back up for sale. I kept it oiled pretty good, too. My stock 525 on my '06 R6 lasted until I traded it in with a little over 12,000 miles on it, including 7 track days. Still had a decent amount of life in it, they kept it on the bike and put it back up for sale a few days later. Yamaha puts DIDs on their bikes, too.

:iagree: Chain toast.

Can you believe there are those who actually voluntarily swap out their belt for a chain?

Blasphemers!

Truth, though I have made it slip a cog or two... :whistle:

only advantage is gearing changes for the track IMO.

A belt would be amazing, I'm terribly lazy at maintaining my chain. :panic:

You wouldn't believe how many people with Buells there are who piss and moan about their belt only lasting 15-20,000 miles and then needing to be replaced.

That's longer than a standard chain with no maintenance, no sprockets to replace, no chain to adjust.

The belt is the same price as a good quality chain.


They are pissed that they would ever have to replace a belt. These are also folks with 20-50,000 miles on a bike that is 3 years old.

How many of you guys with chains put 10-15,000 miles on your bike a year?