Recent content by arachnid26

I have never had a belt snap, but yes, it gets frayed and broken string bands all the time. Especially when the belt gets worn down more. i also tend to run the belts till they are unusable. normally, the belt ends up getting shredded or pretty well torn up before i replace it. another thing to...

ok. Visually it looks aligned, but how would you go about making sure that it is aligned perfectly?

the governor when installed holds the throttle all the way open on startup. when it was removed, the throttle will stay closed like at idle when the engine is running. my yamaha 200cc does the same thing. i have to hold the throttle open when i start it and release it once it starts to rev. As...

It is a genuine comet tav 30. I have a 9 or 10 tooth final drive sprocket and a 54 tooth axle sprocket. It has a pretty good top speed (40 Mph) according to my iphone gps speedometer app. If possible, i try to keep it there. I do a lot of field riding and its been so dry this year that i haven"t...

just a quick question. what is the normal life expectancy of a 30 series belt? i have only been getting about 8-9 hours of riding out of mine. i have 9 hp clone. alignment is fine and everything gets cleaned periodically