> I use to ride a Kawasaki 400LTD that had a belt drive.  I 
> rode that bike
> until it was on it's last legs,
> and I never had to replace the belt.  I did have to adjust 
> it
> ocassionally, but I never replaced it.
> You could tell when it needed adjustment because it would 
> skip a tooth
> and pop (bang) loudly (similar to a shotgun blast) when it 
> was a little
> loose.

I used to have a Jawa 350 with chain drive.
You could tell that it needed adjustment when it dropped the 
chain in the fast lane on the motorway in rush hour on the 
busiest piece of road in NZ. Very exciting

:-)


            R 

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