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No more annoying chain maintenance, clean her with the belt drive. MOTORCYCLE uses the example of the Suzuki Bandit 1250, where the pitfalls lie in wait reconstruction.


Enough of the sleazy business with the chain? A clean alternative is via the final drive belt, the VH motorcycle technology, provides for a variety of Japanese as a retrofit kit for 1095 €. As part of the motorcycle-duration tests, the Suzuki Bandit 1250 has been converted to belt drive. The installation appears simple at first, but holds pitfalls such as milling the motor housing. Whoever messes up, risking a total loss. Therefore, only well-equipped professionals in the conversion (time three to four hours) venture. In a workshop assembly costs around 200 to 250 euros.