Originally Posted by
Rob_E
A broken belt would be a show stopper. Not sure if there are enough people using these to get any idea of reliability, and I'm guessing their not a popular touring choice for that replacement issue.
I find it hard to believe it is humanly possible to "break the belt". It would take super human strength.
I regularly use Gates belts like these on 3 hp motors (single belt drive) for my job. They are amazingly tough.