Belts were last changed 2014 (3000 miles were done on them) on Ducati s2r 2005 and I want to pick this bike up from a dealer and ride home (they can't change the belts in time for me). How dangerous is it to ride with these belts for 80 miles home and then swap them out? They shouldn't be too dangerous right?
Just found out they were changed 2013, so 3 years... Still good to go? I really don't want to ruin a newly picked up bike, but I can't afford to wait for it to be delivered with a van...
Okay thanks, that's all I needed then I will try to ride it in a very tame way Should I ask the dealer at least to take a look at the belts and make sure they are in good condition or something like that? Off topic: Here is the bike I am looking at From the video do you think it sounds about right? I have never owned a Ducati, so I thought might as well ask Sorry if this is silly/petty question. Also I am getting it for 2750 including valves being adjusted, does this sound like a decent deal? From a dealer Might as well link to the ad: 2005 DUCATI MONSTER S2R, MOT OCT'2017, HPI CLEAR, CARBON CANS | eBay
Valves being adjusted is, I believe, a belts off job, so ask them to inspect or even swap the belts. Try to avoid having them swap belts at your expense because you can get them much cheaper from @Exige on here
I'd have no problem riding with the belts, if it worries you take the covers off and have a look at the belts, then replace if paranoia gets the best of you. One thing I would be asking questions about, is why the clocks have been changed? Have never really read anything suggesting it to be a common problem on monsters and neither my s2r 1000 nor s4rs had any problems when owned?
I would have thought that adjusting the valves is a more difficult job than changing the belts. Nice looking bike though.
It is. It's a job I haven't had the confidence to tackle as yet, largely because you ideally need a full set of shims to substitute for the ones that are out of tolerance. You can calculate what shim you will need to bring the clearance back to spec and then order that size but you should really use the same micrometer to measure the new shim that was used to measure the old one. That's my understanding anyway.
