Metallicat
TY 4 Stroke God
Put 200 miles on a new 805 belt today. It is certainly softer and more grabby than the 8DN. Dropped my rpm levels by about 500, which is okay because I can subtract weight from my clutch arms. I kept adding weight to keep the rpm's down with the harder Yamaha belt. I used an Ultimax 3 belt last year after my 8DN delaminated and liked it. The XS is supposed to be better.
thrasher
TY 4 Stroke Junkie
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- Nov 22, 2006
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- Ottawa Valley, Ontario
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- Snowmobile
- 06 Vector RS ER
My XS 805 belt shredded at about 900 miles, about half as long as the Yamaha 8DN belt. So back to the Yammi belt. I can't say that I had noticed any real performance differences between the two belts. However, I think the XS belt squealed more at idle.
Metallicat
TY 4 Stroke God
I hammered my sled for 200 miles. Will check the belt.
Metallicat
TY 4 Stroke God
I am very pleased with this belt so far. I was able to remove 2 washers from the tips of my weights running 8800 rpm max now. The Yamaha belt needed 2 extra washers to turn the same rpm on a long run. My sled backshifts to 8200 rpm now and keeps pulling to 8500 on a short run, topping out at 8800 on a longer WOT run. The lighter tip weight allows a quicker backshift and a lower engagement speed. 500 miles hammering the belt and all is good.
