BMW belts for our bikes.

[Greg goes wild]

I just went to Ebay to look for the panel i needed for my bike. I ran across BMW belts they wanted anywhere from $44.66 to $58
They said it WILL fit all 9 BMWS some platinum n the rest standard from 2012 on up . Just thought i would let you all know.
can the standard belt work on the platnum edition sorry for the mispelling.

 

[slant911]

Someone tried one of those cheaper belts a little while back and the result was not good. Broke in pretty short order.

 

[Greg goes wild]

Someone tried one of those cheaper belts a little while back and the result was not good. Broke in pretty short order.

I was just curious to see IF anyone had tried them. Being that cheap they would NOT hold up very long.

 

[Pappy13]

I posted about those belts, the torque output of the bike and bike weight make those cheap knock-off belts fail QUICKLY, too much trouble to keep changing belts every 800 to 1,000 miles. Motogenic in Italy sells the mitsuboshi belt for about $120.00 (depending on exchange rate) and these are the OEM manufacturer for BMW, I already have more miles on this belt that the 2 previous cheap belts combined. Also, I got the one from Italy quicker than the cheaper ones in the states, and Motogenic was fair and accurate with the currency exchange.
You can do an Internet search for the mitsuboshi belt for the C650GT and it will take you to their site, good people, fair and quick (can you tell I was a happy customer?) It's Carpimoto, NOT Motogenic, Don't know why the edit wouldn't take....

 

[Greg goes wild]

I posted about those belts, the torque output of the bike and bike weight make those cheap knock-off belts fail QUICKLY, too much trouble to keep changing belts every 800 to 1,000 miles. Motogenic in Italy sells the mitsuboshi belt for about $120.00 (depending on exchange rate) and these are the OEM manufacturer for BMW, I already have more miles on this belt that the 2 previous cheap belts combined. Also, I got the one from Italy quicker than the cheaper ones in the states, and Motogenic was fair and accurate with the currency exchange.
You can do an Internet search for the mitsuboshi belt for the C650GT and it will take you to their site, good people, fair and quick (can you tell I was a happy customer?)

I kind of figured those belts were to good to be true the cheap ones. thank you for the info.

 

[Pappy13]

Went back and looked, then checked current pricing and shipping, about $110.00 delivered.

 

[Anouar ny]

Someone tried one of those cheaper belts a little while back and the result was not good. Broke in pretty short order.

Agree 100% , 100 miles and I spent $400 in towing

 

[Delray]

This is the belt to buy ....

https://www.carpimoto.it/en-US/Exha...67-Mitsuboshi-Transmission-Belt-BMW-C600-.htm