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Re: How to install - Yuminashi 2015 variator kit

Posted: Mon Nov 09, 2015 4:35 pm
by FRossi
Guys, after 6 months my top speed dropped a lot... Can't pass 120kmh without engine rev cutoff. Before I was able to achieve 130kmh and 140kmh on central stand.
Im not whining about 10kmh... The point is to run at 100~110kmh my engine now revs lot more...
Usually its worn belt or worn rollers?

Re: How to install - Yuminashi 2015 variator kit

Posted: Tue Nov 10, 2015 2:06 am
by Oyabun
How many km's you have clocked since installation?
What you experience is more likely belt wear.

Re: How to install - Yuminashi 2015 variator kit

Posted: Mon Nov 16, 2015 4:20 pm
by FRossi
Today I couldn't pass 110kmh...
It's been +/- 7.000km since the upgrade. Better change the belt again? It's impossible to find Gates belts here, I'm using the original Honda one

Re: How to install - Yuminashi 2015 variator kit

Posted: Mon Nov 16, 2015 5:18 pm
by fun2scoot
I have written Gates twice requesting information on where to purchase the SB50026 belt domestically. Twice they have ignored me. If it were legal I'd rent a bulldozer and flatten every building their company has for doing so.

I have sourced the belt through a Gates distributor and was told directly by the regional manager that by contract only Yuminashi can distribute the belt.

Re: How to install - Yuminashi 2015 variator kit

Posted: Tue Nov 17, 2015 4:41 am
by Oyabun
fun2scoot wrote: Twice they have ignored me. If it were legal I'd rent a bulldozer and flatten every building their company has for doing so.
Would be a bit of an overkill wouldn't it :-)

Have you tried other belts, like the kevlar belt from Malossi?

Re: How to install - Yuminashi 2015 variator kit

Posted: Tue Nov 17, 2015 6:00 am
by fun2scoot
Oyabun wrote:Would be a bit of an overkill wouldn't it :-)
hmmm...I thought suing them for the costs of the rental, diesel, and labor was going to be the 'overkill' part. :lol:
Seriously, any entity so arrogant as to not deign to even respond to a customer's inquiry with the usual, expected diversionary lie, deserves to be brought down a notch.
Oyabun wrote:Have you tried other belts, like the kevlar belt from Malossi?
Honestly, no, not the Malossi specifically. But, I have spent many hours comparing specs of competing belts and, none is even close. And, not using running Kevlar with this mod should not be done.
That said; with the Yuminashi sourced belt; The cheap Baht + insane shipping is always within twenty bucks of the above.

Re: How to install - Yuminashi 2015 variator kit

Posted: Sat Dec 05, 2015 11:55 am
by waspmike
Did you find the belt?

It is for a 125 the same dimensions as a stock honda belt.

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You have written to the wrong Gates person ;)

Re: How to install - Yuminashi 2015 variator kit

Posted: Sat Dec 05, 2015 2:48 pm
by fun2scoot
waspmike wrote:Did you find the belt?
It is for a 125 the same dimensions as a stock honda belt.
Is that right? Sheepishly, I admit I've not tried the OEM Honda with the Yumi, I should and come spring, will.
waspmike wrote:You have written to the wrong Gates person ;)
Thanks; I'll try Climategate next...

Re: How to install - Yuminashi 2015 variator kit

Posted: Sat Dec 05, 2015 6:06 pm
by BPT7594
fun2scoot wrote:
waspmike wrote:Did you find the belt?
It is for a 125 the same dimensions as a stock honda belt.
Is that right? Sheepishly, I admit I've not tried the OEM Honda with the Yumi, I should and come spring, will.
waspmike wrote:You have written to the wrong Gates person ;)
Thanks; I'll try Climategate next...
OEM Honda is very strong. If it's the right one it's very tough. A true oem belt from Honda is from Bando brand I think.

Re: How to install - Yuminashi 2015 variator kit

Posted: Wed Dec 09, 2015 4:41 am
by FRossi
Here is the original Honda belt:
[img]http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/12/09 ... 0655b7.jpg[/img]

Re: How to install - Yuminashi 2015 variator kit

Posted: Wed Dec 09, 2015 10:11 pm
by waspmike
BPT7594 wrote:
fun2scoot wrote: A true oem belt from Honda is from Bando brand I think.
I think you will find it is Mitsuboshi.

Re: How to install - Yuminashi 2015 variator kit

Posted: Thu Dec 10, 2015 1:18 pm
by Oyabun
waspmike wrote:
BPT7594 wrote:
fun2scoot wrote: A true oem belt from Honda is from Bando brand I think.
I think you will find it is Mitsuboshi.
When I checked recently at bike-parts-honda.com I have found only Brando listed with the oem item number for the European model.
Might be different for other markets though.