Timing Belts
 

Looking for new belts. Oem Ducati ones seem okay price wise, but does anyone use anything different and why?

I know Andy Pike has been using others on his own bike, think he said they were the Dayco ones working out around £44 a pair

I've been using genuine ones that now cost me about £10 more for a pair

Recently got a set for Louise's M600 £52 delivered from Ducati leeds. :)

Is that thr round tooth or square tooth Neil
MotoRapido are doing the square tooth belts for a 583 for £37 a pair delivered

Can you use 583 belts on a ss 620? They are much cheaper.

Round tooth Kev. For some reason the early square ones are cheaper?

If memory serves Simon I think the same belts fit the 620 and later 600 & 750. :D

Thanks Guys. Dayco are apparently are used by Ducati as oem. Going on eBay for just less than £43 pounds for two, moto Rapidio want £73 with dsc discount. If they are good enough for Andy Pike, then they are good enough for me! Standby for loads of posts on timing belt fitting!

Yep they are same width and same amount of teeth. The later belts as listed for the 620 cost about another £20 and from what I once read this is because they have a new formula in their make-up that reduces the the adhesion level between the belt and the pulley.

In some cases Ducati belts are on there third generation as they have been improved over time, but that doesn't mean you can't use earlier version apart from the Non Kevlar ones they did for the 916 etc with the white writing on them

And I would advise against using the square tooth belts on pulleys designed for belts with round teeth,

Er, Kev's getting old :) The ones I use are Flennor, not Dayco. £32 a pair from memory. They work fine, but seem to be slightly more heavily constructed than OEM (Gates) belts. I'm certain the Dayco ones will be fine too, after all, the belts are being changed so often on the racers, that wear & ageing issues are not a factor. Just don't run them too tight.