Belts - is it true?
 

A friend of mine told me the other day that a Renault Cleo uses the same belts as a 916 and that they are about half the price of the Ducati oem ones!

Has anyone else heard of this and tried them or is it even true - he didn't know if they are the 'Red' Kevlar ones or not which I always use

Any comments appreciated:)

When I was researching 916's, I came across this on the web, although I cannot vouch for its accuracy:

Gates HTD 58095x17mm (same as 1.1 Clio), available from local motor factor.

belts
 

58095 x 17 HSN is a manufacturers part no,Gates part no is 5192xs.I work for a factors in Ashtead and trade them 15-46 plus vat. I would like to add from Gates blurb "Use Gates products only on applications specified in Gates literature.Gates disclaims all liability due to failure to follow these instructions"

you want to save 30 squid
 

on an unknown part??? wiff an engine worth 3 grand???
Its like puttin biro springs in the front forks
I know what I'd do
If you want reasonably priced belts, talk to Nelly at Cornerspeed, Im sure he'll have some to fi yer beastie
best rgds and he who lets Nelly do all the duke werk
rgds
mort:roll::roll:

Thanks for that lads - sounds like its true then. But I think I'll go with paulmorts comments and stick to buying the correct stuff