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Originally posted by Iconic944ss
Ok a last question then.....

Apart from the obvious expense - I cant help wondering why Ducati didnt make a gear driven cam train for the belt drive bikes ??? If H0nda could do it with the VFR range, couldnt Ducati - or does the Desmodromics (?) prevent this in someway?

I was just thinking about the carnage (Bikeage ???) that could be produced if a belt ever snapped

Sure there'd be a few miffed dealers out there if the belt didn't need changing every ten minutes! It's also worth bearing in mind that Honda can do things with mass-production engineering that Ducati can only dream about...

As an aside to this question, does anyone have a cast-iron example of belts snapping? What mileage? What damage? Which cylinder? What's the difference between a duke belt that needs changing every 12000 miles and a Honda one that lasts 85000?