Just finished the flip and grind. Love the looks, know she's going to scrap floorboards but will just slow down more now. Anyhow the belt is squeaking like crazy. Do i need to loosen or tighten the belt. Seems a little tighter than before the flip. Do i now have the belt closer to the nylon rollers are what do you guys recommend to eliminate the squeak?

Grab the belt with your fingers and see how much you can twist it. No more than 45 degrees. If you can't twist it you are too tight. My guess is the belt is too tight.

Steven

now on the lowering will you bottom out more or not?

I installed a 160/80 rear that raised the rear about 2" or so from where it sat with worn out 150 Metzeler.

I did the flip last week. I did the grind and flip a couple months ago and changed it back to stock because the tire was worn out and the scoot was real low with the spring preload soft.

I will keep it this way unless I have trouble scraping.

I know I have to slow down on the turns and up aprons.

My belt squeaked until I tightened it. Watch it, because it doesn't take much to bring it up to spec. If you're too tight, you could wear out the drive pulley bearing and seal.

As you compress the suspension, or lower the bike, the belt becomes looser.

Doc

Took her for a ride after tightening the belt. Still a little squeak and will fine tune the belt. One thing I noticed while going for my 1st ride after lowering is it felt more comfortable. I'm 6ft 1 and 195 so it didnt seem to affect the ride quality as far as I can tell but it did seem to improve handling. Maybe 1st impression though. But it did seem to put me in the sweet spot as far as riding position. Don't really do to much 2 up riding so bottoming out should not be an issue. Time will tell on that also. Right now I love the look it seems lowering really puts that rear tire right were it needs to be. The other things that I have done that I believed have improved riding this great bike are 1 inch of foam removed from bottom side of seat. Floorboards extended 3 inches. I think I've got this bad girl were I want her as far as riding. Performance is awesome with the things previous owner did with the Dyna 3000, 31 tooth front pulley and speed star 42 carb. Custom wheels and paint are next on the agenda. Also last tire change on rear was 160/80/16 Dunlop with Metzler 130/90/16 on front that is with out a doubt holding up much better that the 150 metz on the rear did.