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Old 07-10-2012, 11:01 AM   #5
gary tompkins
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Originally Posted by Flip View Post
Just to add to your dilemma- for the last eleven or so years of owning my old 900 I've used a spring balance to set the the belt tension as per the factory manual.

Haynes manuals quote a similar way of setting them along with the 'twist' test.
Same here for over 12 years of monster ownership on 3 different bikes
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