Hello all I'm new here,

my name is Steven York I am the proud owner of a CF Moto V3 also sold under the Baron and Qlink brand names. For those of you not familiar, the bike is a 250cc single cylinder scooter/motorcycle with a belt driven CVT. I bought it direct from the Chinese manufacturer in Oct of 2006. About 18-24 months in, the stock drive belt went out. I was new in town so I wasn't quite sure where to go, I had it taken to a shop and about 4 months later (seriously) they got a new belt and rollers on it. I use to take it at freeway speeds a lot more back then, so when they replaced the belt I had them put in slightly heavier rollers (I got the MRP ceramic sliders at 25 grams i think) and I asked for a Kevlar belt to take the extra weight.

About 5 of 6 months later the belt went out again! While 18-24 months was to be expected (especially with freeway driving) I was not happy about 6 months after the shop put in a new one. Assuming the shop screwed me with a crap belt or installed it wrong, this time I dove into it myself.

I contacted Lee Thomas at BEAUFORT MOTORSPORTS for help and he graciously walked me through the process on the phone. Mr. Thomas owns BEAUFORT MOTORSPORTS and their soul purpose is "triking" these bikes. He sells hundreds of triked v3s and v5s a year and deals straight with CF Moto USA. Needless to say he knows these bikes inside and out.

He was concerned that the front variator may need replacing but after a few wiggle-this-pull-that tests we determined it must have just been a shoddy belt. I got a new Malossi Kevlar belt made especially for this bike and a new lighter set of mrp rollers (I was driving considerably more in town after the move and wanted a little more get up and go. The weights are 15 or 18 grams, only 2-5 grams lighter than stock and again they are sliders.)

With Mr. Thomas's help I cleaned the entire casing replaced the rollers cleaned the clutch and installed the new belt. It has been running great, better than ever in fact until today. I was pulling out at a moderate rate from a stop sign and at about 15-20mph there was an incredible squeal and I lost propulsion.

I just walked the bike home. I've yet to get the case off of it but I'm sure the belt has gone again. Last time the belt was so mangled we couldn't determine the cause of damage (or the manufacturer for that matter) I could tell that either before or after the failure the belt slipped the rear clutch and became lodged in between the rear clutch plate and the case.

What could be causing such quick failures of the belts? At $137 a pop I'm not to excited to put another one on there without diagnosing it. Any help?