Recognize the Characteristics of a Fake V-Belt so You Don't Get Fooled

In this article, we will discuss CVT service tips for automatic motorcycles, especially how to recognize genuine and fake v-belts on the market.

Servicing the CVT of an automatic motorcycle is one of the things that is recommended to be done regularly.

The CVT service includes checking and replacing the v-belt.

For those of you who intend to replace the v-belt during the CVT service of your motorcycle, be aware of counterfeit v-belts that are widely circulated in the market.

In order not to regret it later, you should be able to recognize some of the characteristics of fake v-belts on the market so that you don't get caught in the future.

As it turns out, there are physical characteristics that can be clearly seen by the naked eye between a fake v-belt that is slightly different from the original one.

The fake V-belt, if you look at it in detail, has a white spot on the edge.

In addition, the surface of the v-belt also looks velvety-haired.

While the original v-belt has a darker color and no white spots.

If the original v-belt is held it feels more slippery, if the fake one feels rough.

In addition, it will be seen that this fake v-belt is not neatly stitched, if the original is definitely neat.

Distinguishing through physical characteristics is necessary because now distinguishing through price is quite difficult.

This can happen because now the prices of original and fake v-belts are starting to be similar, this is a concern because usually fake or KW v-belts used to be half the price.

To make you safer and avoid fake v-belts, it is better to buy directly at an authorized workshop or at a shop spare parts that you really believe in.