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The drive belt for your bike is a Gates GT Carbon, 14mm wide, 8mm pitch, 220 teeth.  I believe it's only available from Zero.

P/N's are 30-03673 ("Belt Drive, 220T, 8mm Pitch, 14mm Wide") and also 30-08084 (same belt w/new Zero logo).

Ray

Thank you very much!

Ended up placing an order with my local dealer. $90 (plus $8 shipping) for a belt. I hope it's made out of gold...

I almost fainted 
I guess I have been too spoiled with lack of maintenance costs so far.

I've seen in some other discussions that people were getting them from their dealers  $70 or so. That's what I don't like about Zero - if I need
a replacement part, I don't even know what the MSRP on it is (other than few accessories Zero is advertising on their website). So in this case I don't
know if the price went up, or if my dealer is putting a markup on them.

I ordered two of these belts on 7/10/14, for $79.99 each.

Here's an item I've never seen on any of our wish lists here: an optional 16mm-wide belt / pulley setup, gearing TBD (or better yet, upgrade the entire line to 16mm at incremental cost).  Gates can surely do it, but they have a minimum order of 100 sets, I believe.

Ray

Ah, so they were pretty pricey even back then.

When is the last time that you purchased chain and sprockets.
You need to do sprockets an chain at same time for best life.
These are needed every few thousand miles. I like my belt.

While the belt doesnt require the cleaning and lubing of the chain.... my chains on my literbike that I beat the snot out of and did horrible clutchups on everyday, lasted 30,000 miles.
Because I took care of it, and because I didnt put an aluminum sprocket or smaller chain on. Steel sprockets and properly sized chains, last.


That said, I like belts on electric bikes because of the noise. Not for any other reason.

According to a post on a BMW forum, BMW's $450 rear drive belt (plus $200 labor for installation) for the CS and S/ST/GT models can only be bought from one of their dealers.  The person that posted that information claimed to work for Gates and tried to buy the belt through his company contacts, which he said he could not do.  If you think Zero is screwing you, take it from me, they are very reasonable when you compare their parts prices with BMW prices.   

I don't mind buying from Zero for the most part, but I don't like the way they sell those items, i.e. through dealers who you have to call and things alike. Selling parts online would be ideal. Though I suspect Zero wants people to go to the dealers as a way of supporting those dealers.

P.S. Just got the belts. Zero shipped them to the dealer in Portland, and they shipped them to me. Doesn't sound efficient at all...

Sometimes a dealer can have the items drop-shipped directly to you.