Sh300 belt life?

[Taipan]

Hi All
Just yakking with a colleague about my SH300 and he asked me how often I changed the belt. I said I stuck a new one on it... and then it dawned on me, that was 14k miles ago! I've got a manual on the home PC and will get the minimum thickness and MIC it up and inspect it etc. Just wondered if anyone knows roughly how long they last?
Thanks.

[Steve_D]

I was told 12,500 by the dealer - and fit new rollers too.

[gn2]

Forza is 16000 miles, so you should be ok for a couple of thousand miles yet.

[Taipan]

Thanks Chaps. I'll get a belt ordered up ready and see if it holds out to the net oil change. I'll check it at the weekend in case its on the point of snapping though...

[gn2]

Just looked up the part numbers
Forza: 23100-K04-931
SH300: 23100-KTW-901
From what I understand of Honda part numbers, these may be interchangeable?

[Taipan]

Just looked up the part numbers
Forza: 23100-K04-931
SH300: 23100-KTW-901
From what I understand of Honda part numbers, these may be interchangeable?

Strange as same engine isnt it? Thanks for the numbers though.

[gn2]

Not completely the same, the Forza has an offset crank.

[Dave Weller]

Think that part number is for a sh125

[gn2]

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Definitely the 300 one.

[Steve_D]

One thing I found when I bought mine a couple of years ago was that a pattern belt on eBay was £99 at the time. Thought I'd see how much a genuine Honda one was from Johns of Romford. Just £70!!!!! Worth looking into.