I'v noticed alot of you like the look of your bike without the belt gaurd on there. Just wanna give you guys the heads up, when I went in to get my rear tire replaced they found a little twig got wedged inbetween sprocket and the belt and had halfway flattened out one of the belt 'teeth'. My tech says cuzz its just one it wont hurt really. Thought Id give you guys the heads up as iv never taken my gaurd off cuzz I like the look and I still got road debre cought in there, and alot of you have take yours off.