timing belt

Hi, I'm new to this forum. I usually just browse, but my bike quit on me on my way to work today and I'm pretty sure it's bad news. I bought the bike this spring, a 2008 1098 with 994 miles on it. The previous owner said he just did an oil change before selling it to me. Only mod is termi slip...

I have a SportClassic 1000 and live in Plettenberg Bay, Western Cape. It's overdue for timing belt replacement. The job looks a bit tricky from what I see online, especially the tensioning. Can anyone recommend a good dealer in my area who can do the work?

I know some of you might say they have to be changed out with new ones, but at the two year mark have any of you re-used the same belts? or removed your head/ and popped back on the same ones? My search was mostly re-using the Fuji nuts. (which I won't) When I first did a belt change roughly...

Is there anyone in the Wisconsin area that has experience with changing out your own timing belts and performing the valve adjustment/tuning for an 1198 (or similar model)? I really would like to learn from someone and eventually do this myself, but I don't want to learn it from the world of...