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Cpeg
| | Posted on Thursday, April 28, 2011 - 09:23 am: | 
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Playdoh makes a great tool for checking the clearance. |
Motorbike
| | Posted on Thursday, April 28, 2011 - 09:49 am: |
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That's exactly what I used, worked great! |
Motorbike
| | Posted on Thursday, April 28, 2011 - 12:34 pm: |
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Play-Doh before seat install: I chose red to match bike. Just kidding 
After test ride. Note the impression in Play-Doh near seat rail:
Cross section of Play-Doh showing clearance:
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Leoallafila
| | Posted on Thursday, April 28, 2011 - 12:55 pm: |
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I went old school and used a chewing gum: both delicious and useful!  |
Uly_man
| | Posted on Thursday, April 28, 2011 - 01:17 pm: |
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Umm. My bike has a lug, next to the ECM, that the seat sits on. The seat never touches the ECM and caused no problems. |
Motorbike
| | Posted on Thursday, April 28, 2011 - 03:19 pm: |
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Uly Man, take a look at the first pic that I posted early in this thread. I think the top red arrow is pointing to the lug you are referring to? If so, my seat was definitely rubbing on the lug, which is good. But, take a look at the lower red arrow and you will see a scuff mark on the connector. The seat was also rubbing this and given enough time, it could crack the ECM, as many have had happen. |
Uly_man
| | Posted on Friday, April 29, 2011 - 04:39 pm: |
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Hi Motorbike. Yes I see your point.
My bike is a 06 and both ECM plugs are in-line unlike yours. I use the low seat and have covered the underside with foil to cut heat. The lug has marked the foil but not touched the ECM blocks and I am about 280lbs as well.
Very odd but thats Buells for you. |
Ulyranger
| | Posted on Tuesday, June 14, 2011 - 05:27 pm: |
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Bumping this one up since I see others are posting similar issues. I just did this mod myself and was happy for the information before I FUBAR'd my ECM.
I have been experiencing very intermittent engine cut out for the last year (08 XT). Once in a Blue Moon the ignition would cut out under load, CEL on, tach/speedo needle sweep, etc would only last a second. Might do it two, three times over the course of a 1/4 mile stretch then weeks/months before occurring again. Mine seemed more likely to occur on humid/damp days and early in the ride, but maybe those are just the times I remembered. Checked grounds and such, but wasn't till I tripped over this thread that I examined my ECM. First look didn't notice anything except that the "lug" was definitely rubbing the seat pan. Then I saw it, the rub mark on the upper connector, very small contact patch, just the very upper portion (say 4mm).
I made a bracket out an Aluminum 90*, re-bent, Dremeled the corners/edges to save skin later and drilled some new holes. Had to reshape my bend about five times till I was satisfied. Last time was because I noticed as I was tightening the bolt it was starting to flex the ECM body, not good. Be careful here. You want to trap the left/lower end under the battery tray, just make sure your bracket ends up in the same plane. I also added a rubber flat washer between the ECM and bracket for partial isolation purposes. Used the "fuzzy" side of velcro tape for cushioning and abrasion protection on all contact points(because I have a bunch of the stuff). Calling it good for now. I can post pix if desired but it's basically the same the others here. Thanks for the ideas and fixes. |
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