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Natexlh1000
| | Posted on Monday, November 19, 2012 - 03:17 pm: | 
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They were basically sportster engines.
At least a stock sportster doesn't have shift linkage to worry about.
Personally, My X1 has always shifted nicely after the second and third gear pairs were replaced under warranty.
I also actually PREFERRED the "boomerang" shifter over my XB shifter.
Only now that my XB12X has well over 40,000 miles on it is it seeming to click between gears as well as my X1. |
Mnrider
| | Posted on Monday, November 19, 2012 - 04:06 pm: |
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Bue you removed the 77 connector.How did you replace it?I would for sure take a good look at that again to be sure the repair held. |
Buewulf
| | Posted on Monday, November 19, 2012 - 04:43 pm: |
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the 77 connector.How did you replace it?I would for sure take a good look at that again to be sure the repair held.
Hard-wired, but I will certainly check it. |
Jstav2012
| | Posted on Wednesday, November 21, 2012 - 06:17 pm: |
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I'm in Houston, and have meter, scope, etc. so if you want to trouble shoot it, just shoot me a PM. I put a little voltmeter on my Uly to make sure I catch any issue before it happens. |
Uly_man
| | Posted on Friday, November 23, 2012 - 11:58 am: |
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"Most damning to my relationship with the bike was the stranded evening, hotel stay, the lost day trailering home and missing a very needed extended weekend annual getaway of twisty road riding with my peeps for the second time due to issues with this same bike."
Oh give us a break this can happen with any bike. I am tired of the crap people talk on this bike. For while now I have been looking a prices and faults on modern bikes and the Uly is better than most.
Half the people here know as much about running and riding a bike as Hitler did about painting walls.
Get a grip for Fu-= SAKE. |
Arry
| | Posted on Friday, November 23, 2012 - 01:18 pm: |
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Uly_man, Lighten up. Re-read Buewulf's original post. I can certainly understand his disappointment and frustration. I think most of us come to this forum for a little advise, support, and encouragement. |
Arry
| | Posted on Friday, November 23, 2012 - 03:17 pm: |
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Buewulf, You stated "it needs a new stator and VR." Did the stator actually test bad? If the stator is good, the VR would be a relatively easy fix. Good luck |
Buewulf
| | Posted on Monday, November 26, 2012 - 11:55 am: |
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Jstav2012 - Thanks very much for the offer. I have a meter but no scope. Hopefully, I won't have to bother you, though.
Arry - I did not test the stator, but the smell coming from the case suggests that it is probably fried. When I have the time, I'll test everything properly to make sure before I start dropping money on parts.
Ulyman - I am not talking bad about your bike or even Buells in general. I am talking about my bike with which you have no experience. I have also noted from many of your other posts that, in addition to offering some truly helpful and useful advice, you are also quick to judge and criticize the mechanical and riding skills of other members here, most if not all of whom, I suspect you have never met or ridden with. I have no knowledge of your skills and have no place to judge them and even if I did would never so disrespectfully call those skills into question.
While this can indeed happen with any bike as you said, none I have ever owned have given me as much trouble as this bike nor have I missed as much riding time due to failures. Having so many issues in such a short period of time on a low-mileage rather pristine bike is not acceptable to me. I just don't have the free time for this kind of crap from this or any other bike. I am glad you are happy with your Buell experience and would not wish it any other way. But I am not happy, and it has nothing to do with how well Hitler paints walls or what I know or don't know about riding or running a bike. |
Buellerxt
| | Posted on Monday, November 26, 2012 - 12:29 pm: |
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Good post, Buewulf. You summed up the mouthy boor well, and were respectable when he was anything but. Good man. I understand your situation and feelings completely. I've been fortunate and haven't had such problems with my Uly but if I had, I'd be looking at alternative bikes, as you are, that I could hopefully rely on. |
Sagehawk
| | Posted on Tuesday, November 27, 2012 - 11:23 pm: |
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I ride just south of you buewulf and I have been fighting heat gremlins since 08 on a 07 12x. Trailered home twice but way more local than dallas. Been shopping for a year now. Havent been willing to take a $ hit yet on bike. Got invited to a ' wild man ride ' in 08 out to hill country. First long trip on buell and it was a blast. Never got invited back again tho. I wish you luck in whatever you choose for youre ride. Take care. |
Buewulf
| | Posted on Wednesday, November 28, 2012 - 08:24 am: |
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Thanks, Sagehawk. It's no fun shelling out the $ it takes to get a new bike, but it is less fun not being able to ride or being too worried to ride far from the house.
I was in your neck of the woods not long ago for my first track day at MSRH. If you haven't done one before, I highly suggest it especially with you being so close. Google RideSmart. They have their last event of the season coming up this weekend, and it is only $60 if it is your first time. Well worth it. If my bike were running, I'd be there again. |
Sagehawk
| | Posted on Wednesday, November 28, 2012 - 01:20 pm: |
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Sounds good but keeping grandboy and spousal unit says dickens on strand for this weekend. Sigh ! All good tho. My 12x is in garage with motor rolled right now. Pulled oil filter off 96 road king and its full of metal 2months ago. Havent touched it yet. Last weekend c/o heater core in mazda truck for 2days. When it rains it pours. ! Strangely enough ; wifes sporster is only one running ! Hah ! |
Tootal
| | Posted on Wednesday, November 28, 2012 - 06:39 pm: |
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Sagehawk, on the road king, check the tappets. I've seen the rollers wear through the hard outer surface and the cam just eats them alive!! You get a lot of metal in the filter right about then!!
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Sagehawk
| | Posted on Wednesday, November 28, 2012 - 10:20 pm: |
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Thanks for the pix Tootal. I am feeling so much better allready. over 75,000 miles and been thru 3 cams and sets of lifter allready altho second was not a failure. at 25,000 ina bearing on end of cam went south and filled timing chest with metal. While this subject is up, how bout standard sporster and buell lifters. is there a mileage interval there? at the galveston rally, i talked to the s&s folks and he said they recommend 20,000 mile lifter and bearing change outs on all of their motors and they have some gamey lift on their cams to back it up. How many sets have you been thru Tootal? |
Tootal
| | Posted on Thursday, November 29, 2012 - 09:10 pm: |
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The picture was from a 1997 Ultra that belongs to a friend. I rebuilt his engine thinking the missing was a bad valve. I just happened to have an EV13 cam just sitting there in a drawer and thought I'd sneak it in on the old guy just to see if he noticed. I pulled the cam cover off and holy crap, what do we have here!! I found a better excuse for a missing engine! So far I've never had a bad lifter on a HD product, including the Uly. I had 145,000 on my 91 FLHS and I have 93,000 on my 2002 Road Glide. Now I did change the lifters when I changed cams on both bikes so that probably helped. |
Sagehawk
| | Posted on Saturday, December 01, 2012 - 01:55 am: |
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Curious as to how many miles were on these lifters Tootal? perhaps an oil failure ? or is that 25,000 mile thing for real that people tell me ? Too many variables to get thru to get a feel for what is and what isn't on simple timing chest components. Have you tried one of s&s reed valve breathers on a evo engine? |
Tootal
| | Posted on Saturday, December 01, 2012 - 10:20 am: |
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The lifters pictured had 73,000 on them. Only one was bad. I'm sure it was faulty heat treating by the supplier. These are probably case hardened and then ground. If the hardening doesn't go deep enough you end up grinding it off. As soon as you wear past the hardened outside the material inside is soft. |
Sagehawk
| | Posted on Saturday, December 01, 2012 - 09:51 pm: |
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Harley did the ina bearing thing for too many years and had multiple failures. Didnt learn perhaps ? What did the cam look like on that lobe ? Most of what ive heard is needlle bearings go and then get out of lifter allowing roller to crash and needles loose in timing chest |
Tootal
| | Posted on Sunday, December 02, 2012 - 02:58 pm: |
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Cam lobe was a little rough but not worn down and the bearing surface looked bad but the bearing was still hanging in there. On this old of a bike they still had full compliment bearings in there that were pretty tough. Here's the cam:
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