| Author | Message | ||
     Blake |
Rockbiter: I'd be curious to know the circumstances involved. Care to elaborate? Any other Blasters out there who have experienced belt failure? Please chime in. | ||
| Rockbiter1 |
no prob...first time, i was rolling out of a 15 mph corner, and i was (attempting) to accelerate to the 40 mph speed limit. As i shifted into second gear, all of a sudden i lost power...belt had snapped. I was not exceeding my bikes capabilities, nor am i a drag racer in disguise heh heh. It was dark, and after i pushed the bike home, i went back to get the belt, someone had picked it up, never saw the reason for failure Second time, very similar conditions, and straight acceleration, not "dropping the hammer", just a normal take off, and the belt broke in first gear (this time i got the belt) It has split relatively cleanly bettween two teeth..wish i had more detail on the belt's condition, but i was too pissed to remember the particulars. Shreveport/Bossier HD did a great job of helping me, since the bike a month out of warrenty the second time. Btw, the only performance mod i've done is to install a V&H pipe...no carb changes. | ||
| Xgecko |
V&H pipe is about a 7-8 with 9 and 10 being reserved for things like the Force and Bub's pipes. it was quieter than it is now when I first got it but time and use have done a number on it. As I said a while back I wrapped the header in fiberglass tape a while back and that had the effect of lowering the tone of the exhaust not. it helped for a while but it also kept the gases hotter entering the silencer (OK so it doesn't realy silence anything now) which just packed out the baffling even more...it is back to where it was before the wrapping. On a group ride with a bunch of sportbikers I made the comment that I may not be the fastest but I'm probably the loudest. That was called into question by a guy on a VMAX who last hung his head in shame that his pride and joy was know where near as loud as my little blast. To be honest the noise is begining to bother me. so I'll be happy when the White Brothers gets here. I had heard of someone parting a belt on a blast but it was directly related to the driveline ingesting a rock. BTW anyone intersested in the D&D pipe whoud check out the link in the P3 Exhaust section | ||
| Blake |
Rockbiter: Sounds like someone is taking a knife to your belt or something is DRASTICALLY wrong with your swingarm geometry. Do have have many enemies? | ||
| Sarodude |
Mabe there's just something wrong with a pulley... -Saro | ||
| Dust_Storm |
Oy.... as long as we're on the subject of belts... (this one's favorable!!) My SO was putzing along on hers the other day ( she doesn't believe in haul-@ss speed, just sensible speed with long corners), some jerk went and cut her off. She got excessively nervous, rolled the throttle, and skipped her Blast over the curb. I was on the racebike and watched it happen, but what really scared me was as she popped the curb, her front wheel caught the median, and her back tire ground out on the curb itself. I thought for sure she was going over(lowside), but the belt wound off, so it eventually slowed down, she regained her wits, and stopped the bike, throttle still on deathgrip just roaring away. I pulled over, calmed her down, and then started looking for wreckage.. and there was really nothing! The rear sprocket had taken a fair amount of sanding, but reall that's it. We set the bike back up, threaded the belt, and then reverse walked the belt back onto the rear sprocket, checked for rubbing/loose parts/significant damage, and rode home. If it had been a chain, I know there would have been problems ( not to mention possible lost skin!) I'll suffer with the belt on the Buells, it's already won my praise.. -=]D_Storm[=- | ||
| Xgecko |
Brakes!!!!wow it's nice to have fully funtioning brakes. I've been cursed with a warped front brake rotor since almost the time I bought the bike. Well saturday I replaced the damn thing and all I can say is that it sure is nice to slow down with out the pulsing. As far as changing it out goes I seee the need for front and rear frame stands and will be ordering a set from Handy Industries next month (both for $100 total) Hopefully I'll have the rest of my goodies for my Blast this week and I can put them on before the weekend so I can ride with them. | ||
| Mother_Big |
I've got a new rotor in my basement, and I bet I'll feel that way too. I noticed warped rotor after about 2k miles. Just got worse and I didn't like that. New rear tire is next. How much time did you spend on that rotor job? It looks simple from the manual; is it really? | ||
| Xgecko |
actually the hardest part of changing the Rotor is lifting the front of the bike up. my kit came with new pre locktighted bolts so all I had to do was remove the old and bolt on the new. it you can spring for new pad as my old ones are taking a bit of time grinding down to flat (it looks like it'll take about 100 miles of riding/braking). i can't wait to get the fork brace on it to see what that will do to braking precision. | ||
| Joey |
2001 Blast! Service Manual: $56. Anybody know where I can get a better price? I haven't ridden since Monday, and I'm going through withdrawal! I'll be riding tomorrow, unless it snows. Someone claims to have spotted me, saying I was going 15MPH on a gray bike that looks like a moped. He knows it's me because I'm the only person he knows that rides in the rain. I keep telling him my Blast! is black. He thinks I repainted it. I also told him that my Blast! doesn't go that slow unless I'm stuck behind someone... | ||
| Xgecko |
Check Ebay on and off I've seen the manual there before (not right now) and it has gone for mid $30s Damn I ride everyday rain or shine but man it was cold this morning...temp in the high 60's with wind chill at 70mph driving it way down. Boy it's nice to live in Hawaii. | ||
| Jonnyz |
Does anyone here happen to know of an after market oil filter for the Blast? I'm about to do the first service and I'm looking for something other than the standard H-D part. A Fram or other major mfg. part number would be nice. Also, any fellow Blastards going to the Cycle World show in Chicago this weekend? Jon | ||
| Blake |
XGecko: Heheheh, little maaaaan, you ah showing your girly-maaaan side (a'la Hans and Franz).  | ||
| Xgecko |
 I figured that would draw some fire. Probably should have posted it on the General Discussion board | ||
| Prudemonkey |
43 degree high temp today - highway wind chill cuts through my clothes, must be friggin 20 degrees when i cross the Susquehanna River - I can not wait until summer. I pray for 60 degree days chris | ||
| 1320 |
Joey, I get my manuals from Moroney's at 1-800-fasthog. dealer price is usually 48-50 bucks and they sell them for 30-32+ shipping.. | ||
| Dust_Storm |
Man, wish I would have known about the cheaper manuals, here I though I got a great deal on mine.. oh well, live and you learn. Speaking of learning, just a reminder for all Bueller's out there ( actually any motorcyclist in general..) - When you are at a multi lane turn (either right or left) make sure you position yourself on the inner most lane of the turn. Please don't as why... and 3 cheers to Buell for making kickass brakes! Also, when the lanes are parked full coming off the freeway ramp, don't think that the inner U-Turn lane is a safe bet (even when they're empty) from cross traffic before you even reach the turn around.... People pullout at the darnedest of times. 4 more cheers for great acceleration down low when you need it!! Man, everyone should take a motorcycle safty class regardless of whether or not they ever want to ride a bike. -=]D_Storm[=- (counting his lucky skin folicles one by one..) | ||
| Prof_Stack |
Xgecko - hey, how about giving us the lowdown on the White Brothers pipe for your Blast? Specifically, how many discs do you attach? Jetting changes? Noise level? I too thought the Vance and Hines was too loud, at least for my tastes as well as my neighbors. Profhttp://www.dlux.net/~nhardy/index2.htm (my thumper website slowly improves) | ||
| Xgecko |
My "Pipe" is great I read the disc tuning directions and had all theese plans about what I was gonna do when it was too loud and then...it wasn't. The one thing that the directions say is not to touch anything until you ride it then tune for what it doesn't have that you want. So far I haven't found anything wrong with it and more importantly my wife like it. It feels just like my V&H performance wise. The idle on a cold start is a bit high so I need to adjust that a bit but that is all. I already had the jetting changed to 45/170 for the V&H and that seem to work on the White Bro's as well. I checked my plug and it doesn't look lean or rich (dumb luck if you ask me). Now I am in the process of fabricating an intake so I may have to step up to a 175 but that's later. As far as sound up to about 4K it isn't a whole lot louder than the stock anchor...well a little bit, but the stock pipe is what it reminds me of. Over 4K it barks but pleasantly not annoyingly like the V&H. I wish this pipe had been available when I was first shopping for a pipe I'de be replacing baffling now instead of a new pipe. BTW I wrote a rather amusing description of the installation in the exhausts section. | ||
| Prof_Stack |
Thanks Xgecko. How did the rejetting affect gas mileage on your Blast? Is the mid-range torque flatter now? Any handling differences with less weight "centrally" located underneath? I had a White Brothers muffler exhaust (pipe) on my SR500 many years ago. Worked well. But it was black and needed continual repainting. Thanks for the info! I envy you and the weather you have there. | ||
| Xgecko |
Hah weather!!!! It was cold last night, remember we have no heat and most houses use wind as A/C i.e. the wind blows straight through the walls, temp in the fifties. When I redid the jetting it did indeed improve the hole in the midrange and my mileage; I average about 60 in mostly city riding. However the thing I notice about the White Brothers is that I don't have to be on the gas to get up and go. I find myself spending more time in the mid range and less at the top. The weight difference between the two pipes is likely about 2 lbs. I can't feel it and the switch between the Y pegmounts and my rearsets likely made a bigger difference than this pipe switch. This pipe bronzed out quite nicely in a tank of gas but it hasn't blued that I can see I polished it with Mothers yesterday to remove the road dirt from riding it the rain. I like the bronze look to the pipe. I've liked it on other Buells that I have seen as well as the Ducati's that I've seen with them. I envy you having roads that go for more that 5 miles in one direction. I was up in Bangor last Feb. and although it was cold the roads are nice enough that I'd even deal with the rain for the increased choices. I may rent a bike when I go back to Bangor this summer. | ||
| Arbalest |
Xgecko, remember, that's pronounced "Bangaw", by us natives. A nice road is Route 35 from Kennebunk to Standish, then Route 113 from Standish to Fryeburg. | ||
| Sarodude |
2000 Blast manual on eBay. -Saro | ||
| Xgecko |
Mike wrong Bangor....not Maine...Washington. though both are nice. | ||
| Ezblast |
Has anyone tried putting on a Force intake made for our general carb reversed with the filter facing under the bike behind the motor - you would probably loose on primary forced air, still there should be plenty of secondary air flow and stabilizing the air flow from the intake itself - should still be able to procure 1 1/2 to 2 hp gain. I was just thinking of function over form and this occured to me - can this be done? Keep blasting guys! | ||
| Xgecko |
big problem with that idea the Force has a small flange (probably not the right word) that includes the float bowl vent hole. Turn the elbow and this will not line up. I know this is a bad thing (though it it will do I don't know) because when I tried to have a intake flange fabricated this was the deciding "can't do it" problem. Ray (Fssnoc2501) gets around this in his intake by routing a hose (I am in the process of fabricating a similar intake) from the vent to the elbow. Check the archives around early to mid september for his specs. | ||
| Ezblast |
How about drilling and tapping out a line to a spitcan(ASB product)on the flange for the float bowl vent hole? Besides bracing the carb would there be any other problems I'm not seeing | ||
| Xgecko |
that would work but you would still have to drill at least two holes one for the Float bowl vent and the other for one of the mounting bolts the three mounting bolts on a CV carb are not equidistant (sp?) I just can't justify spending $200+ on something I'm gonna have to modify to make work. Not when fabricating something that will work is both easier to make and cheaper. On the subject of spending money...The last of my Blast toys...err...parts came in today from Xroads and I just finished installing them. It's too dark to shoot photos so I'll do that tommorrow. The Pulley cover was easy to install and really cleans up the right side of the bike. The Timing cover was also easy and gets rid of the extreamly annoying rattle that happens after about 10,000 miles. The fork brace however is the real thing that I wanted...again easy to install. Though since it is late and I'm hurgry I'll have to wait until tommorrow to see how it works. I like Xroads they are cool people and they make neat things I'm still trying to decide if I want their plate type bars or if I want to use clipons but that is for later. Right now I like my bike the way it is. | ||
| Buellzilla |
Do you think the front brakes may be a little too grabby? A squirrel ran out in front of me one day and I jumped on the front brake. Luckily I was going in a straight line because me front tire actually skidded. I rode a Honda in my Motorcycle riding course and you needed to squeeze quite hard just to get a short stopping distance. With the Blast, you can lock up the front wheel with nothing more than the squeeze of a little girls pinky finger. Sure the Buell braking systems are innovative and provide "powerful" braking, but it may be just a little too powerful. | ||
| Xgecko |
I've never locked up my front wheel with Pireli tires I did a few time with the stock Lops. I've only tried stopies a few times and I've found it hard to get the Blast up on one wheel. the center of gravity is just too low...that and I'm too chicken to push it. I've noticed that my brakes are more solid with the fork brace though I have yet to discover the effects on handling |
