| Author | Message | ||
     Dankno |
Alright, great news (for me, not so much for my neighbors, LOL) I have saved enough pennies for my exhaust! Now, where to order from? Jardine direct and Iron Machine both want over three bills for it... So far the best prices I can find are on Ebay (Eeesh...  ) and from Star Cycles (who ever they are...) both around 260-ish before shipping. Now, I would much rather give back to a BadweB sponsor and take care of those that take care of us, but fifty bucks is fifty bucks, and I'll be needing new tires soon... Any ideas...  (Message edited by Dankno on September 20, 2008) | ||
| Indybuell |
Liberty Buell? | ||
| Dwinecracker |
Just a quick question, but for those of you who watch burn notice, did you happen to catch what happened on Monday? There was a motorcycle chase scene and out of all the bikes they could have picked, it was a Buell (looked like an m2???) and a vrsc the Buell won, as it should have lol!! | ||
| Dankno |
LOL!!! 2 weekends ago they were showing clips of it all day. My wife thought I was losing it cause I would drop everything every time the commercial came on to try to figure out what it was... if I only had tivo... And thanks Indy but maybe I should clarify my previous post, mail-order/ west coast suppliers of Jardine exhaust would be best. LOL! | ||
| Indybuell |
While I have the wheels off my bike to put on the new MT75's I ordered, should I go ahead and replace all the wheel bearings? 2700 miles. They seem a little noisy, but the roll freely. | ||
| Reuel |
If they're tight, keep them. Every time you remove and replace bearings, you stress the hole where they live. Eventually, that hole will stop holding bearings. You see where this is going, right? | ||
| Indybuell |
Well - I dam near bought the farm on the way home. Thanks to reading David Hough's book, and some common sense I am still here. I was taking my normal route home, across a two lane state highway with few stop lights. I was about halfway home, when I was rolling about 55 mph. I was the lead vehicle in a group of about 5 or so. I come through a spot where the speed limit changes to 45. I slow down, and up and the next intersection (where I don't have to stop) a middle aged woman in a black pontiac decides to pull out right in front of me. I instantly went into a quick stop, and probably put too much pressure on the back brake. She finally looked over at me, and stopped her vehicle. I released the back brake, and the fishtail ended. Held the front brake until I got down to about 10. I looked over into her windshield as I passed, and I think she was about to lose it. I'm glad she looked, I don't know if I would have gotten stopped. It was a big time wake up call, that you can't control it all. Luckily my quick stop didn't dump the bike. Another good reason to keep practicing them. Ride Safe | ||
| Bzbuell |
Holy crap, glad to hear you're OK Indy. I've heard several people say you shouldn't ride faster than you can safely perform an emergency stop. I try to practice 2 or 3 every week when there's no traffic around. Dwine/Dankno - I watched that episode and noticed the same thing! Looks like somebody at over at USA Network has good taste. | ||
| 08uly |
"I released the back brake, and the fishtail ended." First, Glad you are okay and live to ride another day! Maybe you know this but it's worth repeating. If you lock-up the rear wheel and start to slide it's very dangerous to let-off the rear brake and allow the rear tire to regain traction. It's an instant invitation to a High Side! --- 08Uly Uly Data Page Blast Data Page  | ||
| Felicita |
So I'm finally moving (Texas). Have a question about how (or if I even need to) prepare my bike. I'm going to have the bike in a trailer. Whatcha think? Thanks everyone in CA!!! | ||
| Gearheaderiko |
Just tie it down well, nothing else needs to be done. When are you leaving? What part of Texas?  or Good Luck  | ||
| Felicita |
Leaving on the 2nd. Going to San Angelo (almost nowhere TX ) I didn't know if I needed to empty anything or not. Thanks Eric!!!! | ||
| Rainman |
Now, the continuing saga of Rainman's Paranoia, in which our hero hears a bump in the night: No long descriptions or preambles here: What sound does a clutch make if it is: maladjusted? has been leaking gear oil for some time and may be low, or even extremely low how does one check the gear oil and refill it? | ||
| Swampy |
Rainman, Find out where the leak is first, then drain the primary and refill it with a fresh quart. There is no level check, though some say fill to the bottom of the chain when looking into the clutch adjustment cover. | ||
| Gearheaderiko |
Page 6-10, figure 6-12 of the (2002)repair manual will show you where the level should be. I agree completely though with draining it completely and refilling with a fresh quart. That will put the level where it needs to be and you dont have to pull the Y-frame (or drill holes) to check the level (which is always a source of great debate on Badweb). Maladjusted clutches usually dont make any noise unless you've taken things apart and somehow messed things up. Usually they just slip or wont release properly. (Message edited by GearheadErikO on September 23, 2008) | ||
| Gearheaderiko |
Felicita: San Angelo's nice (or at least I thought it was). | ||
| Indybuell |
Woohoo my new MT75s finally shipped! | ||
| Gearheaderiko |
'New rider' threads/posts moved to "Questions from New Buell Blast Riders - ThumperFAQ" section! | ||
| Bubs |
Okay, so I started taking my Blast apart today, there are a few things I need to do. One is adjust the primary chain. Can somebody point out the exact location of the primary chain cover, and a solid procedure on how to adjust? I've gone through the forums but the format here is a bit confusing. I also want to see about fixing another problem - a bit of an oil weep from around the shifter. I assume a gasket is damaged there because the previous owner dumped it on that side. | ||
| Awf_hand |
Primary Chain Adjustment: at 1,000 & at every 2,500 mi. interval thereafter. **Note**The Blast is shipped with a spacer between the primary chain limiting screw and the locknut. The spacer is discarded at the first service interval. A inch-pound torque wrench is used to adjust primary chain : Tighten chain limiting screw to 24 in/lbs Back-off chain limiting screw 3/4 turn = 4 1/2 'flats' *Practical note: 3 to 5 flats more (8 flats out from torque spec is usually golden)is the experienced recommendation by many. Hold chain limiting screw while tightening jam nut. Too loose = that box of rocks sound Too tight = your top end drops to like 65mph and it will throw your idle off and you can stall out too. So if this happens after your first service - this is one of the possible reasons. Well thats all there is to it, the inch/lb torque wrench would pay for itself by the fourth adjustment - but its up to you, to justify the expense. The following method though not recommended is used by many : Can this be done without a torque wrench? To answer your question, Yes. From a cold start, let the bike get to a warmed up idle, then start tightening the primary chain. When you hear the idle start to drop, back off two flats. I've been doing it this way for the last few chain adjustments, and it is usually within a flat of adjusting it with a torque wrench. BTW, the reason for a cold start is to set the chain tension with a cold primary. (Note: A hex nut has six sides, six flats, 1/3 of a turn is 2 flats.) >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>}} The above was snipped from the FAQ's section. The primary cover is the left engine case. (Message edited by Awf_Hand on September 23, 2008) | ||
| Rainman |
The first adjustment's a bit confusing, but then it's easy, so easy a Rainman can do it. I'm an excellent primary adjuster. Now, if I can do something about the gear oil leak from the around the clutch cable this weekend.... | ||
| 08uly |
Hi all. Who is PigPen (no userid=PigPen)? Extreme variation in the MPG data? Is it valid or should it be removed/corrected? Thanks! Buell Blast MPG Data Page Use the form to enter & track your fuel economy and compare to other Blasts. Please use your forum name when you enter your data. Thanks, 08Uly --- 08Uly Uly Data Page Blast Data Page | ||
| Indybuell |
Check out the odometer readings. That would be the first blast over 100k miles that I know of. I would saw its fraudulent. | ||
| Ezblast |
Pigpens bogus EZ | ||
| Indybuell |
Wow. Both dealerships close to me want $200 in labor to change out the tires! What a racket. Looks like I'm going to try to do it myself wish me luck! | ||
| Hemdog |
Easy to do. Just take your time and make sure you torque the axle nuts correctly. I took the rim/tire assy off and brought them into the dealership. If I would have had access to a motorcycle tire balancer, I would have changed the tires myself too. The spindle on our balancer at work was too big. | ||
| Robdog88 |
Changed the oil today and on my ride to warm up the oil to check the oil level, found a patch of gravel. Luckily i had slowed down for the turn and was only doing around 10-15 mph, the combination of bright sunlight and shadows hid the gravel, but my front tire found it.  I got out of it with some banged up knees and a bruised ego, but the bike needs a turn signal, headlight trim, toe piece for the shifter, foot peg. Cost $72, not too bad, I love the Blast! She is a tough bike, got some scratches in her, but no broke plastic, which i'm almost sure would have happened to a rice rocket, I went down hard. Will get the parts tomorrow and be riding it tomorrow! Oh and mounting tires is easier than it seems, so is balancing, just use the axle to suspend it! Thats how i did it and it worked great. | ||
| Bubs |
 Screw my local dealer, I can work on this myself. Here it is currently, all I really need to do is adjust the primary but I figured I would see how things come apart while I'm at it. Once the coverings come off this bike seems much easier to work on. I was close to selling this Blast because of stealership service, I'm glad I came across this forum! Thanks guys! | ||
| Ezblast |
Naked.....  | ||
| Reuel |
Have you ever wondered how much more comfortable the Blast might be to ride if it didn't have that gas tank? |
