| Author | Message | ||
     Steveshakeshaft |
This smells Fishy to me. I recieved an offer to buy something I've advertised. The mail address is from someone called Mark, but the mail is signed off from Scott. The spelling is bad and the grammar I don't believe is British. Needless I keep my stuff he keeps his "deal" for some other sucker. Thoughts? QUOTE- Hi steve Thanks for your Mail response and your understanding in this Transaction i have told you befor that mode of my payment will be a cheque drawn from uk bank and once the cheque clear my shipper can come for the collection in your house.As i said in my last mail, i have made arrangment for the shippment of the kit as soon as we seal this transaction.there"s one more thing i want you to understand is that A client of mine in UK is owing me some fund in (£3,500}and i have inform him about this transaction and he told me that he will send you a cheque drawn from uk bank as soon as possible,I will instruct him to issue a cheque drawn from UK bank in your name and as soon as you receive the cheque and once the cheque clear ,You will deduct the cost of the {£280} and my balance will be send back to my shipping agent via western union money transfer for immediate shipping arrangment Because i buy a car in france in which they want to help me ship with your kit. that is the reason i wan t you to send them the money as soon as the cheque is clear,so that they can come to your house for the pick up.the reason why is that it takes 2-3 days for a cheque to clear there while it takes a longer time for a cheque to clear here.If this is okay with you do get back to me immediately with your full name, contact address and phone full number for me to instruct my client to issue the cheque in your name. Thanks And best regard. Scott. UNQUOTE. _________________ Steve. "the internet is cool, you can even get it on computers these days". Homer Simpson. edited by SteveShakeshaft on February 25, 2004 | ||
| Mikej |
Steve, Yep, scam city. Play with them if you want. They usually try to get three or four victims involved and skim profits/proceeds off them all. Had an indirect relative get offered a similar deal on a tractor. The relative tracked down where the tractor was actually sitting, contacted the dealership and asked if they knew that their tractor sitting on their lot in Arkansas was currently being sold by someone in the UK and was supposedly sitting in Belgium and that the pseudo-seller/scammer even had the complete serial number of the tractor. Needless to say the actual owner of the tractor was upset and began a reverse sting operation. Don't know the final outcome yet, but this is a small world and everybody knows somebody who usually isn't physically too far from where the scammers actually reside. I just bit bucket any offers I get like the one you got. | ||
| Iamike |
Mikej, We told Brad to stay up North till summer. We don't want him bringing any of that snow down here. It's supposed to be 50 saturday for our chili feed and we don't want no snow! I've been riding the DR all winter and am ready to fire up the S3 and go eat some chili. | ||
| Jayzen |
Josh...the Part# for a '99-'02 S3 is K1400.8. This is the newest shock for a '97-'98 S3/S3T. Here is the picture.  edited by jayzen on February 25, 2004 | ||
| Grndskpr |
Jayzen, that Kit #k1400.8 retails for 529.35 and can be had for 423.48 if you look, sorry but your price seems high but if you come down in price, drop me an email roger | ||
| Jayzen |
The kit I'm selling is not K1400.8. It is K1400.E. This kit is more expensive than the K1400.8 because it has upgraded mounting for the '97-'98 S3. | ||
| Grndskpr |
My Bad, you are correct, the price i listed was for the shock alone sorry for the error K1400.e is indeed $629 sorry for the error Roger | ||
| Jayzen |
No problem at all. All these different Buell shocks are quite confusing after all. I am finding that out the hard way. | ||
| Firemanjim |
So I was reading all the posts on the recalled high bars and feeling all smug cuz I knew my bars were already replaced when I remembered I now have 2 more sets.Walked out to garage and looked at the bars on my current commuter S-2 and what do ya know--the old style bad ones.Obviously this guy I got it from never got the recall.Still need to walk to barn and check my other set,but too much rain right now.(BTW neither did I.If I had not visited the factory with my bike in 1996 where Brankin Brehmer noticed them,I never would have known as I never got a recall notice either.)So, any thing we can do with these now?Court,Dave,Bubba???Anonymous?? | ||
| Chopperboy |
I am planning to change the tires on my '02 S3T and I am wondering if I should change the wheel bearings at the same time? The bike has 6K on the clock. Thanks. Todd | ||
| Ccryder |
Hey Jim: Got any picts of the "Good" S2 bars? Mine may be the "not-so-good" ones also. Todd: At 6k miles you should not need bearings. If you Tech is any good when they change your tires, they can feel your bearings. Neil S. | ||
| Buellerthanyou |
Hey Rman, Plenty of Buell-foolery to be had in Austin! Got Hills full of Thrills (and occasional spills!), two Buell dealers/BRAG clubs (I'm director of the Austin Regulators BRAG, http://www.austinharley-davidson.com/ our own website coming soon...), more "bike nights" than I know what to do with, and good riding buddies in Austin as well as San Antonio and the Houston area. Hell, though we have yet to hook up, Blake is only a couple hundred miles away! There'll also be a BRAG Regional Event 'round here in September. Let us know when you get here. HellBuelly J http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hellbuellies/ "A HellBuelly's greatest work is to break his enemies, to drive them before him, to take from them all the things that have been theirs,to hear the weeping of those that cherished them, to take their motorcycle between his knees and press in his arms the most desirable of their women." --Genghis KhanBuelly | ||
| Cowboy |
Hey Buellerthanyou I was in Logo Vista yesterday I was in a cager and my heart broke just looking at those roads and hills. Keep us posted on any thing that happens a little later in the season I will be there or bust a gut thanks. | ||
| Chauly |
Spring is getting ready to spring down here in VA, and I have some bikes for sale, a broad range in scope. If interested, check out www.rustlingleaves.com at the top of the page... Charlie | ||
| Tim |
Chopperboy, When you have the wheels off, spin the bearings with your finger. If they rotate smoothly without any play, there is no reason to replace them. 6K is not a lot of miles for bearings. Just check them at each tire change. | ||
| Bigj |
Blake: That tread pattern shown is correct, I believe. The Pilot Race's in that section are the original style Pilot Races. There was more of a tread pattern than on the Pilot Race 2's. If you notice, it IS a different pattern than the Pilot Sports.  | ||
| Bigj |
The SV original rear size is 160/60, which is $129 on that site, which means that they can still sell them for that price, I'm sure because of the popularity of the SV, like you said.  | ||
| Ferris |
crossposted from the classifieds, fyi: "ps.if anybody has any contact with jazlawyer in regards to buying anything via badweb...BEWARE!! this guy emailed me twice saying the "check is in the mail" which turned out to be a scam or lie. tried to e-mail him and nothing came back in return. just thought you guys shuld know." --Orngm2 | ||
| Bigj |
Blake: Over at www.accwhse.com, they have both the Pilot Races and Race 2's. Same pics for the Races. The 170/60 over there is $180.  edited by bigj on February 25, 2004 | ||
| S2pengy |
After reading the talk about the S2 handlebars that were purchased on ebay I went out to the garage and did some looking myself, then I checked all the service bulletins that were issued by Buell for the S2.... I own a 95 S2 manufactured 11/94 and a 96 S2t manufactured 9/96... I purchased a very early touring handlebar kit and was subject to the recall when it first was in effect... I changed the parts out myself... 1. The ONLY handlebar recalls for S2's; B-007 dated 11/2/95 & B-009 dated 1/26/96 are only for the taller touring bars stock on most S2t's ( some S2t's were sent with the standard bars to the dealers due to the recall and were to be retro fitted upon arrival of the new bars) and as an accessory kit 55899-94Y shipped prior to 11/95 for the S2... After 11/95 the newer bars were only available... 2. The stock S2 style handlebars are welded just like the recalled handlebars at least on my S2 manufactured in 11/1994 but I have to assume because they are shorter the stress does not cause the same crackage problem and are not subject to the recalls.... Also the notching of the bar where it is welded to the collar is very shallow where the recalled touring bars were deeply cut so the collar goes deeply into the bar so there was less strength... The new touring bars as mentioned are crimped and are not cut where they are welded to the collars... 3. The touring bars measure roughly about 5.75" from the bottom of the collar to the top side of the bar... The standard bar measures roughly 4.75" I hope this clears up some concerns.... | ||
| S2pengy |
I need to add one more thing to my previous post about the S2 Touring bars; An easy way to identify a standard S2 handlebar from the recalled S2t touring bars... The standard bar has a weld where the top of the collar meets the bar... The recalled touring bar does not have this weld because the bar was so heavily notched it was not possible which would cause a loss of strength and a stress point.... | ||
| Al_lighton |
Chopperboy/Todd, What Tim said. But consider this. Every time you change the wheel bearings (i.e. press 'em out, press 'em in), you loosen the fit in the wheels, until they won't hold any more. So optimally, you want to change them about 4,000 miles before they're gonna go bad (one tire change cycle). It's reasonable to get 30,000 miles out of your bearings, double that is possible. But some of the inferior ones have gone in a lot less, especially if the belt is run too tight or you're a high wheelieing, throttle chopping maniac. Al | ||
| Paulinoz |
" you're a high wheelieing, throttle chopping maniac." Is that not what these bikes are made for. | ||
| Firemanjim |
Went down to barn and took a couple of pics to compare old/new bars.Here ya go.Notice the crimp on new style.   | ||
| Court |
My left bar came off in my hand and HPT. The only good news I can add to this is that it, at least in my cse, was not a catastrophic failure in that it was "telegrpahed" well before failure. So far in fact, that the bar began to feel a bit strange and mushy, then got "wiggly". I worked it back and forth, quite confused about what was happening, and waited until the proper moment, goaround Roger Roeszler in Turn #3 (a gorgeous long sweeper), to make the final separation and wave my, now seperated from the Buell, bar at him. If you have the "old" bars, I'd not get alarmed, I'd just fix them with the correct ones. Court | ||
| Choptop |
Rman - get thee hence to The Salt Lick BBQ. Best BBQ in Austin. Great town, if ya gotta live in Texas (love the area, hate the humidity). Hook 'em Horns !!! | ||
| Stingaroo |
Hey Prior, do you have any pics of just my bike? I would like to put it up on my profile, I know there is a bunch of your and mine together, even if I can crop out yours. Thanks bro. I am still putting some pressure on Mike for that S1W over an X1 Brian | ||
| Firemanjim |
But is the recall still in effect? And can we still get the high bars? | ||
| Mikej |
I'd guess if your bike's VIN is listed as not having the bars replaced then there is a slim chance you could have it done. If the offending bars were purchased after the fact though then I'd wager you now have some wall art to hang potted plants from. They would make for some esoteric bathroom sink faucet handles that only S2 owners would really appreciate.  | ||
| Mbsween |
Hi my names matt, I'm a buellaholic, and its been 3 months.... make that 15 minutes since my last ride. Yeeeeeehaw we're back in the Northeast Moral question, is it okay to wheelie when you can see your breath in the helmet?  |
