| Author | Message | ||
     Nicksim123 |
hello, im about to do the oil jet fix on my 09 1125r via twinmotorcycles. can anyone give me a little more insight into how their experience purchasing this service was?, mainly i want to know how the shipping was after purchase of package how did you go about shipping your rotor and did they send you confirmation of receiving it and send the replacement in a timely manner?. i am basically just scared of sending my rotor off in the mail and never seeing it again LOL any info/advice would be appreciated thank you buell family ! i dont really have any buell fam over where i am, so i depend on these forums alot. | ||
| Flybysr1 |
I'm in the same boat but am considering the BMW style fix of drilling holes in the rotor. I bought my 1125 the same week EBR went out of business as winter project. I'll be following your thread. | ||
| Nicksim123 |
What's the BMW fix?, and I was about to do the Ebr core exchange and the week I was going to do it they went out of business. Hopefully some of these guys can give the both of us some insight on the subject. | ||
| Jc1125r |
I just went through the process of sending my rotor to Twin Motorcycles. First off, I also used their US distributor 5-0dro for the payment/purchase. Here is the web site. Through that site I sent an email message about cost and he set it up so I could pay with paypal. http://www.5-0dro.com/ Then I put my rotor is a US Postal FLAT RATE BOX. And shipped it off to Twin Motorcycles. Note that there are some special instructions that Twin Motorcycles will tell you about concerning how to fill out the customs declaration form at the Post Office. With the customs form you will receive a number that you can track trough the USPS web site and you will know when it arrives to Twin Motorcycles. I did not receive notification on shipment back to me, but I received my modified rotor about 2 weeks after Twin Motorcycles received my rotor. | ||
| Jc1125r |
I forgot to mention -- I have used 5-0dro several times and have always had a great experience. | ||
| Flybysr1 |
This guy did some nice work I think I might be able to pull this off myself. I have not heard of any other attempting this. http://hildstrom.com/projects/buellstator/ | ||
| Pwillikers |
Does Twinmotorcycles modify the rotor in exactly the same manner that EBR did? | ||
| Nuts4mc |
Nic...the BMW fix is similar to Hildstrom's fix...back in about '07..."F" series Beemrs had Rotax engines ( Parallel Twin cylinder 800cc)...the stators burned up...BMW fixed it by modifying the rotor by replacing the "solid" rotor with a "holy" one. (scroll down on the link to Hildstrom's fix...you'll see a pix of the holy fix) (Message edited by nuts4mc on January 04, 2016) | ||
| 50dro |
Thanks for the kind words (and the business of course) Jc1125r!  www.5-0dro.com (Message edited by 50dro on January 04, 2016) | ||
| Jc1125r |
A point to note is that the Twin Motorcycle and EBR oil jet modification supplies oil to the stator from a pressurized source. Just drilling the holes in the rotor (ie., hildstrom) will not provide a pressurized oil supply therefore may not cool the stator like the oil jet modification. | ||
| Nicksim123 |
I looked more into it and I'm going to go through 5-0dro, but still curious once I purchase am I prompt with instructions on the entire service or do I basically buy it, then ship my rotor to the netherlands and they know it's my part to do the oil jet and send the rest of the parts? | ||
| Nicksim123 |
Just a few gray areas I'm looking to clear up for myself, any info is greatly appreciated guys! Thank you | ||
| 50dro |
We'll typically exchange a few emails to make sure packages are marked correctly etc. and you're getting what you need. For instance, if you need the crank tool to remove your part, we'll need to get that to you ahead of time. If not, then we can remove that from the kit. We realize this is a large purchase and try to give each order as much personal attention as possible so that you get nothing less than what you need. Feel free to send us an email at orders@5-0dro.com to discuss it in further detail and we'll get you fixed up! Thanks! | ||
| Cocheeze15 |
When I did mine, I did it all through twin cycles, I put their RMA# (or whatever term they use) on the box and shipped it off. Used the USPS tracking to fallow it as far as I could, then Martin at Twin Cycles emailed me when the rotor was received, as well as when it was completed and shipped back. The most time was simply eaten up by the shipping, they shipped it back DHL and I was a lot quicker than USPS...I though their communication was great | ||
| 50dro |
Yep! Martin is a good dude! We work hand in hand with him on the orders purchased through us. | ||
| Pwillikers |
May I respectfully ask again? Does Twinmotorcycles modify the rotor in exactly the same manner that EBR did? | ||
| 50dro |
As Jc1125r mentioned above they are similar in that they are both pressurized. I can't say for sure that they are "exactly the same" but I will ask the folks at Twin to comment to that. | ||
| 50dro |
Per Twin on the similarities to the EBR rotor jet design: "back then we had good connections with EBR (originating from the old Buell racing time ) and we asked if we could use the oil jet design, witch was no problem, ( we started late in this process as there was little interest for this , because HD picked up the warrenty tab for a very long time ) as what shipping back and forth to the US to do this was way to complicated and expencive, with all the cores going in and out, we got ok to source this localy , edm.. not drilling to match the jet bores and oil pickup hole to line up the oil jet on the crank feed hole the oil jet is excaclty the same as EBR did" Let us know if you have other questions. www.5-0dro.com |
