| Author | Message | ||
     Froggy |
Well I have 5 Buells in the garage, and in typical Buell fashion all of them are now down. 08 1125R - Front bearings 09 1125CR - Needs clutch fluid bled, my clutch cover was loose and it leaked out 03 Blast - Has one of those carburetor things 06 XB - broken wire coming off the ignition switch, bike runs but no electrics/lights And finally tonight, my freaking 08 Uselesses decided to deflate the tire on me on the highway. I was cruising down the road, my tire pressure monitor started flashing red alerting me of an issue, a few seconds later bike was feeling off, so I decided to stop at the next gas station. As I came to a stop the bike started violently wobbling, so I carefully wobbled to the air pump, and the air came out faster than I could put it in.  Fixing bikes takes too much time, money, and effort, I think I'll just pick up another bike instead. Where is my gas/electric hybrid EBR? | ||
| Cyclonedon |
Froggy, put some Dunlop's on that Uly.  | ||
| Froggy |
It came with Dunflops, I still don't know why Crusty put them on, even car tires would handle better. | ||
| Crusty |
I know a guy who has a NoMar tire changer, and he'll mount & balance a new tire plus throw in a meal for free... | ||
| Aeholton |
Put the CR front wheel on the R. Problem solved. | ||
| Hughlysses |
Only Froggy would install a tire pressure monitoring system on a bike, and then say fixing a broken wire to make the lights work on another bike is too much trouble. Froggy, you need to embrace the carburetor. I learned how to disassemble and reassemble a Tillotson diaphragm carburetor on West Bend 2-stroke engine on a go-kart when I was ~10; I'm sure you can handle the one on the Blast. | ||
| Fahren |
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| Oldog |
Well I have 5 Buells in the garage, and in typical Buell fashion all of them are now down. Don't blame the bikes ....... 09 1125CR - Needs clutch fluid bled, my clutch cover was loose and it leaked out did the engine oil go too? a pneuvac kit ,some brake fluid ,and an Hour of your time it should be good if nothing else is wrong..  Merry Christmas } | ||
| Froggy |
Unfortunately I wasted money on the cheap piece of crap Cycle Hill changer. What a pile of horse dung that thing is. I am better off not using it at all.
I have a spare wheel with rubber on it, I'll probably do that till I can get the dealer to replace the bearing.
Well I still have not got around to changing out that harness with the one I bought off you.
If by embrace you mean remove it and toss it in the pile with my sextant, slide rule, and Apple II, then sure!
It is their fault, who designs a bike that can get flat tires, or have wires break after I splice a dozen accessories into, or have bearings fail due to me never checking them, or leaking clutch fluid because my screws on the cover were too loose and they started backing out.
Just the brake fluid, I put the carbon fiber on a while back and must of not tightened the screws enough as I was able to turn them by hand. It is hard to tell for sure, but it appears to be just leaking out the main gasket, not the puck like other failures. I do have the MightyVac and have done the process before on my 1125R, still is something I really don't want to do. I have off between xmas and new years, so I'll probably dig into them then. | ||
| Badlionsfan |
Have you tried just topping off the clutch fluid and see if it works? Unless the reservoir was almost dry you might be ok. | ||
| Froggy |
Honestly I didn't even get that far yet, the clutch lever went almost straight to the bar while I was riding, so at this point I'm mostly certain I have air in the line. I am going to take the carbon fiber cover off just to verify everything is good before I start dumping more fluid in. | ||
| Oldog |
I put the carbon fiber on a while back and must of not tightened the screws enough as I was able to turn them by hand. Depending on numerous factors CF can compress under the screw heads and get loose DAMHIK } | ||
| Crackhead |
Have you thought about Micro Squirting the Blast? That way you can have full spark and fueling control. | ||
| Froggy |
Yea Oldog I think that is a factor too, once I take the cover off I am going to get some washers. Jdugger recommended that a while back. Crackhead, my plan is to use an X1 throttle body and go with DDFI as I am already familiar with it, but if Microsquirt ends up being more practical I will pursue that. | ||
| Glitch |
Kid's gotta point | ||
| Datsaxman |
Hey Frogman Yeah...Moto tyres do that altogether too often...Car Tyres not so much. The monster 17" - the narrowest I could find - looks like it cam off a Porsche Turbo it's so wide. No problem with flats tho... | ||
| Etennuly |
Froggy it sounds like you got a real pile of crap there. I will give you scrap price of about $500 and come pick it all up in a dump truck. .....Let me know. | ||
| Hughlysses |
I think Froggy needs to ride something like an Ironhead Sportster or an old Norton (either complete with carburetor, magneto, and kick start) for a while. That might induce him to take better care of his Buells.  | ||
| 86129squids |
 Yeah, Vern's right... Hey Vern, you're gonna need some help loading up all that crap, so just holler at me and I'll volunteer. | ||
| Etennuly |
A buddy of mine and I had a VW woods buggy back in the 70's. We backed it into a tree and broke the carburetor off from the intake to where it was not going to work at all. We made it run with a bic pen body and black electrical tape to get it home. A rather crude injector but simple in design. We stuck the pen body in the fuel line, capped the other end and taped it over the intake port. It sprayed gas out it's little side breather hole. We covered most of the intake port with tape to get it to run at about 2000 RPMs. We made it home a little slow and not able to throttle it, but all was good. It was my first attempt at throttle body injection. The carb was better.  | ||
| 1313 |
I think Froggy needs to ride something like an Ironhead Sportster or an old Norton (either complete with carburetor, magneto, and kick start) Frankly, I don't think Froggy has enough oomph (weight) to kick either over... But it would be funny to see him try, and try, and try... 1313 | ||
| Froggy |
Yea I've been looking on Tirerack looking for a suitable rear tire, preferably something with low rolling resistance. I haven't had any luck yet finding anything narrow for a 17" rim.
Deal! I'm not sure it is worth the price of gas to get your dually up here for it all though.
Yea, one of those would probably cause me to commit suicide. How on earth would I make it home on something that doesn't even have a fuel pump?
Yikes! Next you are going to tell me you repaired a leaking radiator with some egg whites....
This baby was a kicker only, the back of my leg still has scars....  | ||
| Fahren |
Froggy, when you say the Blast "has one of those carburetor things," do you mean that it's just harder to start in the cold, or is there a problem with the carb? Or is it just Das Boot that needs changing? | ||
| Froggy |
I mean I push the button, it doesn't start, and that is about all I can do to troubleshoot it as I can't plug in my ECMspy cable. My solution is to convert it to fuel injection so that way I can actually service it. | ||
| Etennuly |
OMG! All you have to do with a carb is to LOOK at it!  Put down the lap top. Take digital pictures if it helps you(that way you can still diagnose the problem in your computer).  Is the intake boot torn? (easy to see, causes most problems) Unscrew the carb support screws and wiggle the little bastard. Tight=good, loose=bad. Fix for loose. Fuel leaking? Check for loose hose clamps, cracked hoses, (not a crack pipe) or loose carb parts.  Do not have open flame when doing this test. | ||
| Etennuly |
Hey Froggy, Was that XT a 250?.....you know.....the girls bike????  I had the TT500 version. A manly machine for sure! | ||
| Froggy |
That is about as far as I can get with fixing it. I look, it is still there.
No, I have the super boot.
Given how much of a pain it was to install I hope it is not loose.
I have no idea what rubber hose does what.
Nope, it was a 350, if I wanted some kind of baby 250cc I would ride a snowblower. | ||
| Etennuly |
Well at least you had the BOYS bike!  | ||
| Etennuly |
Oh, and the 'Super Boot' is still just a rubber intake/hose that can still tear or come loose. | ||
| Fahren |
I push the button, it doesn't start, and that is about all I can do to troubleshoot it... Does it turn over strongly - i.e., could it be as simple as your battery? |
