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Author Message   Bads1 Posted on Wednesday, January 29, 2003 - 05:29 pm:        Oh I guess he named this one to (Erika) hmmmmm I wonder why?   Court Posted on Wednesday, January 29, 2003 - 05:57 pm:        >>>hmmmmm I wonder why? I know. Wanna take a guess offline? Betcha a Buell hat you're wrong Court (P.S. - talk to Dave Gess first and all bets are off )   Bads1 Posted on Wednesday, January 29, 2003 - 06:07 pm:        Court You have mail and if I am wrong and let me know. But if I am right I will email you with my address for the hat   Court Posted on Wednesday, January 29, 2003 - 06:17 pm:        You smartasses..... Send me your address. Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr   1313 Posted on Wednesday, January 29, 2003 - 08:17 pm:        I can reason why he (John Mikosh) named this one Erika. But then how did he come up with the name for his RSS (Janis)? Curiously, 1313   Bads1 Posted on Wednesday, January 29, 2003 - 11:43 pm:        1313 I could tell you that answer as well but I think I'll save this question for Court to answer.Also 1313 what do you think is the reason the bike is called Erika?????   Court Posted on Thursday, January 30, 2003 - 04:39 am:        >>>Also 1313 what do you think is the reason the bike is called Erika????? shhhhhhhhhhhhh......he knows. Court   Bads1 Posted on Thursday, January 30, 2003 - 09:09 am:        Court was I right on the second question, let me know?????   Court Posted on Thursday, January 30, 2003 - 09:32 am:        >>>>Court was I right on the second question, let me know????? No. I will not let you know. You know too much anyway...and my stash of VERY RARE "Metal Mesh" Buell caps is waning.... Court   Bads1 Posted on Thursday, January 30, 2003 - 01:26 pm:        Hmmmmm I wonder where that brown seat came about??? I love trivia.   Kahuna Posted on Friday, January 31, 2003 - 10:54 am:        today is a VERY happy day !!! i'm proud to belong to the two buell camp, maybe more in the future (i hope!). i believe this is the first one in toronto, and they delivered it this morning! WOOOOOOOHOOOOOO! now all that snow has to somehow melt   Lornce Posted on Friday, January 31, 2003 - 11:21 am:        Hey Kahuna, Congratulations, that bike looks sweet. Too bad about the weather, eh.... Are you reg'd for May's Mosport Ducati Club Track Rally? That thing's just begging to blaze through turn two.... Lornce   Roc Posted on Friday, January 31, 2003 - 06:49 pm:        The first one in town, race muffler installed, delivered to your dooor - very cool! Shouldn't the yellow spot on your front tire be next to the valve stem on your wheel?   Blake Posted on Saturday, February 01, 2003 - 12:47 am:        Not if they static balance the wheel to find its true heavy spot. A trick I just learned from a friend (my buddy Keith). Apparently the wheel's heavy spot does not always coincide with the valve stem. Or is it the light spot? Heck I dunno, I haven't mounted my own tires in a long time. You get the idea.   Roc Posted on Saturday, February 01, 2003 - 03:07 am:        Well now you made me go out and look in the garage. The yellow dot on the tire is almost 3 spokes off from the valve stem on my front wheel. Blake - thanks. Perhaps all of the fuel framed owners are doomed!   Rick_A Posted on Saturday, February 01, 2003 - 12:23 pm:        It's marked so that when you line the mark with the stem the heaviest part of the tire is opposite the stem.   Rick_A Posted on Saturday, February 01, 2003 - 12:28 pm:        From Dunlop: "All Dunlop street tires should be installed with the yellow balance dot at the valve."   Blake Posted on Saturday, February 01, 2003 - 10:41 pm:        Right, so their instructions assume the valve stem is the heavy side of the wheel. You can often reduce the amount of wheel weights required if you determine the true heavy spot of the wheel and then locate the yellow dot at that point. It is usually within 45o of the valve stem.   Blake Posted on Saturday, February 01, 2003 - 10:55 pm:        So I guess we should give Buell the benefit of the doubt and assume that they determined the wheel's true heavy spot and mounted the tire accordingly? Yeahhhhhh, that's the ticket.   Ray_Maines Posted on Saturday, February 01, 2003 - 10:58 pm:        Double post, sorry.   Ray_Maines Posted on Saturday, February 01, 2003 - 11:01 pm:        The Firebolt and, we assume, the Lightning are a little different. The heavy part of the wheel is NOT the valve stem. The heavy spot is marked on the inside of the wheel and is only visible when the tire is removed. How about this for Blasphemy! You don’t even have to rebalance your wheels when you replace tires! Just put the yellow dot in the same place as it was on the old tire and you're good to go. Now, just what any of this has to do with Cool Buell Pics is up to debate.   Captlusk Posted on Saturday, February 01, 2003 - 11:27 pm:        Ray, How the HELL did you know that? Baffled and impressed on the Dark Side   Awprior Posted on Sunday, February 02, 2003 - 12:25 pm:        When I last changed my tires, the dot on front wasn't visible. I put the dot on the new tire 180 degrees from the valve stem, and the balance was just about perfect.   Bomber Posted on Monday, February 03, 2003 - 04:50 pm:        here's the promised pic of the Thumper . .. it's a great dancing partner, but it's going on the block in a day or three . . .. . .   Bomber Posted on Monday, February 03, 2003 - 04:53 pm:        'nother   Bomber Posted on Monday, February 03, 2003 - 04:55 pm:        1980 SR 500 with big old Wiseco piston (one more overbore and the cyclinder will be a stack of washers), Mikuni (defines the term intake honk) and Supertrapp (sounds wunnerful)   Dynarider Posted on Monday, February 03, 2003 - 05:44 pm:        Is that a gun site up near the windscreen?   Rex Posted on Monday, February 03, 2003 - 07:15 pm:        Court. I will be heading to New York this coming December for a family vacation. I would like some advise on hotels. Would like to be close to the nbc facility, broadway, central park, macys, etc. The last time we stayed in new york is was on the ave of the americas, but it has been too long ago to remember the name of the hotel.....Any ideas? It was in the 80's , so I am sure things have changed...thanks, rEx   Court Posted on Monday, February 03, 2003 - 08:34 pm:        last time we stayed in new york is was on the ave of the americas, but it has been too long ago to remember the name of the hotel.....Any ideas? Well, that narrows it down to 817 hotels on AofA (6th Avenue). I've got nothing but time on my hands these days and shall wander the 'hood to see what I can find. It was in the 80's It's cooler than that now...in the 50's today. Hopefully it will be nice when you arrive Court (P.S. - have you ever eaten out of a dumpster?)   Rick_A Posted on Monday, February 03, 2003 - 09:17 pm:        Those SR's are real gems. I've seen people do some wild things to their SR club racing bikes online.