| Author | Message | ||
     Dreadnaught1 |
Just picked up a 2000 Cyclone. $2750. 7K miles. A few questions. 1. It has a White Brothers E-pipe on it either SS or Aluminum. Sounds great. Is it any good? Might switch to full D&D, with Ceramic coated header. 2. Are there any tricks to getting it into neutral. Seems a little touchy. I have never ridden a Buell. How would you describe shift pattern, I bought site unseen 3 weeks ago and picked up today. Please describe how you get it in neutral. It does not have manual and where it is up or down in order of gears. Sorry I am Nube to these. | ||
| Mikej |
Contact one of the site dealers/sponsors here or head to your nearest Buell dealership and pick up both a service manual and a parts book. The service manual tells you what to do, the parts book shows exploded diagrams to show what stuff looks like. Shifting is usually 1down and 4up for 1st thru 5th, neutral is between 1st and 2nd. Rock all the way down to 1st, then a slight uplift to find neutral. If the bike is cold or if the gear lube is needing replacement or if the clutch cable is out of adjustment or if the clutch plates are due for replacement then neutral can be tough to hit at times. If someone converted the bike over to "race" shifting then it's one-up for first and four-down for the rest. (Unless I'm backwards since it's been a few months since I've been on the bike due to this extended winter we're having here.) For the muffler, just ensure you keep it packed well. Mufflers on these with glass or ceramic packing tend to destroy the mufflers when the packing gets blown out over time. | ||
| Jayvee |
If you're riding and come to a stop, put it in just neutral before you come to a complete stop. Don't know why, but its easier to do it like than than to put in neutral after you stop. | ||
| Fasted |
my white bros went 16k before repacking. tuneable like a supertrapp. it sounds strong without the high decibels of d&d or some others. tuber muffs are getting harder to find all the time. buy another if you want, but hang onto the wb, cause they are out of production. i have been very satisfied with mine. always try to shift from 2nd into neutral as you slow to a stop. even when everything is happy, it is easier to find neutral when tranny parts are in motion, rather than at rest. once you stop, especially when hot, the shifter wants to dance between 1st & 2nd, just giving you a teasing glimpse of the green light as it snicks past | ||
| Bigblock |
It helps to blip the throttle a bit as you tug up on the shifter into neutral. | ||
| Tictoc |
I would change all the fluids out on a used bike. Unless something is broken or out of adjustment you should find neutral easily, after getting accustomed to the bike. TT | ||
| Dreadnaught1 |
Thanks for the advice. It helped BUT had an oops when the bike would not come out of gear even with clutch in. There were multiple problems. 1. Clutch cable needs adjustments 2. Leaking oil seal, leading to low fluid level. 3. Neutral light broken. So I could not tell without letting out clutch. I was able to go thru the gears once up and down, I got it moving until I tried to stop. (stuck in third) on a turn Luckily or unluckily I dumped into the rear of a car at 30 Mph. On the stupid scale it was an (11) eleven. Took (new to me) bike around the block (NO HELMET, NO GEAR,left it in the garage "because I am only going around the block". WRONG. Luckily I am in martial arts and the rolling techniques saved my ass, thats all I can attribute me walking today. At 45 YO I do not need a mass of broken bones. I have a manual and parts book so I will resolve this. Repairs on car worse than bike luckily but not going to break me. Just a HUGE humbling experience. Like they say there are only two types of bikers, ones that have dumped and ones that will. I hope this is the last. God Bless. Thanks | ||
| Tictoc |
Sorry to hear that. Doh! Maybe you just needed a little more room. I believe I said something about getting accustomed to the bike. Too bad you were not able to gain some more experience. Any landing you can walk away from...and no offence dude but I'm not buying the Martial Arts saved my bones-that was just plain dumb luck. Especially without gear. TT  Time for reality check | ||
| Dreadnaught1 |
I agree that with any crash luck is a major part of survival. I am no-where as good as these fellows the distance was about 10 feet from where I took off until landing and the roll was similar, just it was multiple rolls before I stopped. I did not do a superman and skid on my stomach. I would not want to do it again but it (martial arts and my physical condition) played some part. http://www.thatvideosite.com/video/3486 I am lucky.. |
