| Author | Message | ||
     M_bison |
I see alot of you work on your bikes yourselves. Are most of you self taught and if so what's a good way of familiarizing yourself with how motorcycles work without attending a trade school. Thanks. -Bison | ||
| Migs16 |
the only way to learn is get in there and teach your self. im only 18 and i know my whole bike in it out. ive had it for coming up on a year. ive done alot of mods. on it and ive put them all on my self so just get in there and you will learn there very simple bikes. | ||
| M_bison |
Nice! | ||
| Littlebuggles |
The Buell service manual is great, having one takes a lot of mystery out of the work. Reading the knowledge vault on slow days at work fills in gaps and helps pick up good tips and ideas. As Migs said, gotta just get in there and do it. These bikes are pretty industrial, many parts can be obtained at auto parts and hardware stores. | ||
| Buellistic |
BUELLers: REMEMBER THIS: Harley-Davidson Dealers making MECHANICs out of BUELL Riders since 1986 ... MAY THE LONG LASTING BUELL BE WITH YOU !!! | ||
| Eboos |
I have been interested in mechanical stuff for longer then I can remember. I suck at things like woodworking, but when it comes to making mechanical things work, I seem to have a nack at it. While in the Marines, I was a gunsmith, designing and building competition and special ops equipment. For some reason, working on my bike is much like working on a pistol, just bigger. I taught myself, though using the service manual and just seeing for myself how, and why things work; the cause and effect of everything that I have done. | ||
| Lovedabueller |
i have been rebuilding SBC motors and in a garage since i was 12 my father was a machinist and i am a welder/machinist. so mechanical things pump blood through my body. | ||
| Pkforbes87 |
An incompetent dealer provided me with a large bill and shoddy work that I had to fix on my own. After realizing that I could do the work myself I went back to the dealer, bitched until my money for the shoddy work was refunded. I then drove straight to Sears and spent the refund on tools. I haven't been back to a dealer for service yet. I started working on the bike myself less than a year ago, and I'm confident that I can fix anything that needs fixing. I'm currently in the middle of a rebuild, so time will tell if putting her back together is as easy as taking her apart  | ||
| Buellistic |
Pkforbes87: The Factory Service Manuals do not tell you this, "BUT" you should take a engine apart by reverse torque as if putting it together ... For the DOUBTERS, go take your late model car apart and then see it it will go back together and not leak oil(that is if it will go back together) ... MAY THE LONG LASTING BUELL BE WITH YOU !!!} | ||
| Hugie03flhr |
A Buell M-2 is a good mix of small block chevy, hemi, radial engine, ect... High school auto shop gave me the basics and self taught the rest. | ||
| Brinnutz |
Well, never turned a wrench on a bike before I bought mine. And now I'm here:  | ||
| Hugie03flhr |
Have you ever seen under the front cover of a big rig diesel engine? That cam case looks just like a small version. | ||
| Skntpig |
A service manual and not being afraid of trying to fix it is the way I learned. When I rebuilt the top end I didn't label anything that came out. I decided to refinish the frame and polish most parts that I could. Fast forward 2 years when I was busy at work and I had a heck of a puzzle. There were very few parts that were still touching another. The great thing is that most of the bolts are either the same size or only have one that will fit. (I did have to buy a few new ones) I would rather buy the new tools to do it instead of paying for a Tech's new tools. | ||
| Pkforbes87 |
I figured out that I could break it a couple of times before it cost me as much as letting a dealer do the work. My local dealer at the time had a record of breaking it anyway  |
