| Author | Message | ||
     Justin_grant |
How do I tell how modified my 99 M2 Cyclone is from a stock unit? Does anyone have photos of a "Stock" 99 M2? Justin | ||
| M2cyclone00 |
There are pictures on MOTORCYCLE.COM under the bike review section. | ||
| Rick_a |
look through a parts or service manual | ||
| Justin_grant |
I must have a "Frankenstein" of a Buell. I have the entire X1 instrument cluster, the pro Race exhaust kit with air box modifications, etc. Was swapping the X1 instrument cluster a common thing? I have two "lights" on the tach, one for gas and the other has a logo of the engine, neither of the seem to work. | ||
| Jst |
Justin, That was the cheap way to add a tach for the '99s. You only needed a flyscreen, dash and tach. All could be had for next to nothing with a little careful shopping. I did that to Em for under $150.00 including paint. JT | ||
| Tim |
The gas and engine indicator lights will only work on a Fuel injected bike. | ||
| Bluzm2 |
If you have the stock fly screen, where the bump is centered and a tach, you have a stock 2001 dash with a X1 tach. Jst is right, it was a cheap add on if you did it right. Mine cost less than $100. Lots of 1999-2000 M2 owners did it. As Tim said, the lights only work on the X2 unless you wire them into someting else. I do know of a person who hooked theirs up to a radar detector. Brad | ||
| Justin_grant |
I have the X1 Flyscreen, it has the hump over the tach not the stock center. I love the bike,less the 3 times it has left me on the side of the road. Still can't figure out why after a long ride, once I slow down and come to a stop, it sputters and backfires and dies. I let it rest for a minute and it fires up, but if I fail to let it run for a minute as soon as I release the clutch, it will sputter, backfire and die, unless I high rev it and slip the clutch, then it will take off. How do I tell what modifications were done to the carb? How do I adjust timing? IS the only place to drain the oil is from the drain hose? I ordered the M2 service manual, but it will take a week to get here. Justin | ||
| Bads1 |
The engine light should work mine doe's it's the low fuel that won't. | ||
| Jst |
It almost sounds like your carb is starving. Maybe check you petcock screen to see if it's clogged. You can look at the bottom of the carb and see if you can see an adjustment screw that would be the idle mixture. The only other way to see any mods is to pull the float bowl and check your jets. The timing is adjusted under the round cover on your cam cover. The only way to change the oil is out the tube under the oil bag. The engine light never worked on mine.  Since we have an ignition module instead of an ECM it shouldn't work. JT | ||
| Justin_grant |
JT, Thanks for the reply. I check the fuel screen, and it is clear. It seems to bog under low conditions, puttering in traffic or under 40 MPH. On the top end, it screams like a banshee. If I am sputtering around and it is backfiring, and I hit the open road, it will chug for a second and then take off. I discovered when this happens, I can pull the choke lever ½ out and it will quit sputtering and run normal, so I assume it is a lean condition that causes this and a fat mixture will smooth it out. Could the 6800 module and race exhaust have anything to do with this, or is it all carb? | ||
| Smitty |
Poss. low speed jet or emulsion tube. Or a sticking slide in the carb. Did the bike sit for a long time before you got it, or is this problem that just cropped up? | ||
| Kevyn |
Look in the Knowledge Vault under carbs. Take the time to pull the carb off and check the jetting and slide for modifications. Your 99 M2 is a runner and will reward you with many happy miles. | ||
| Justin_grant |
Smitty, Kevyn, This could be a new problem, I have only had the bike for about two weeks. The last time it did it, I was riding home from work, 25 minute trip at a steady 70 MPH, I get off the exit ramp and at the stop sign, I wait for a 5 minute light, now it studders, I rev it up and it backfires. I take off and it sputters and dies. I start it back up and it idles, I release the clutch and it backfires thru the carb and dies. I fire it back up and it idles fine, I release the clutch and it now backfires thru the exhaust and dies. This time I start it, rev it up and slip the clutch and it takes off, I wind it up and away we go. I get to another stop sign and it dies. Fire it up and no problems the rest of the trip. Other times I can be running down the expressway at 80 MPH and it acts like it is out of gas, it will shutter like fuel starvation, I can clutch it and rev it up and it may catch and take back off or other times it will just idle for a minute and then take back off. CRAZZY! | ||
| Jst |
It could be a fouled plug, crud in the float bowl clogging the low speed jet or and outside chance of a intake leak. The plugs and the intake leak are the easy ones to find. The clogged jet requires you to take off the bowl. JT | ||
| Crusty |
Try a half bottle of Gumout in a full tank of the best gas you can find. It's an easy thing to do, doesn't cost much and has been known to effect wondrous cures. At worst, you'll be out the price of the Gumout. | ||
| Tim |
Try bypassing the sidestand safety switch, since it will run with the clutch pulled in. |
