| Username: | Silas_clone |
| Full Name: | John M. Strollo |
| E-mail Address: | (Hidden) |
| Last Logged In: | May 05, 2009 |
| Registered: | July 26, 2005 |
| Total Posts: | 436 |
| Status: | RR1200 |
| Home Page URL: | (Hidden) |
| Birthday (Year) & Occupation: | 1954 football coach |
| City: | (Hidden) |
| State/Province: | Nawth Car'lina |
| Country: | usa |
| Personal Quote: | "...she'll do plenty..." Vague memory of a line in a "Then came Bronson" episode |
| Bike Model (Ex - M2, XB12Rr, S1W, P3): | M 2 |
| Model Year (Please enter full 4-digit year): | 1999 |
| Color: | Black |
| V.I.N. (To aid in problem resolution. Will not be displayed or shared otherwise.) : | (Hidden) |
| Servicing Dealership: | I do it |
| Performance Mods!: | 1. upgraded shifter 2. reversed shift pattern 3. CF air cleaner |
| Problems/Miles (Please be specific): | 1. Clutch cable broke @ 12k 2. replaced those ridiculous TORX screws in the derby cover with studs 3. Re-used my sockethead bolts on the rear isolator change out so as NOT to use those monster TORX screws [torx, the "NEW COKE" of motorcycles] |
| Other Mods/Misc/Customization.: | 1. Y pipe hanger 2. plastic removal 3. bar end mirrors 4. went back to the stock muffler setup 5. had the muffler cut open and cut the tube that feeds the snout. sounds good and no more repacks!! 6. 2000 front rotor, no more rattles! 7.upgraded primary chain tensioner 8. had a guy stuff the seat so that it's now flat and fat. 9. New isolators 10. New Gates belt 11. Intake seals replaced 12. #45 slow jet installed plus 2 1/2 turns on slow needle |
| Favorite Rides (Roads and Routes): | routes 57, 157, 86, 49, 158, 96, all around Durham, Orange and Person counties |
| Why I do/don't ride a Buell: | Rode Harleys. Really like Sportsters Realized that the M2 is what the sportster should have become. Fun, plus the engine is a Sportster. I am really enjoying back road riding rather than highway rides. |
| How can Buell improve their motorcycles?: | Better part number system. The parts guys always look painfully confused. [But, the tech guys always look lovingly and are full of admiration for my M2] Comment from a local tech: "...don't ever sell it..." |
| Life History/Philosophy: | try to do it yourself. if you break it, you can always pay someone to fix it. |
| Top speed on 2 wheels (mph): | 110 |
| Preferred engine oil (brand/grade): | 15-50 Mobil 1 |
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