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Username: | Weeble |
Full Name: | Jeffrey D. Kuster |
E-mail Address: | (Hidden) |
Last Logged In: | November 23, 2023 |
Registered: | August 13, 2003 |
Total Posts: | 19 |
Status: | RR1000 |
Home Page URL: | (Hidden) |
Birthday (Year) & Occupation: | 1955, I.B.E.W. electrician |
City: | Newark |
State/Province: | OH |
Country: | United States |
Personal Quote: | Weebles wobble, but they don't fall down! Correction: turns out Weebles do fall down, but they bounce well! |
Bike Model (Ex - M2, XB12Rr, S1W, P3): | XB9R |
Model Year (Please enter full 4-digit year): | 2003 |
Color: | white |
V.I.N. (To aid in problem resolution. Will not be displayed or shared otherwise.) : | (Hidden) |
Servicing Dealership: | None.... they dropped Buells, do it myself now |
Performance Mods!: | Race kit, Drummer, American Sport Bike open air box, changed back to -04 airbox & race kit muffler. (wore out the drummer) |
Problems/Miles (Please be specific): | temperature sensor died @ dealership day of purchase Temperature sensor died/800 miles Drive belt snapped/4060 miles Dealer replacing drive belt added shipping crate screw to rear tire, new tire (full price)/4060 miles (not home dealer) Lost front wheel bearing. Yes, one of the revised orange ones....16538 miles Lost front wheel bearing...20205.4 miles Lost front wheel bearing...20925.0 miles Lost front wheel bearing...21847.2 miles (it turned out to be a bad spacer in the wheel) Engine seizure @ 50 mph. Totalled after 86,972 fun miles. Now riding a new to me white XB9R. |
Other Mods/Misc/Customization.: | Mirror extensions, touring seat, double bubble windscreen, HEGI top clamp, Lockhart/Phillips turn signals, CRG bar end, mirrors, CRG brake/clutch levers, LED tail lights, plate relocater, Ventura luggage system, Hella headlights, 2006 belt & pulleys, Muller clutch actuator, back to factory triple clamp, Corbin seat, lots 'o Carbon Fiber for summer |
Favorite Rides (Roads and Routes): | Routes 26, 260 & 800 in Ohio, lots of gnarley county roads |
Why I do/don't ride a Buell: | American made (sorta), love the frame technology, corners like a striped ape! Best grin factor on two wheels. |
How can Buell improve their motorcycles?: | better drive belt (or chain) |
Life History/Philosophy: | A good friend will come and bail you out of jail ... but a true friend will be sitting next to you saying, "Damn...that was fun!" |
Top speed on 2 wheels (mph): | 155mph in fourth gear on a 1975 Rickman Cafe racer |
Preferred engine oil (brand/grade): | H-D synth |
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