| Author | Message | ||
     Rokoneer |
Hi, new guy here. Got a fierce deal on a used 'Bolt which is in transit as I type, and have a few ignoramus type questions. The bike I purchased is arriving minus the owners manual. I have already ordered a service manual online which should be arriving next week. Would you recommend me also trying to get an owners manual in addition to the service manual? I'm just wondering how much overlap there is between the two, or if there are things in the owners manual that are exclusive to it. Is the service, recall history, and warranty repair of the machine available to all HD/Buell dealers? Can I waltz into the nearest dealer (not that near actually) and be able to have them tell me the service history as well as if the recall work had been done on this particular bike? Can you tell I'm a first time Buell owner? Long, long, time HD stock holder but the new B's are the first product out of Milwaukee to make me want to actually be the owner of an HD/Buell ride. Thanks for any and all help. Looking forward to many years of pleasure from the bike as well as many years of asking mindless questions on the board....... | ||
| Hootowl |
Any dealer can look up recall info based on your VIN. As far as I know, there has been only one, for the sidestand. There is a service bulletin out for the wheel bearings, and they should be able to check on that too. In fact, the kick stand might be a service bulletin too, I'm not sure. The owner's manual is almost worthless. It is NOT a service manual. Welcome to the family. Jeff | ||
| Hootowl |
You should also fill in your profile info. No one is going to come beat on your door if you post your city and real name. We might even be able to recommend a good dealer in your area. | ||
| Chainsaw |
Skip the owners manual. Service manual covers it all, including warranty maintenace schedule. Look up "spark plugs" in the owners manual, and instead of giving you the spark plug type and gap it says "replace every 10,000 miles, see dealer". Not real helpful. If your sidestand has been replaced it will have an "R" stamped on it. The replacement wheel bearings have orange seals. Welcome to the club! | ||
| Docrecon |
Hey dude, congratulations! When you start the bike, turn the key on (DUH!!!) then flip the red killswitch on the right bar to DOWN (completely ass-backwards, even from my '97 M2, but there are icons), then WAIT until the Big Red Light goes out before you hit the starter button; you should see two Big Red Lights, the bottom one is oil & of course won't go out until you spin the thing over. All the rest should be self-explanatory... And as one of the guy's sigs sez: "Ride it like you stole it!" Oh, and I forget about the oil level (only had mine 3 weeks), somebody want to tell 'im how to check the oil? Mainly, is it w/ the dipstick screwed all the way in? I think so but can't remember right off & the bike & manual are out at the shop. | ||
| Rokoneer |
Thanks for the input to all of you's! One more thing I went and thunked up last night: Is the 'How to set up the suspension for the riders weight (Load in my case)' section in the owners manual also available in the service manual? Let me put that in easier terms for even me to understand: Does the service manual also tell you how to set up the suspension for individual riders? As per Hootowls request I added some more stuff to my profile. For some reason I don't like to give out too much info about myself to a group of people I don't know, so I kept it fairly generalized. I've always been a social misfit and it translates into my computer personality as well. Once again, thanks for everything! | ||
| Darthane |
Rokoneer, Your profile's your and yours alone, it is your prerogative. Putting your city and bike model in there will at least give people an idea of what to tell you when you look for answers though, and you might even get some e-mails from people in your area who want to go riding. That said, the suspension setup stuff is in the service manual, IIRC, and there used to be a topic on the BadWeb that reproduced a section of Battle2win that was all about setting up the XB9R/S for aggressive riding by weight. However, the link to it is broken, apparently - I get a 404 when I searched for it and click the result. Blake, a little help here? Bryan | ||
| Chainsaw |
Check Oil: Bike must be upright and level (I put a 1x2 under the kickstand) Oh yeah, oil must be warm. Dipstick is a bit tough to read, you think they'd make it out of grey plastic or something! | ||
| Buellfan |
For checking oil, bike should be on level ground, but on the sidestand. Other than that Chainsaw has it right, oil should be warm and screw it in till it lightly bot}oms then remove to check. If the bike's straight upright, full is at the add mark. | ||
| Xb12r |
Here is some suspension setups,they work very well,I am going to set up my new 12r on monday if it gets here,not looking forward to going 55 but I will.not for long? | ||
| Xb12r |
try this set up  trying to upload/attacment of the suspension ? | ||
| Blake |
Get the owner's manual. It is not "worthless". It provides a very comprehensive and concise description of everything you need to know for basic operation, break-in, and maintenance of your new motorcycle. | ||
| Dmuz |
Owner's manual does have use... it also has a decently helpful suspension set up chart. Suspension is pretty touchy, so you want to take plenty of time to test and change and test and change until you get it just right for your size/weight, riding style and road surface, etc.  |
