| Author | Message | ||
     North_of_55 |
After a year and a half... A YEAR AND A HALF... and my Uly woke up today. It's like riding a different bike! It's dark, cold and drizzling outside and I've got goosebumps... but they aren't from being cold. My bike has run terribly since day one. Stuttering, spluttering, stalling, popping... you name it. Most of all it has been gutless. Tonight if I coast down to ~30 km/h in 1st and twist the throttle (not even all the way) and up comes the front end... Shift into 2nd and up it comes again! I have owned this thing for a year and a half and this is the first time I felt like it was running properly! Huge grin from ear to ear!  | ||
| Uly_man |
Why is that then or what, if anything, have you done to it? | ||
| North_of_55 |
The other day I made a new "relocation bracket" for my ECM (that ridge on the edge of the seat bottom was rubbing on the case) and then got a flashlight and tried to see if I had any wires rubbing on the head. Sure enough, on the right side of the rear head there was a small bundle of wires sitting against the edge of the rocker cover. It didn't look as though it had rubbed through the covering at all... so I just tie-wrapped it to the frame to hold it up and off of the engine. There was significant wear marks on the cover, so I'd say it's been rubbing for a while. I'm assuming that is was mostly the rubbing wires that were at fault. I'll be rotating the engine this winter to changes the rocker box seals, so I'll split the covering and likely replace a good portion of whatever wires are in there. | ||
| Uly_man |
Yep this is EXACTLY what I found on my 10 bike but this was due to bad fitment from the factory of the sub-loom protector. "There was significant wear marks on the cover, so I'd say it's been rubbing for a while". The wires WILL have worn through so you will need to fix that later. 10 out of 10 Guy. It is real good to see this work. Have fun on your "NEW" bike. | ||
| Motorfish |
You may want to pull the fuel pump, check for abraded wires, and repair or prevent it from happening. I don`t know what year they changed the wire routing, or if they ever did. Glad to hear your back on the road. Enjoy! | ||
| Buewulf |
Congrats! You must have the patience of Yoda to have persisted for a year and a half! | ||
| North_of_55 |
It was running... I've ridden several thousand km... it just didn't run well! I had to take my truck to work today (it was below freezing this morning and I've got a cold) but I'm looking forward to a ride this evening! | ||
| Uly_man |
"It was running... I've ridden several thousand km... it just didn't run well!" Ok so put it this way and the reason for my past "how do you know" post? These bikes WILL run at what "seems" ok and many put the "less than great" running down to the "nature" of the bike. This is WRONG and even a 06 bike will run real good and a 06 bike will even idle good as well if not as smooth as a Jap four or the 10 bike. For those to compare. A good XB12 will idle good, give good mpg, start good, handle like it is on "rails", go like you have an Atomic blast behind you and make you "want to ride" even if you have no place to go. Anything else then it has a fault and most of the time it is only a little thing. I have never been very impressed with American automotive engineering but the build and quality, apart from a few things, of Buells XB series bikes are as good, or better, than any on this planet. And while some may have issues with there bikes you have to ask is it the "bike" or the owner that is the problem. |
