| Author | Message | ||
     Kcfirebolt |
She ran great. Lost a belt but had a back up with me (Thanks Dave). What a great bike. I saw some of the best roads Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, Montana, and South Dakota have to offer. There's a 110 mile an hour sweeper outside of Craig UT that still makes me giggle when I think about it. Lots of product reviews to come but here's the headlines. Metzler Z06s Sport Touring tires = Awsome Throttlemeister = Godsend Frogg Toggs = okay but not waterproff at 120+ Aerostich three fingered rain gloves = worth every penny Aerostich faceshield rain wipers = worth 2x what I paid for them. Tripper's saddlebags = free and they worked great, but they're a little worse for wear. Coolmax anything = no monkey butt and worth every penny Autocom = expensive but worth it Having a spare belt zip tied to your saddlebag when the current one gives up on the Bear Tooth Pass in the middle of nowhere Montana = priceless More to come. btw came home with 25,300 miles showing. | ||
| Coldwthrrider |
Good for you, sounds like you're ready to do the Iron Butt next year! We need people like you to show how reliable these bikes are long term. | ||
| Tripper |
The belt broke? The way you pussyfoot that thing? Unbelievable. Welcome home. Be sure to read this. | ||
| Daves |
KC, How's the view from the top of Beartooth? Penny and I rode thru there in 99 but it was about midnight so we didn't see anything but moths(white creepy moths) How did you jack the bike up to change the belt on the side of the road? Dave | ||
| Blake |
Can't you leave it sitting on the rear wheel? Just gotta unscrew the axle a bit right? Kinda clunky, but it should work okay no? Or no. ![: ]](http://www.badweatherbikers.com/buell/clipart/proud.gif) | ||
| Blake |
KC, Way cool. You are my hero. Way to go. If you are up for it, a trip log for the Tale Section would be most appreciated. Thanks, and again, way to go! Blake | ||
| Tpoppa |
What did the Z6's look like after 4000 miles? I have a pair on my xb9s and may be riding from Cleveland to Vegas in a few weeks. | ||
| Wambo |
Absolutely unbuellevable!! That should help settle the "reliability" issues others think exist. | ||
| Kcfirebolt |
Uhhh.... Errrr.... Ummmmm.... Unscrew the rear wheel? Lift it up? We just removed the guards and the swing arm brace. Then we put the belt on at the front and got the edge of it on at the rear. All we had to do them was roll the bike forward, till it seated on the rear sprocket. We never had to lever the belt on at the rear. It went on so naturally that it seemed to the right way to do it. What potential problems have I exposed myself too? The Beartooth pass is one the most stunning roads I've ever encountered, visually or technically. The pucker factor on some of those turns was just staggering for me. The landscape is amazing. The Metzlers look brand new. I am not the fastest guy around by any stretch, but I've had a couple of track days, so I know what it feels like when I am going fast and I know what the tires look like afterwards. On this trip, I went fast (for me). Real fast. Stupid scary fast. I worked the hell out of these tires all the way to the edges on both sides and they look like I've been driving to the grocery store. No knurled bits of rubber on the sides. No flat spot in the middle (Nebraska is a tough state to cross). They look like they've got another 4k in them, and I think they are great. Tripper, I broke the belt with an incredibly ham-fisted redline shift from 1st to 2nd with an false nuetral in between, no pusssyfooting was involved. . . . for a change. Thanks for loaning me the bags. They worked great, but parts of the bags (seams and zippers) started to give before and during the trip. I need to work something out with you to repair this for you or I'll buy'em from you. Let's talk at the next meeting. | ||
| Daves |
KC, After I thought about it, yes you can swap a belt without lifting the bike. I've just always done it on a bike stand. I've only done one,at the track when Doug blew his belt after we changed a tire and had done it wrong and twisted the belt too much. Glad you had a great trip! Dave | ||
| Tripper |
Hey Charles, I did a shift like that once on a Suzuki. It twisted the crankshaft which was definately NOT a roadside repair, even if I could have packed a spare for the trip. Throw the bags in the trash. Like I said the last time I used them was 12 years ago and they were probably suffering from dryrot from non-use. See ya Thursday. |
