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2008xb12scg
| | Posted on Tuesday, December 02, 2008 - 09:40 pm: | 
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Glad to hear you got your bike pete. Send us a pic will ya? |
Oddball
| | Posted on Tuesday, December 02, 2008 - 09:59 pm: |
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Congrats |
Ratbuell
| | Posted on Tuesday, December 02, 2008 - 10:29 pm: |
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So...was I right? I'm betting all the dollars and cents vanished as soon as you started riding 
Congrats, and enjoy! |
Pete_nice
| | Posted on Tuesday, December 02, 2008 - 10:41 pm: |
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exactlly rat once the ride started all else was like who cares , and get this on my way home people were looking and likeing and 3 other bikers at stop lights said they liked it , 2008 sure i can give you a pic of myself if you want.. jk as soon as i learn to post pic i will now i just need to name her any suggestions |
Eboos
| | Posted on Wednesday, December 03, 2008 - 05:02 am: |
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Congratulations. You are going to love your new bike. If you have any questions about the bike, check out the knowledge vault section of Badweb. There is so much info there. Welcome aboard. |
Pete_nice
| | Posted on Wednesday, December 03, 2008 - 06:21 am: |
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one thing its kinda tuff to get to neutral between 1st and 2nd gear |
Ratbuell
| | Posted on Wednesday, December 03, 2008 - 10:16 am: |
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I've found N is always easier to find with a 'blip' of the throttle - tuber, XB, 1125, any of 'em. Typically also easier to go up from first, than down from second. YMMV.
If it gets *impossible* to find, could be time for a primary adjustment (that would also be accompanied by harder shifting).
Simple solution? Forget Neutral - keep out of traffic and stay moving  |
Oddball
| | Posted on Wednesday, December 03, 2008 - 01:05 pm: |
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How about the auto clutches? Let loose the throttle and neutral. Turning HD based engines into ridleys. |
Happy1
| | Posted on Wednesday, December 03, 2008 - 01:10 pm: |
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dang it pete i hate u........i'm still waiting on my scg to show up at the dealer. just messing with u pete, have fun keep it upright. i'll have mine soon enough whats another month anyway right. |
Pete_nice
| | Posted on Wednesday, December 03, 2008 - 10:43 pm: |
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i can give you day to day reports of how bad ass my bike is happy for the next month if you like jk ... one question guys when i rev it sometimes it takes a sec to rev and sometimes i hear like a pop is that normal |
Pete_nice
| | Posted on Wednesday, December 03, 2008 - 10:46 pm: |
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we should all get together ride to strip clubs party and lose the cops on our buells |
Oddball
| | Posted on Wednesday, December 03, 2008 - 11:22 pm: |
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Careful, some Buelers ARE the po-po. |
Pete_nice
| | Posted on Thursday, December 04, 2008 - 01:11 am: |
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they can party with us to and if we get caught they can flash there badges and we home free |
Moosestang
| | Posted on Thursday, December 04, 2008 - 08:58 am: |
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one thing its kinda tuff to get to neutral between 1st and 2nd gear
I switched my bike to gp shift and now nuetral is easy to find. |
Ratbuell
| | Posted on Thursday, December 04, 2008 - 10:24 am: |
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Buells *hate* throttle blipping in neutral or with the clutch in. Don't sit there and snap the throttle trying to make the vroom-vroom noise, it'll pop like you're describing (which is an intake backfire, by the way). Smooth and steady on the throttle is the way they like to be run. You can open it quickly if you need to accelerate...just don't *snap* your wrist to try and crack it all of a sudden.
There's really no need anymore, anyway. In real cold, wet weather I've had carbureted bikes that *require* blipping or they'll stall (out of adjustment, REALLY bad weather, whatever). The fuel injection on newer bikes makes the vroom-vroom blip obsolete.
The other thing that XB's hate is opening the throttle when trying to start. Again - could be habit if you're used to carbureted bikes. Best way I've found for myself (I have 2 carbureted Buells in the garage, with my Ulysses) - make a fist, wait for the light to go out, point a finger at the starter button, press button with the hand still in a fist. No open hand, no temptation to crack the throttle. Weather we're having right now (20s-30s), it can take 2 or 3 tries to get it to fire over and run...but that's OK with me, just the bike's way of asking "are you *sure* we need to go out today?". "Normal" riding weather, fires first time every time. |
Andymnelson
| | Posted on Thursday, December 04, 2008 - 10:27 am: |
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"make a fist, wait for the light to go out, point a finger at the starter button, press button with the hand still in a fist."
Lol, that's exactly what I do! :-p |
Ratbuell
| | Posted on Thursday, December 04, 2008 - 07:15 pm: |
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I *have* to do it.
Owning 2 tubers (carbureted) and being simple-minded, it's easy for me to "forget" which one I'm about to ride and how to treat it, LOL. |
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