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Court
| | Posted on Sunday, August 09, 2009 - 08:07 pm: | 
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>>>I've been at a multi-line dealership for a year...this legendary "japper" reliability is a bit mythical.
Absolutely.
Manufacturers maintain damn good measurements of reliability.
If you are replacing a Buell, in this day, with a Japanese bike you are doing it for your own entertainment.
My riding partner has 9 bikes, all Japanese, except for his KTM Duke, and I see the hell he goes through getting parts and with recalls. |
Ebutch
| | Posted on Sunday, August 09, 2009 - 08:17 pm: |
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When I lived in Marietta My buddy dad was Georgia,s only unofficial Cadillac Dlr. So Wilson Is your Bad-Webs only Unoficial Buell Dlr.
(Message edited by ebutch on August 09, 2009) |
Brinnutz
| | Posted on Sunday, August 09, 2009 - 08:40 pm: |
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Court,
Where did I say I was replacing the Buell, I would simply want one to be able to keep up with my bud's on our little runs around the straights of Indiana.
Running 125 with my motor screaming isn't going to happen anymore. It can't handle it, haha. At least not for extended periods of time I don't trust it.
So, back to the thread, this isn't the place for this talk. Moving on, again. |
Preybird1
| | Posted on Sunday, August 09, 2009 - 10:23 pm: |
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Well i cleaned up the bike and the wheels today and installed some more bike mods and dress up items!
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Pkforbes87
| | Posted on Sunday, August 09, 2009 - 10:36 pm: |
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Most of my spare parts are attached to spare bikes, but there's some stuff that hangs out on the wall or in boxes..
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Easy_rider
| | Posted on Sunday, August 09, 2009 - 11:28 pm: |
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Hey PK, Is that an S2 rotor on the wall? How'd that happen? I'm drooling....
How's the S3 rebuild coming? |
Easy_rider
| | Posted on Sunday, August 09, 2009 - 11:30 pm: |
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Back on topic, I'll get some pics out soon. I'm thinking I'll wait until the engine that Wilson gave me a line on shows up.
It's good when Wilson has your number available.... |
Pkforbes87
| | Posted on Sunday, August 09, 2009 - 11:36 pm: |
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Its a brembo rotor. I know it fits the x1 wheel hub but have never owned an s2 - is the s2 hub the same as other tubers? It is smaller diameter than the stock rotor though so I wanna get one of the brackets to relocate the caliper before I use that rotor. |
Pkforbes87
| | Posted on Sunday, August 09, 2009 - 11:39 pm: |
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And the s3 rebuild is waiting until I'm debt-free. Possibly waiting until after I get a better car too.
Ladies just don't dig the sideswiped 87 civic hatchback look. |
Phelan
| | Posted on Monday, August 10, 2009 - 12:51 am: |
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That brembo rotor is for a Harley. Harleys have the same bolt patterns as the buells, but the rotors are 1.5" smaller. |
Pkforbes87
| | Posted on Monday, August 10, 2009 - 01:12 am: |
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it's one side of an old dual disk kit.
Similar to this one:
http://www.freespirits.it/prodotti.php?lang=2&cat_ id=7&prod_id=69
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The_italian_job
| | Posted on Tuesday, August 11, 2009 - 09:20 am: |
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this post lift me up: I'm not the only sick person in this country!!!
B, your collection is impressive!!! |
Billetmetallic
| | Posted on Wednesday, August 12, 2009 - 11:48 pm: |
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Is the plan to feed that frame dog chow until it grows up to be a big bad buell? |
Pkforbes87
| | Posted on Thursday, August 13, 2009 - 12:40 am: |
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Nah the dog chow is for the pit buell, err.. bull*
I'm slowly collecting parts for the S3, but nothing major until I achieve financial stability. My X1 project was a lot of fun but the S3 needs to be a little more frugal. |
Limitedx1
| | Posted on Thursday, August 13, 2009 - 08:52 am: |
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nice rotor hangin on the wall 
hopefully one day it makes it on a bike with the other stuff it is supposed to have with it. |
Phelan
| | Posted on Thursday, August 13, 2009 - 12:25 pm: |
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I wouldn't want all that weight on the front of mine. That's why I'm converting to this (matching wheels too):
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Brinnutz
| | Posted on Thursday, August 13, 2009 - 09:58 pm: |
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I should get some pics of the huge banners I've gotten over the years too...
So, Edoardo, where's all the pics of your stuffs???
Only a few of you have posted pics, let's see more Buell Schwagg!!!! |
Lemonchili_x1
| | Posted on Thursday, August 13, 2009 - 10:30 pm: |
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I'll have to take some pics tonight, nowhere near as much as above, but a few bits and pieces 
PK - the pic of the handlebars, are they standard X1 bars?
Edit- just looked through the original post, I am such an amateur!  I don't feel anywhere near as bad now about having a few boxes of bits and holding on to the original airbox etc
(Message edited by lemonchili_x1 on August 13, 2009) |
Pkforbes87
| | Posted on Thursday, August 13, 2009 - 11:56 pm: |
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Lemon - those bars are S3T bars. I'm trying to be financially responsible and wait to buy most of the S3 project parts but I got a good deal on those and napolean bar ends were included so I couldn't pass them up! |
