| Author | Message | ||
     Yamafreak |
This is a note I sent to Harley about my Dealer This winter my wife and I bid and won a 08 Buell XB12XT on E-Bay that was in Texas, and had it shipped to Maryland. When the weather got above freezing we started racking up the miles. One day when we took a right hand turn at a stop light the bike stalled. In the next few weeks the bike started fouling plugs, and stalling all the time on right turns. Having been a life long Yamaha racer and rider I was rethinking the hole Buell thing. After hearing stories about Buell owners being treated like a "Red Headed Step Child" I took my chances and called Williamsport H-D and set up a service. Now my nightmare was real, I had to turn over my new baby to some grease monkey's at a Harley dealer.When I took her down to Williamsport I was invited into the cleanest shop I had ever seen. That is were I met Joe Hess a fellow Buell rider. He told me not to worry and I would get a call when she was fixed. I went home feeling a lot better about my baby. After lunch I wondered what I would do for the next few weeks as they solved my problems, then my cell rang. It was the service manager at Williamsport, your bike is ready for pick-up Mr Nicholas, I was SHOCKED! I called a buddy and got a ride to Williamsport were I had a great talk with Joe as he walked me thru the fix. Long story short, the Great staff at Williamsport Harley-Davidson has turned my Nightmare into a Racing Red Wet Dream. Now if I can just stop riding, to get my pulsing front brake fix I will be in heaven. Thank You for a Great dealer and Tech's like Joe Hess! My Suggestion is to keep an eye on Williamsport H-D. With service like that, they will need a Bigger Building Soon. William Nicholas Hagerstown MD. | ||
| Cataract2 |
Hey, just because I like to help people with fixing things. That pulsing breaks your mentioned. Change the pads out to either the new upgraded pad design stock pads or go to American Sport Bike and get any of the ones for your bike off of there. That will fix that problem right away (or at least after the first few stops). | ||
| Terrys1980 |
The pulsing is from deposits left on the rotor from the pads. There are several threads on this forum about it. Simply changing the pads won't fix it. | ||
| Jaimec |
Yes it will. It did for me. The Lyndall pads I used scraped off the deposits in the first couple of uses, and I never had that pulsing again. | ||
| Andymnelson |
Your Buell has a hole? | ||
| 1_mike |
For what it's worth...agreed, on the brake pads. Another Buell blunder..! I've got EBC, HH pads on both my XB12S and my 1125CR. No problem with the pounding brakes any longer. It took a coupla hundred miles to wipe the crap off the rotor from the OEM pads...but it did. Mike | ||
| Ourdee |
Whenever my brakes start to pulse, I do some hard stops from 60+ releasing the front brake smoothly in the last 10 feet and finishing the stop with the rear brake. Seams to spread the sludge out smooth. Don't hold the bike at the light with the front brake. | ||
| Glitch |
This is a note I sent to Harley about my Dealer Send a copy to your dealership as well. Way to often the general manager hears the opposite. Too many times the compliment goes unsaid, seldom does a complaint. | ||
| Littlebuggles |
Lyndall Gold pads on my tuber fixed my pulsing issues, have not had the TT long enough to have the problem. I'll try Ourdee's fix if it develops before the pads need replacement. | ||
| Shakeliner |
how do you like your tt. I have a 1125cr and a TT. I almost always ride the TT. It is tooo much fun. I live in Ut do you work for slhd. I would like to have the TT tuned.  | ||
| Littlebuggles |
Daniel, PM sent, check your spam mail if you can't find it right off, PM's always drop into my spam box for some reason. I don't work for the dealership, but know some of the guys at the SL shop. Maybe if you drop my name you'll get better treatment than Preybird1 got from them, should you need their help for anything. |
