| Author | Message | ||
     Pcmodeler |
Start up the bike to go home for lunch and man, the bike sounds way off. Sounds like one cylinder but isn't responding that way. Get off and look down and there's the Jardine hanging from the strap. The holes on the can slotted out and came free from the rivets. I'll need to throw some new rivets on and drill a few new holes for rivets. Man, it sounded wicked going home and of course, I saw more cops and troopers on the way home that I normally do. They were everywhere. Now I know what a custom Harley feels like to ride. | ||
| Alanshouse |
I bet that sounded rediculous. How did the compression feel? Was it sluggish? | ||
| Pcmodeler |
I really wish I could have opened it up a bit to see what it sounded like but I must have seen 7-9 troppers/cops in my 7 mile trip. It did feel sluggish. It was really noticeable when pulling away at lights. Like it didn't want to kick in until the RPM's reached a certain point. | ||
| Buellerx |
That happened to me with my Jardin. My GF had to carry the pipe while we rode home. I replaced it(the can), and the rivets worked loose again. I now have a Special Ops Pipe from Odie and have not had any problems with it (Thanks Odie). Anyone want to buy a slightly used Jardine with loose rivets? I'll sell it cheap. | ||
| Pcmodeler |
Actually, I think I couldn't have timed it better. I actually had my Special OPS pipe show up yesterday. I would have even mounted it but since I bought the bike with the Jardine, I didn't have any of the stock mounting bolts/brackets/etc. I like the Jardine, but I'm tired of not being able to jack up the bike because of it. | ||
| Diablobrian |
Be sure to use stainless steel rivets, not aluminum, when reassembling the Jardine. The Aluminum rivets will shear very easily. I already had race stands when i bought mine (with the Jardine) so jack points were never an issue. I highly recommend race stands anyway because of ease of use, and stability of the bike while it's off of the ground. | ||
| Tq_freak |
Buellerx - how cheap is real cheap? | ||
| Pcmodeler |
Thanks for the heads up on the rivets.....as for the race stands, the issue I have there is that I need to take of the swing arm and/or forks and a stand is of no use at that point. | ||
| Diablobrian |
Ahhh I can see the problem with the swingarm. I'd hang it from the ceiling of my shop for that! My front stand lifts from under the triple tree. I have swapped forks on it with no problems. It's all good, I used to have one of the bike/atv stands when I had bikes with down tubes and cradles. I just remember how unstable they could be even when strapped down sometimes. Depending on the bike. The other question is how often do you need to do a job that the stands won't work for? Rotating the motor (no stand or jack will help), changing rear shock out, removing swingarm, and changing triple clamps are the only jobs that come to mind, and none of them are really common jobs. I can usually find an easy way to support the bike in any of those situations. Other than that, even with a bum leg I can have my bike up on both stands in under a minute. (Message edited by diablobrian on May 10, 2006) | ||
| Pcmodeler |
Well, I know initially I need to swap out the swing arm. Future, I may swap over to the low suspension and possibly have the triple clamps powdered. Ultimately, I may get stands at some point as I have (not installed) the full fairing, so that means I'd have to remove the lower fairing every time just to jack it. I actually do have a setup rigged on a steel I-beam in my garage to lift it, but haven't used that as such. Having a standard way of jacking the Buell also makes me a little more confident if I do need to take it into the shop. | ||
| Olinxb12r |
My Jardine came apart in the middle of a second gear wheely! All of the sudden the bike was really loud. I rode it from my old place to a friends house that is about 20 miles away. It sounded pretty sick, but I did feel the lack of power. I had a guy on a Fatboy lean over and scream at me to say that my Buell is the best sounding one he had ever heard. I laughed and screamed back that it sounds like this because it doesn't have a pipe on it. My bike was completley drowning out his Fatboy with drag pipes on it. |
