| Author | Message | ||
     Rekrab |
Heres some thoughts after 10k + on my 08 Uly. Stock bike with Buell side bags and my old HD. seat sac. Buell GPS , Buell tall windscreen, and optional seat [Gel was the reason,as height stayed almost same] HD dealer changed all fluids at 1200 mi, Crank and filter at 6000, and am getting ready to do 10k soon, but I'm thinking of investing in manual and tools to do my own service.Fork service when lowering bike. I live in Hudson Wi. Great River Road is the beginning and return of most of my rides. Two trips south to Ky.,Nc.,Ga.,etc. Great rides, roads,and people. North east to upstate Ny. Rides were a part of HOG. Signed up when I was still riding 05 Roadking custom. This bike is more fun hands down. I was concerned about about riding position compared to laid back Mustang seat and backrest, Uly is more upright and more oldsyle BMW. Longest saddle time 625 mi. I was still was able to get out of bed next morning. Best mpg.52, avg. 43. Top speed to date 112. This bike has had no problems,just some different characteristics, cold starts and the bike can stall, tough on a turn and hill combo, [almost first dump] now I'm careful to warm engine , Heat on right leg in 100+ and traffic gave a little blister. I plan on header coating this winter. Rain causes surging and some missing after serious wet miles.[the 3000 rpm surge reported on 06-07 models is minimal. Vibration below 3000 is like having a seat of the pants tac.. Rear tire at 7300 mi. [scorpions] front is soon at 11000. Changed seat at 9000 on the road for "lower[for pre 07] gel etc" I rode the stock seat with the addition of airhawk and still started to move around quite a bit after two hundred miles, The optional seat I think looks better, and with the gel figured it was worth a try. Comfort is not that different[little better] looks good and fits the lock better. actually my feet are a bit lower,even had to adjust the mirrors, might just be the width. Bags keep gear dry,headlights are lost in shadows according to Harley buddies. A wide rubber band holds the passing flash on and I can still flash using Hi-Lo beam switch. I'm going to lower bike with Trackside Eng. I'm 5'10 and just would like a little more foot on the ground, backing and uneven surfaces are hard to get used to. Dumped it once, standing still after bad choice to stop bike rather than continue over easy [curb stop]obsticle.Broken signal and scraped bag. Won't be the last. Tall windshield is OK, still get more noise than I care for with full HJC helmet, bugs zero in on face shield, but rain blows off nicely. No Regrets ,Alaska next summer ! I keep learning the corners, and first speeding ticket in 25 years, Gotta love it. (Message edited by rekrab on October 10, 2007) (Message edited by rekrab on October 10, 2007) | ||
| Rwcfrank |
Thanks for the report, no surging pinging or failures!!! cant wait to get mine... | ||
| Old_mil |
Wow...you do some serious riding. Out of curiousity, what are your plans for lowering? I keep kicking around that idea re: my 2007. | ||
| Rekrab |
I've been following the posts here and Trackside Eng. will do forks and shock 35mm lower. your labor for r/r and about $450.Anyone have experience with this? I'm thinking of an extra 1/2 inch[low] on rear as I can gain[low again] that in front by raising handlebar and lowering frame. Any thought on handling changes out there? No stump jumping [maybe small] Knee draggin only by accident. (Message edited by rekrab on October 10, 2007) |
