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Arry
| | Posted on Saturday, January 30, 2016 - 03:20 pm: | 
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Sage- The Tote Goat was like a mini bike, but more utilitarian. They were like a pack mule mini bike. I always thought they were "coool" when I was a kid in the '60's. I see resurrected ones on Craigs List, once in a while.
The puppy is probably a better idea. |
Arry
| | Posted on Saturday, January 30, 2016 - 03:24 pm: |
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Hugh- Thanks for posting that EBR update. I'm one of those who doesn't stray from BB&D section very often. |
Ruans187
| | Posted on Saturday, January 30, 2016 - 06:52 pm: |
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HI, I have been following the site for over a year but just decided to register.
I own a 2006 Uly since September 2014 and LOVE it. It is my favorite bike (had around 6 bikes).
Was curious why so many Uly owners seem to have problems with the bike. I bought it with 14k and currently at 23k. No problems at all besides a windshield that liked to fly...
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Etennuly
| | Posted on Saturday, January 30, 2016 - 07:03 pm: |
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Well Greg you are welcome anytime, even though I mounted that front tire yesterday!
A few beers before ass kicking would be mandatory, as well as me waiting for you to be afflicted by some injury first, as in breaking your ankle. Then it might be a fair fight if I tied your hands behind your back also. Come to think of it, I may need to cover your ears and blindfold you to.  I just want it to be as easy as possible and take very little effort and time.
We might be better off kicking back in a couple of rope hammocks drinking a few beers while discussing kicking some ass.....I like your uncle. |
Slowride
| | Posted on Saturday, January 30, 2016 - 09:38 pm: |
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@Arry - This is my second blast. I purchased the first one for my son when he was 16. He really liked it, but I was indifferent as I was on a Uly at the time and the little blast was just to cramped for my taste.
The 2009 was a RidersEdge bike and has all of 1700 miles on it. It looks like it has been down on both sides a slow speeds, but overall it's a clean bike. The ride is the same as I remember, still a little cramped. My plan is to fix some of the issue (broken motor mount bolt, varnished carb, etc) and then I was looking modify it a bit and set it up for me. 5'11" 250lbs. So seat, bar risers and rear spring. Maybe some progressive springs in the front tubes.
BUT.... my son who is now 21 has taken a shine to the blast and he has asked me to teach him to work on it and he has expressed a desire to purchase it. So... we'll see. |
Etennuly
| | Posted on Saturday, January 30, 2016 - 09:40 pm: |
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Ruans187, People who have no problems tend to be out riding. They seem to not post as much as those who are seeking help or looking for a place to dump their woes.
Many of the Ulys were not problematic. Several of us had the same problems at the same time and were able to work through them faster than HD could receive bulletins as to what the fix was. In doing so many of us met up to ride together over the years and formed long term friendships.
That is my view and I am a relative "late to the party" Bueller, having only been in this group for nearly ten years now. It is addictive and can become a big part of your life. |
Rays
| | Posted on Sunday, January 31, 2016 - 06:11 am: |
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I've only just started checking in again - I have been sidelined for a couple of years with health problems compounded with responsibilities around a couple of very elderly relatives. I recently dusted off the XT - I had to replace the fuel pump & battery as my unplanned lay-up didn't have it set-up for long-term storage but it is running nicely now and I hope to keep it going for many years to come.
I feel like Rip Van Winkle reading about the EBR issues - fingers crossed all is not lost. |
Sharkguy
| | Posted on Sunday, January 31, 2016 - 07:42 am: |
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Well, a few weeks ago I had my front muffler mount bolt go missing and then replaced it. I thought all was well with the world. I left on the following Friday morning in the pouring rain for the FL Winter Rally. The bike performed great until I got to the rally site. I shut it down to go in and register and when I returned to the bike to start it only went click click click. Damn! Well at least it was a motorcycle rally and the rain had stopped. So after three years the old Big Crank decided to take a dump. Just as I was getting a jump from a friendly beemer rider my buddies from NC arrived and proceeded to chide me about my choice of bikes. Hey what are friends for? I did get to ride a new triumph 800 to dinner and also was lucky enough to find an old school battery/starter shop that had a replacement dekka for the Uly. I guess a cell can fail at any time on a battery. My original battery lasted four years but failed due to the bolt being too long and stripped out. It still holds a charge though. Had an interesting conversation with the shop owner about our disposable society. He is retiring soon and says he'll just try and sell of his inventory on-line as there is no one interested in working on starters or alternators anymore. He also told me about 90% of starters and alternators are imported, and dekka is the last US battery manufacturer. |
Daddio
| | Posted on Sunday, January 31, 2016 - 10:50 am: |
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Ruans--
What Etennuly said. Forums for any brand generally aren't full of posts saying how their bikes are working just as they should. I've long-distance toured my Uly one- and two- up, without hesitation. Your pic looks remarkably like my Uly when I rode Denver to Augusta GA straight through... |
Arry
| | Posted on Sunday, January 31, 2016 - 04:32 pm: |
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Rauns- Glad you decided to get on the forum. Good to have new members, and fresh perspectives. Glad you've had good luck with reliability, so far. Eventually, when you do have a problem, this forum is a great resource. |
Steveford
| | Posted on Sunday, January 31, 2016 - 04:41 pm: |
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Ruans187,
Get that throttle body shaft from Tootal if you haven't already done so. You're just about at the "broken hunka crap" mileage. |
Ruans187
| | Posted on Sunday, January 31, 2016 - 10:40 pm: |
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Steveford,
Now u gave me some to worry about..lol
Throttle Body shaft from Tootal..whats that?
Does it usually brake around 20k?
I know basic mechanics, so this is over my head..thanks |
Arry
| | Posted on Monday, February 01, 2016 - 12:55 am: |
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Rauns- Don't sweat the throttle shaft too much, there's at least a dozen other things that are more likely to break, at 20k.
Hope that puts you mind at ease, a little. |
Etennuly
| | Posted on Monday, February 01, 2016 - 02:51 pm: |
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Some folks have had the throttle shaft break inside the throttle body. HD's repair is to sell you an entire throttle body assembly for big $ where our esteemed BadWeB machinist buddy 'Tootal' has manufactured some throttle body shafts that are better than the original ones in size and strength.
I have 63,000 miles on my Uly and have not seen this problem show up yet. I have found that when ever I am into the air box that it is a good idea to clean the throttle plate with little carb cleaner. It gets a build up of carbon on the edges. This build up can cause binding of the plate in the bore. I put a drop of oil on the shaft ends to, but you don't want to over do lube that might get in the TPS.
IMHO with a bit of maintenance I feel that it is at least a partially avoidable problem that who knows, it may never come up. |
Ruans187
| | Posted on Monday, February 01, 2016 - 03:28 pm: |
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Thanks for the replies.
I appreciate it. |
Electraglider_1997
| | Posted on Monday, February 01, 2016 - 07:11 pm: |
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ET,
Having just said that you'd better start the count down to failure. Karma man. |
Steveford
| | Posted on Monday, February 01, 2016 - 08:46 pm: |
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True, never talk up the bike, they will break down just because they can!
I didn't have any problems until around 26,000 miles and then it was throttle body shaft, ECM getting smashed by the seat, clutch cable, dead fan, second ECM got it and the plastic seat pan actually broke, saddle bag latches broke three times, wheel bearings, fork seal, rear drive belt due to TPS wearing and causing the engine to lurch at steady throttle, battery, spark plug leads, bunch of headlight bulbs, headlight assembly itself, throttle cables and around 70,000 miles oil consumption went from nil to being guzzled, race can rusted through, left hand switchgear.
These are all common problems and nothing insurmountable, just annoying.
Everything else on the bike is still original at 94,000 miles which is kind of amazing. It always fires right up and handles, stops and runs fine although it does need to come apart and see what the deal is with the thirst for oil.
(Message edited by SteveFord on February 01, 2016) |
Etennuly
| | Posted on Monday, February 01, 2016 - 08:55 pm: |
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EG I knocked on wood.....now my head hurts!
My bike has already had a crap load of problems! Cool thing about these bikes is that when you fix a problem it seems to stay fixed and not come back. |
Tootal
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 02, 2016 - 10:27 am: |
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Now u gave me some to worry about..lol
Throttle Body shaft from Tootal..whats that?
I answered your PM but I'll input here also for anybody else. I've sold 79 shafts so far. Considering how many bikes are out there that's probably a pretty low failure rate percentage wise.
However, if you plan on taking long trips to lonely places then for piece of mind you might want to change it. If you stay reasonably close to home I'd take my chances. Truth is, I've never changed mine yet!! I do carry one with me though! |
Electraglider_1997
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 02, 2016 - 11:03 am: |
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First off I'm glad Tootal is providing the shafts for the throttle bodies because no one else is. At one time I was making oil stick temp gauges and sold twenty or thirty of them here until I got a threatening letter from Blake to cease and desist selling on this site. Within days of that email a retailer on this site started selling an oil stick temp gauge for twice the price. As soon as a BadWeb retailer comes out with a competing shaft I'd bet that Tootal will be told to quit with the shafts. Though I pray it never happens. If it does it will cost at least twice as much as Tootal is getting and perform half as well. |
Ruans187
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 02, 2016 - 12:36 pm: |
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Tootal, how difficult is ths throttle body shaft installation for a person with basic mechanical skills (oil, sparks, brake pads). |
Tootal
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 02, 2016 - 01:33 pm: |
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http://www.badweatherbikers.com/buell/messages/142 838/649487.html
Getting the TB out is the hardest part. Getting the seals to seal is a trick sometimes, at least for me. Actually putting the shaft in is fairly easy if you have a vise for tps pin removal and also for peening the butterfly screws. |
Skifastbadly
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 02, 2016 - 04:37 pm: |
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"Peening the butterfly screws"? Hey man, this is a public forum, you watch your mouth. |
Tribe29
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 03, 2016 - 06:14 pm: |
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@Glenn Wondering about that neutral switch replacement. My 06 recently was finicky about starting, seemed to start if handlebars were cranked in one direction or another but then stopped working all together. I realized that my clutch lever was not registering as being pulled but also could not get neutral to register either. I just hotwired the clutch lever so bike thinks clutch is always in. Seemed like a simple solution as long as remember :-) |
Tootal
| | Posted on Thursday, February 04, 2016 - 10:54 am: |
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"Peening the butterfly screws"? Hey man, this is a public forum, you watch your mouth.
My apologies ski, didn't want to offend anyone. I mean it's not like I was talking about the assembly of the TB shaft where you need to check the bushings first. I mean nobody likes inserting their shaft into a loose bushing. The amount of air passing though the gap will cause a lean condition! |
Arry
| | Posted on Thursday, February 04, 2016 - 03:29 pm: |
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Tribe- As you have learned, you have to be in neutral and/or have the clutch pulled in, to run the starter motor. In your case, you've bypassed ("hotwired") these switches. I wonder if both of your switches were bad.(?)
If you want to replace the neutral sw., it is located near the front drive (belt) pulley (right side of pulley, just above center line), behind the plastic cover. It can be replaced without removing the pulley, a lot of us have modified an old wrench, in order to reach in to the tight location. I've replaced mine twice, and it appears to be leaking slightly again, but not enough to bother with (yet).
Search on neutral switch for lots of posts. |
Glenn
| | Posted on Thursday, February 04, 2016 - 03:54 pm: |
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Hi Tribe29,
The neutral switch not lighting will not prevent you from starting in gear! I noticed maybe twice that it wasn't on, thought I wasn't in neutral and then it just quit all together pretty quickly thereafter. I like to know when I'm in neutral without having to verify by rolling the bike with the clutch out.
BTW, when I took the old one out, it wasn't gummed up, i.e. the ball would easily push in, but it won't ground. For fifteen plus dollars it wasn't worth messing with and I bought the new before pulling the old since getting to the switch isn't simple. |
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