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No_rice
Posted on Sunday, July 16, 2006 - 04:02 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

last night was so much fun. i broke another belt about 7 miles from home on the highway.

my green bike is waiting on its new tire to show up so i went and got my other bike from my friend thats been riding it because i wanted to ride. went out to the campground with some friends. left there and broke it part way home. this is the first belt on this bike though and it was still the original 03 version and had a crack in it so it's not like i didnt know it would happen eventually.

you would be surprised how strong one of those retractable dog leashes is. never thought it could drag a buell for 7 miles.

and before anyone starts telling me how bad of an idea it is to pull a bike with a car i already know that. left with the options of pulling it or kicking it over into the ditch and leaving it there i chose to pull it. cars left along the side of the road here dont always fair to well from what i have seen so you can imagine what would happen to a bike. it is the first time i have pulled a streetbike though. always used to have to drag the dirt bikes around after they had been buried in water or something to get them running again instead of kicking for 2 hours.

even got pulled over by a cop on the way home. was really surprised at how cool she was about it. she thought i was tail gaiting, but once she realized the bike was broken she agreed that she wouldnt want to leave it on the side of the road either.

cant wait till my chain conversion for the green bike is done so i have one less worry since that thing eats belts like they are going out of style lately...

(Message edited by no_rice on July 16, 2006)
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Buckstar
Posted on Sunday, July 16, 2006 - 04:06 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

You got to do what you got to do...
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Diablobrian
Posted on Sunday, July 16, 2006 - 06:29 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Hey Tim, you should have bought stock in the belt manufacturer!

You aren't exactly easy on them either you nut;)

When is you chain conversion going to be in? I figured you'd have it by now.
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No_rice
Posted on Sunday, July 16, 2006 - 09:23 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

no its still being made yet. what do you mean i baby the thing!
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Diablobrian
Posted on Sunday, July 16, 2006 - 09:31 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Is that what you call it? Hmmmm your belts think otherwise

Have you been playing with the NOS any further or were you waiting for the chain?
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No_rice
Posted on Sunday, July 16, 2006 - 09:58 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

i'm waiting on the chain. think i have enough problems without nitrous lol. although i am a little burntout still from messing with it last time so i dont mind waiting a little. its was really pissing me off. i need to sit down and refigure stuff or something.
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Diablobrian
Posted on Sunday, July 16, 2006 - 10:11 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

We'l have to plan a get together, it's hard to troubleshoot and really be of help
on something like that long distance. besides I need an excuse to come up when the
Y2K is in the shop
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No_rice
Posted on Sunday, July 16, 2006 - 10:21 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

we took that thing to bike night in des moines the other week and and it was funny. light the thing up and everyone stays crowded around it. duh its a jet engine it melts your leg hair ten feet behind it. what was really cool was that my bike was right beside it and it was still getting looks even parked next to that thing!
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Ronlv
Posted on Monday, July 17, 2006 - 12:42 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

sorry to hear that, but i got one word CHAIN
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Diablobrian
Posted on Monday, July 17, 2006 - 01:05 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

He's waiting for it to get in Ron, He's already a believer.
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Ronlv
Posted on Monday, July 17, 2006 - 01:24 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

its for the unbelievers

chains should come stock

but if they did i couldnt sell them, thanks buell : )
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Steve_mackay
Posted on Monday, July 17, 2006 - 02:24 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Tim, ya mean you're not going to start multiple threads on a few different forums about how Buell owes you a an upgrade kit?
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Dbird29
Posted on Monday, July 17, 2006 - 10:11 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

I thought Buell owed him a new '07 bike!

Maybe he could threaten to sue them (or sue them and get a big undisclosable award) and proceed to complain because they only have bold new graphics this year.

Wait a minute, already seen all that here before.
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No_rice
Posted on Monday, July 17, 2006 - 12:13 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

i think they should just start letting me do endurance testing on the bikes! i have yet to meet to many people that pound them as hard as me, on the street atleast...
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Diablobrian
Posted on Monday, July 17, 2006 - 08:22 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Naw, you baby that bike;)
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