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Ulywife
| | Posted on Tuesday, July 04, 2006 - 08:52 pm: | 
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I'll try this week, but make NO promises as we're trying to get ready for a week at the beach! I also have to find the CD that the C3 artwork is on. I have the BRAG/C3 on disk as well. I'l love for Blake to say yes, but with all the BadWeb t-shirt discussion thats been going on, it might not be a go. But you don't know until you ask! |
Oldog
| | Posted on Wednesday, July 05, 2006 - 12:53 am: |
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Thanks any how Brankin I got the skins and other bits from Daves and quizzed him about it, Last I heard you were some where in the mid west.
I did not know if you were home yet so I shot in the dark, I figured that if any one on BWB would know how to do it or what to watch for it would be you, I hope that you don't mind If I ask you for info from time to time.
I used a gonzo c clamp and the rim protectors I got, to break the bead one side at a time ,still managed to bugger the rims a little.
the biggest headache is get the bead in the center ditch.
The rim profile has a hump to prevent the tire from going into the ditch in the event of a flat (says continental's info.)
I was worried that the 16" irons were a little short, but they have some nice handles much better than the old flat irons that I used to use ( I changed bias ply tires on the old suzuki that I had )
but after finaly remembering the drill the front was not too bad, gotta remember to do the side opposite the disk last,
as far as what did I save? about 140$ labor
and about 40$ to 50$ on the tires, I had a BAD time with the dealer last time so I don't by my tires there any more.
Sad the Yamaha shop charged me $20 an end to mount and balance, the belt was correctly adjusted, and the rims were clean and polished too.
I work at a shop that fabs steel (ASME code shop ) so building a tire machine If desired is more about maybe finding the right standard items and getting the arrangement right. Metal can be done.
I had to drill out the pesky lock screw on the front caliper.
I am happy to say that the Contis' are on and feel quite different from the Dunlops I had it up to about 75 mph and no vibes, I did not find spots on the outsides of the tires for balance, What was odd about the last tire was the fact that there was some tread left on one side and chord showing on the other like the tread is not concentric with the belting,
The conti's look to wear well a few miles of riding sunday pm and the little wiskers that are all over the front tire are still there I hope that they wear well.
thanks again for responding I hope that you feel better, Salmanilla is not to be taken lightly.
Spectrum, welcome to the madness |
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| | Posted on Wednesday, July 05, 2006 - 08:12 pm: |
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I hope that you don't mind If I ask you for info from time to time.
I don't mind one bit. I, like nearly everyone else here, am here to help others where I can and to learn what I can from others. If I minded I wouldn't be here. Nobody should ever hesitate to ask any questions, as the only stupid questions are the unasked ones.
the biggest headache is get the bead in the center ditch.
Man, does that sound familiar...
When I got home from work tonight I saw an interesting sight on my doorstep...
A small(er than expected) box from Appleton Buell with the parts for my S2. Kind of like grocery shopping it was amazing how small of a box could contain over $500 worth of parts... However, I consider it a get well soon package. After snoozing from 1:00 or 2:00 in the afternoon yesterday until 7:00 last night (and subsequently not being able to get to sleep until 3:30 or 4:00 this morning in order to be up by 6:30 for work) I believe all I need to be back to 'normal' is a good nights sleep. The fact that I was hungry for breakfast (which I never usually eat), lunch and supper today is a good sign that shows I am recovering. Not sure how soon I will be able to begin working on the S2, but at least things are beginning to fall in line.
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M2nc
| | Posted on Wednesday, July 05, 2006 - 08:46 pm: |
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I have an interesting injury. I have pulled something in my hip that does not allow me sit for long periods of time. I can stand, run, lift any normal weight and I feel fine, but let me sit for any period of time and its like someone is sticking a needle in my backside.
So I am driving to work in the truck this morning and I have to pull over halfway to work because the pain is killing me and I have become consumed in it and not my driving. Mind you, I can ride a motorcycle like Saturday for 17.5 hours and 600 miles with no problem, but I can not ride or drive in a car or truck for eleven miles. I am right now sitting in an office chair turned backwards and I am leaned forwards like I would be on a bike.
So I came to the realization that I have a biker's injury. I can ride a motorcycle through a lightning storm with no problem but it is a literal pain in my ass to drive a car! |
Ram
| | Posted on Wednesday, July 05, 2006 - 09:09 pm: |
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So . . . it turns out that you cannot fling away bubblegum while riding a bike and wearing leather gloves. The whole ride back from Roanoke Jim kept calling me Michael Jackson. GGgrrrr.
I now have one shiny new pair of gloves, one perfectly worn-in left-hand glove, and one round ball of leather/sweat/bubblegum that used to be a glove.
Thought y'all might find this helpful. |
Ulywife
| | Posted on Wednesday, July 05, 2006 - 11:09 pm: |
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try removing the bubblegum with goo-gone or peanut butter! That's the price we pay for wearing gear. |
U4euh
| | Posted on Wednesday, July 05, 2006 - 11:37 pm: |
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If you have a can of air to clean your puter with, turn it upside down and spray the gum for a few seconds. Just don't get your fingers in the way, ask me how I know!
Carlos-I don't know whether to laugh or feel sorry for ya!!??? I got some really good pain meds from all the Kidney problems! |
Ulywife
| | Posted on Wednesday, July 05, 2006 - 11:55 pm: |
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He's hardheaded and hasn't seen a doctor yet. We've got a friend who is a PT he could see as well. I guess if it ever stops him from riding the bikes he'll do something about it. Next week we're on vacation at Emerald Isle. The house we have has a hot tub and pool. I'm hoping that maybe the time in the water will help. We'll see.
Are all of your flooring issues done? Maybe we can all get together for a ride later in July or August. |
Ulywife
| | Posted on Wednesday, July 05, 2006 - 11:57 pm: |
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Brankin - did you make contact with John Martindale for July 15th? Are you posting the meeting info? |
U4euh
| | Posted on Thursday, July 06, 2006 - 12:18 am: |
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 Are my flooring issue's done!
So I'm sitting in the chair next to the fire place, what do I hear, drip, drip, drip...... Well as I stated B4, I was stripping all the trim out of the living room to paint it, then the floor happened! So now I have to 1 patch the roof, no biggie, 2 fill in the spaces between sheets of drywall, BIG problem, never done it, and basically flying in the dark on that one.
But I'll tell ya what, A ride is about the best thing that could happen to me right now. I got the new 12 inner airlid on and I've only ridden the bike about an hour around town. I know that it is a lot quieter but performance is up in the air. Every cell in my body is aching for a TWO weekend. Even if it is across town! Just to get out of the house and see something different.
Oh yea, been workin on momma's pool for the past 2 days, new liner, seals, hoses,...... |
Ulywife
| | Posted on Thursday, July 06, 2006 - 12:36 am: |
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fill in the spaces between sheets of drywall, BIG problem, never done it, and basically flying in the dark on that one.
Post it on Quick Board. One guy found out how to fix his clothes dryer by posting on Quick Board. You never know who's reading and what knowledge they have.
Of course if it's like our house, I'm not sure we have any project that 100% completed.......oh well.
Every cell in my body is aching for a TWO weekend.
That was fun. I'm looking forward to Boone. I'm like the fact that it's not quiet as far and at least if the "trailer thing" is pulled on me again by my hubby, I won't freak out!
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Bigdaddy
| | Posted on Thursday, July 06, 2006 - 07:17 am: |
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U4euh, Can you estimate the amount of space you need to fill in between the sheetrock? You've got options and there all pretty straight forward. Are you filling the void for noise cancellation?
I can probably pass along some life's lesson here  I filled in all the kids exterior walls so I wouldn't have to listen along to the latest bad music.
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Zxzer04
| | Posted on Thursday, July 06, 2006 - 09:25 am: |
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LOL...what about your bad music?
My son tells me my mix of metallica and country is weird, while he listens to kid bop...drives me insane...then his Grandmother got him into the beatles, and now due to his medical problems and them spoiling him he forgets to have his own opinions(he actually got steaming mad at me because I didn't think they were the greatest band ever-started yelling at me)her words to him. |
Ulywife
| | Posted on Thursday, July 06, 2006 - 09:30 am: |
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I remember when my sister came home talking about this great "new" song, Stairway to Heaven. Mind you this was in 1984 and she was 15!
My daughter currently calls ACDC the "screaming band". What a great form of "legal torture" |
Zxzer04
| | Posted on Thursday, July 06, 2006 - 09:40 am: |
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LOL...I know, don't you love it...Back in Black makes him Crazy... |
Jlnance
| | Posted on Thursday, July 06, 2006 - 09:51 am: |
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u4 - Are you just trying to patch the seams between the panels? Thats easy, I can walk you through that. |
Southern Marine
| | Posted on Thursday, July 06, 2006 - 11:08 am: |
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Carlos, how's your back. I saw my doc's today because I have a similar situation, it turns out it's my sciatica. Does the pain extend to your legs any? Put some ice on it. Hope you get better. |
Rubberdown
| | Posted on Thursday, July 06, 2006 - 07:49 pm: |
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All, Michael and I leave at 6:00 a.m. in the morning. Heading west then south down the Natchez Trace. See ya'll in about 1.5 weeks. Mike. |
1313
| | Posted on Thursday, July 06, 2006 - 08:19 pm: |
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did you make contact with John Martindale?
Yep, sure did! The lucky sonofagun will be @ the dealer show, so with no Buell 'presence' it was decided to not do as we had discussed.
Nothing like keeping things under wraps until they come to fruition, huh?
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Ulywife
| | Posted on Friday, July 07, 2006 - 12:36 am: |
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Maybe we can plan for the following weekend. |
U4euh
| | Posted on Friday, July 07, 2006 - 05:58 am: |
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All I am doing is filling in the cracks between sheetrock. Don't know if you remember the color splotches that we had on the living room wall?! It is time to get it done. And I don't want no spaces, just a smooth wall. Talk away Jim and Greg, I'm all
Mike W- you 2 be safe, if I run out to the highway I'll prolly see ya. Keep the Rubberdown! |
Bigdaddy
| | Posted on Friday, July 07, 2006 - 07:02 am: |
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U4euh, Oh boy did you have me confused
You're talking about finishing the newly hung drywall -- I do believe. You'll need some mud, tape, drywall knife,,,spread it, let it dry, sand, spread it again, let it dry, maybe paint?
It's a simple process,,,,if you were closer I'd drop in and show you,,,maybe Jim will do just that
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Jlnance
| | Posted on Friday, July 07, 2006 - 09:09 am: |
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U4 - This is pretty easy. First the supplies: Get dry wall tape. There are 2 kinds, paper and fiberglass. Get the glass tape. It's a preforated mesh tape. Get a gallon of mud (or 5 if you have a lot of wall). Look for the mud with the latex addative. Get a drywall knife. Make your life easier and get one small enough to fit into the mouth of the mud container.  . Finally get drywall sand paper. Its a mesh style of paper.
Put a strip of tape over your seams, forcing the mud through the preforations in the tape. Feather the mud out a few inches beyond the edge of the tape. Let it dry and sand it smooth. Sanding will make a lot of dust. Seal the room if you can, and don't burn out your vacuum cleaning it up.
Drywall mud shrinks when it drys, so you may have to do a second pass if you have indentations. You don't need more tape for this, just put another layer of mud up. |
Ulywife
| | Posted on Friday, July 07, 2006 - 09:47 am: |
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JimN - and you say you're not "handy" around the house. I think you've been holding out on us! |
Jlnance
| | Posted on Friday, July 07, 2006 - 12:29 pm: |
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Kristi - When I got married, we bought an old house and fixed it up. We didn't really intend to start that way. I went to a meeting one night and when I came home, half the kitchen floor had been removed. At which point we discovered there were old floor tiles under it which wouldn't come up. So we took up the floor and put down a new subfloor. Then she went to a meeting and I decided to take down the paneling because I didn't like it. She came home to a 2x4 kitchen. Well when you're at that point, you might as well do cabinets too. I did all the remodeling work except putting down the tile floor. Then we did some plumbing, and some work outside.
You know what? I'd lay awake at night and worry about all the stuff I'd done and if I'd done it right and if it was going to leak/break. So I sold the house and bought one where I don't know anything about how it was put together. Ignorance is bliss.
And I attempted to approach motorcycles the same way. Only problem is I don't trust the service and I can't afford it. So I learned how to drill out header studs, with a lot of help from BadWeb, and Marks watchful eye. And it absolutly amazed me when the bike started after I was done. I have just gotten past the point of expecting the Blast to blow up every time I ride it.
Oh, I bought a floor jack the other day. I'm actually looking forward to using it. |
Ulywife
| | Posted on Friday, July 07, 2006 - 12:55 pm: |
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Ignorance is bliss.
Sometimes its all that keeps us going!
As for the bikes, between Brankin and Mark I think they could hold a C3 tech session! I'm sure several others could contribute as well. I like the fact that it's a learning process with people who are able to walk you through it instead of just taking over and doing it for you. You learn when you have your hands in it.
When we get ready to rip out our kitchen I'll call you!!
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Bigdaddy
| | Posted on Friday, July 07, 2006 - 01:15 pm: |
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I just spent this past weekend re-grouting our ceramic tiles in the kitchen and dining room. I wouldn't want to do that for a living. I kept going back to Lowes to get better knee pads as the weekend dragged on (so, if you're doing this get the best knee pads you can find!)
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Ulywife
| | Posted on Friday, July 07, 2006 - 01:41 pm: |
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Same goes for the wood laminate flooring as well. The original knee pads are now used for wheel pads against the wheel rail when we tow bikes! |
Jlnance
| | Posted on Friday, July 07, 2006 - 05:36 pm: |
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I went to Sears the other day, look what I found:
It's going under the seat of the bike so the next time I need emergency service I don't end up with stripped head.
I also got a package from Dave S today. I ordered a replacement bolt. It comes with red locktight preapplied:
I also attempted to order some washers to go under the pulley bolts on the Blast. But I think Dave sent me the wrong thing:
I wonder if that RR means what I think it does. |
1313
| | Posted on Friday, July 07, 2006 - 06:27 pm: |
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BAO511.2Z is a standard washer used throughout many Buell models. The fastener convention Buell uses breaks it down (to the best of my memory) into the following:
B = Washer
A = American (Non-Number) Sized
05 = I.D. in 16th's (5/16)
11 = O.D. in 16th's (11/16)
2 = Standard Hardness (If memory serves correctly)
Z = Zinc Plated
Actually,
RR = Rear
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