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Mrs04buell
| | Posted on Tuesday, June 06, 2006 - 08:03 pm: | 
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Little Cosmos sure enjoyed his new treasure!
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Mrs04buell
| | Posted on Tuesday, June 06, 2006 - 08:05 pm: |
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I'll stick with the traditional dog for a pet!
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Mrs04buell
| | Posted on Tuesday, June 06, 2006 - 08:09 pm: |
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This Buell Race Rider (on right)is either getting or giving advice!
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Mrs04buell
| | Posted on Tuesday, June 06, 2006 - 08:12 pm: |
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Those sidecar guys were a little on the crazy side.
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Rippin
| | Posted on Wednesday, June 07, 2006 - 10:08 am: |
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Steve,
2 others were black flagged as well! Crev was back in the box but AMA ruling says NE movement!
By the way nice to meet ya Saturday!
Ryan |
Rhun
| | Posted on Thursday, June 08, 2006 - 02:40 pm: |
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per motorcycleracing.com
Estok was riding as a last-minute replacement for Mike Hale, who was injured in a crash during testing last week at Summit Point Raceway in West Virginia. Hale intended to ride at Road America, but a practice session on Thursday determined he was not ready for the race weekend. Estok, who won the ASRA Thunderbike Championship for the team in 2005, was asked to fill in for Hale. A rain storm eliminated Formula Xtreme practice on Friday, and Estok, who had to qualify with limited time to work on bike set-up, started in 20th position for the 10-lap race.
“We just missed on our set-up,” said Estok “We didn’t have much track time to get things sorted out.”
Crevier also had a disappointing qualifying session, and lined up for the race start in 16th position. Post qualifying adjustments made to his bike improved its performance, however, and Crevier moved up to eighth place after the first lap and was in seventh place on lap three when he was assessed a stop-and-go penalty by AMA race officials for jumping the race start. Crevier had indeed left his starting-line spot early, but pulled the bike back into position and was not moving forward when the race began. After stopping in the pits, Crevier dropped to 17th position, but moved back up to 12th on the next lap before crashing out unhurt in Turn 1 on lap seven to end his day. |
Firemanjim
| | Posted on Saturday, June 10, 2006 - 02:26 am: |
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Thought I would throw out a few pics from HC
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Spiderman
| | Posted on Saturday, June 10, 2006 - 12:25 pm: |
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Where is the pic of Lake and I doin are impression of Bomber and RT  |
Firemanjim
| | Posted on Saturday, June 10, 2006 - 01:24 pm: |
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So what is the current cost of a ripped fingernail at the local ER? And was it covered by insurance?? |
Spiderman
| | Posted on Saturday, June 10, 2006 - 05:39 pm: |
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Not sure yet, if the insurance covers it all I should only owe $100
I am keepin my working fingers crossed LOL |
Grimace308
| | Posted on Sunday, June 11, 2006 - 02:27 am: |
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fmj, am i correct in assuming that you DIDNT get that pm from me on the 5th of june?
chris |
Firemanjim
| | Posted on Sunday, June 11, 2006 - 02:53 am: |
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Chris, just got a look at it today and sent an answer off. |
Grimace308
| | Posted on Sunday, June 11, 2006 - 04:27 pm: |
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ahhh, much to my dismay fmj, i didnt receive transmission.
say again, over.
thanks,
chris
btw, try the email address as it is simple enough for a buffoon like me to use. |
Mikej
| | Posted on Monday, June 12, 2006 - 10:55 am: |
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Crappy cell phone pics from Friday at Appleton:
Any idea who's S2 this one is? I kind of liked the paint job on it.
Finally got them offloaded from the phone,
say thanks that I didn't take more. |
98s3sns
| | Posted on Monday, June 12, 2006 - 01:00 pm: |
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Where to start,
Not being very mechanical inclined but willing to learn and somewhat capable while being directed with a wrench I made the decision to upgrade my 98S3 with a 1250 kit.
The only reason that I chose to do this was an invite from a BADWEBBER,"Rippin" to come down to Ill. and have him do the lions share of the work while supervising me on what tasks were for me.
What an offer! stay with Ryan and his family get the bike upgraded with help from “Sjh”Seth then leave with a group of their friends to Elkhart and watch XBRR Buell race!
Upon teardown a couple of things were noticed right away, broken motor mount bolt in the head and front piston was missing an upper oil ring, also bent pushrods and some really mucked up heads, now I know why oil consumption was high. Next was removal of the cam cover,
To put 536 SE cams in, well every gear was crushed down, the pinion gear had broke the key and seized on the shaft. At this point everyone that had passed through was wondering how I had made the last 622 mile journey with out a major breakdown, luck I guess!
Without the skill and devotion of those involved I may have had to miss the races, they were not about to let that happen. With connections around town they sourced another
Pinion gear, a S&S gear. Buttoned it all back up and test rode it that evening, well there had to be another problem! When I pulled back up the bike was smoking and I had lost my lights,break,signal etc.well we found the problem after taking a look at all the electrical wiring, another very late night!
Next morning, we finished off the rest of the assembly while friends gathered to ride to Elkhart. The ride up was great my timing was adjusted along the way and the bike ran strong. Not a problem to be noticed until Sun morn,a strange noise from the front drive sprocket. It was then recommended that the bike should not be rode back but to transport it back in a P/U,lucky that one of the group had brought his!
Again some teardown, thanks to Seth for having a spare 29tooth sprocket, test ride-something didn’t seem right again, check compression and discover that there is none in the front cylinder, these guys are great there was no way that they were going to leave me stranded, tear down again to discover a bent exhaust valve,due to me missing a shift on the test ride! well you try and find a valve in a dealership when the valves part no. says its from a 1100cc.Another interesting thing is these thunderstorm heads being black but stamped with a 97 BUELL as a part no. Ryan had just happen to have some valves left over from a kit he had just installed the past week. After numerous measurements of said valve he said it would work!
And work it did! Back home again and really just digesting all that happened that week and weekend probably missed a few things like all the add-on’s put on the bike(carbon fiber, billet) And the fact that Deanna was able to get the racing shirt off Mr. Buells back for me!!!!!A big shout out to Ryan and his family,Seth,Deanna,Hoover and all the other Sterling Ill. friends that made this possible. THANKS!!!! SHAWN
Also special thanks to Revolution Performance,Great tour! and the 1250 kit.
Workmans HD of Rock Falls, Fortune Cycle in Sterling, and Douglas and Frye Motorsports in Sterling. Cuz without these guys I may just now be headin home! |
98s3sns
| | Posted on Monday, June 12, 2006 - 01:55 pm: |
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Some pics,
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Diablobrian
| | Posted on Monday, June 12, 2006 - 10:56 pm: |
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wow! You guys don't know how to quit! Good job |
Rippin
| | Posted on Monday, June 12, 2006 - 11:12 pm: |
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Ya no kidding! Can you say 14 hours sleep in 4 days(couldn't sleep late on Friday had to get ready to head up to RA for the Friday nite parting)! Even less for Seth! |
Rippin
| | Posted on Monday, June 12, 2006 - 11:15 pm: |
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Hey Shawn, How did ya manage to get these pics up here but not sent to me?
GEEZZZ Someone needs to tidy my shop! Is that Seth sleepin in a ball? |
98s3sns
| | Posted on Tuesday, June 13, 2006 - 07:31 am: |
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Rippin,
Tryn to get the rest of the pics compressed,and just caught up on my sleep!
It was truly a build or bust situation.
Many thanks again!!!!! |
98s3sns
| | Posted on Tuesday, June 13, 2006 - 12:14 pm: |
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Wobbly pop after crash!
Nice recovery team
Re-entry
Need some shade?
Part of the gathering
Tour of Revolution,Rippin with XBRR jug
Damage control
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Diablobrian
| | Posted on Wednesday, June 14, 2006 - 05:09 pm: |
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The tour of Revolution was the only thing I really regretted missing at homecoming,
but I was trying to take care of some business down at Hal's on Saturday morning.
Any chance of there being another tour next year? |
Rippin
| | Posted on Wednesday, June 14, 2006 - 09:41 pm: |
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I'm sure Brian or Scott could work something out. I think with a little more planning it could be very, very nice! Getting the timing for everyone down is going to be the hardest I would guess. Seemed as though either after the races or well prior to them would have worked better but still a big thanks to Brian and Scott for taking time out of a very nice weekend and opening up shop for those of us that could attend! Thanks again
Ryan and the Sterling/Canada connection! |
Chauly
| | Posted on Monday, November 13, 2006 - 05:59 pm: |
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I can't run the risk of alienating the new nephew, since he's a Republican! (My liberal sisters are shocked! Simply shocked!) |
Chauly
| | Posted on Monday, November 13, 2006 - 06:06 pm: |
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I'm sure she'd love it, but I can't alienate the new nephew: he's a conservative! (My N.E. liberal sister is shocked! Simply shocked!) I need all of the allies in my family I can get... |
Chauly
| | Posted on Monday, November 13, 2006 - 06:46 pm: |
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I can't run the risk of alienating the new nephew, since he's a Republican! (My liberal sisters are shocked! Simply shocked!) |
Chauly
| | Posted on Monday, November 13, 2006 - 07:01 pm: |
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I can't run the risk of alienating the new nephew, since he's a Republican! (My liberal sisters are shocked! Simply shocked!) |
Chauly
| | Posted on Monday, November 13, 2006 - 07:07 pm: |
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I'm sure she'd love it, but I can't alienate the new nephew: he's a conservative! (My N.E. liberal sister is shocked! Simply shocked!) I need all of the allies in my family I can get... |
Chauly
| | Posted on Monday, November 13, 2006 - 07:39 pm: |
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I can't run the risk of alienating the new nephew, since he's a Republican! (My liberal sisters are shocked! Simply shocked!) |
Chauly
| | Posted on Monday, November 13, 2006 - 08:10 pm: |
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I can't run the risk of alienating the new nephew, since he's a Republican! (My liberal sisters are shocked! Simply shocked!) |
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