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Jlnance
| | Posted on Saturday, October 25, 2008 - 04:43 pm: | 
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Damn Mike, I'd have called you myself if I knew you were there. Thanks for all your help, I wouldn't have it if it wasn't for you. I got the warranty.  Michaels sounds good.
Carlos - It's an 06. It has 40k fewer miles and 2 years more warranty than the one I used to own. 
We swapped the plastic so I still have my red airbox. The prior owner did the beak removal. I say we. Jordan swapped it, including my luggage rack. I don't think he enjoyed the luggage rack installation much.
(Message edited by jlnance on October 25, 2008) |
Spike
| | Posted on Saturday, October 25, 2008 - 06:49 pm: |
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Pammy-
The darker one is from the front cylinder. I do know that the dealership had flooded the bike badly while they had it, so I assumed the difference in color between the two plugs was due to that.
I checked for an intake leak by spraying carb/choke cleaner around the intake seals while the engine was idling and didn't hear any change in idle, but perhaps I wasn't thorough enough. I haven't checked for an exhaust leak yet. |
Oldog
| | Posted on Saturday, October 25, 2008 - 11:31 pm: |
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Spike did you get the use of ECM spy and a lap top?
I have the needed kit,
Kristi has my# if you need it sorry I did not see the request sooner. |
Rubberdown
| | Posted on Sunday, October 26, 2008 - 08:32 am: |
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Well ring my bell! I hope you have many miles of smiles, tailwinds, and warm sun on your back with your new ride! |
Ulywife
| | Posted on Sunday, October 26, 2008 - 09:39 am: |
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Congrats Jim! Glad you kept your red air box. See you guys soon. Gotta get through soccer and softball season. |
Hughlysses
| | Posted on Sunday, October 26, 2008 - 10:30 am: |
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So Jim- what happens with your original Uly now? Are they going to fix it and sell it, or is it going back to Buell for analysis? |
Jlnance
| | Posted on Sunday, October 26, 2008 - 03:02 pm: |
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So Jim- what happens with your original Uly now?
Ray Price owns it. I assume it will be fixed and put up for sale. It's orange now, but the rebuilt motor will hopefully make up for that. |
Dfishman
| | Posted on Sunday, October 26, 2008 - 06:43 pm: |
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Carlos? I doubt you are still cutting the grass,but I will be at Willville for the Boo Stew(last weekend of the season)the 30th-2nd.Just letting you know.If you are up this weekend,come by the campground Sat for some stew & a visit.You can Email me.I will be up there on Thursday.
Donnie |
Jlnance
| | Posted on Sunday, October 26, 2008 - 08:47 pm: |
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I'm not really much of a party goer, but last night I went to my first every Halloween party. It was pirate themed, and I actually won a prize for the costume.
Another use for chaps.
Amanda was having fun dressing me up, and at some point put brown eye liner on me. I was going to protest, but she was really excited about getting to put makeup on me. I though, hey, it's a halloween party, why not.
Well tonight as we are eating dinner, I realize I don't ever remember taking the makeup off. So I ask her "do I still have eyeliner on?" She looks at me and says "yes, a little."
So the wheels are spinning in my head and I ask "So let me get this straight. I went to Michales this morning and hung out with a bunch of bikers while I was wearing eyeliner?" At least it was cold and that cut down on attendance. |
Rubberdown
| | Posted on Monday, October 27, 2008 - 06:48 am: |
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ARRRRRGGGGGHHHHHHH!
You wear it well!  |
Glitch
| | Posted on Monday, October 27, 2008 - 11:28 am: |
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Hey, Brankin!
Your custom calendar is ready!
www.cafepress.com/GlitchCo |
U4euh
| | Posted on Monday, October 27, 2008 - 12:31 pm: |
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Glitch, wow first time I have seen alll the C3 stuff. That friggin rocks all that is available, can't wait to get home and place an order!!! |
Jd110033
| | Posted on Monday, October 27, 2008 - 01:21 pm: |
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Well this was an adventure for me. I was riding around on the outskirts of Chapel Hill on some back road. Had some really nice twisties here and there. I was starting to get dark and i was coming up on this really nice curve. I took the curve perfectly. Everything was going smooth, when all of a sudden my rear tire hops. There was a lil bump in the middle of the curve.
So my rear tire hops a lil. At first I'm all like, "its all good". Then the tire lands on some gravel and slides out from under me. As soon as I landed on the gravel, I knew what was going to happen.
I let go of the handle bars and let the bike slide out from under me. The bike slide for about 30-40 feet before hitting the side of the road. I slid about 40-50 feet in to the ditch. I rolled one time in the slide.
I was sooooooo lucky. No road rash, no torn clothing, no bones sticking out. My jacket had a lil scuff over the right elbow pad and my helmet had 2 lil scratches on it. The bike was lucky too. The right handle bar broke and my saddle bags had some road rash and the tank got a lil scratched.
I stood up and checked myself got the bike out of the road(luckly there was no one coming), called a friend in the area and sat, smoked a cigg and thought for a lil bit.
I HAD FUN!!!! I'm waiting on new bars and cant wait to get back on her. I am going to take it a lil cautious for a bit, but I'm not going to "walk away". I'm going through with drawls right now. I need to ride. lol
Hope to see you all out there at some point |
Jlnance
| | Posted on Monday, October 27, 2008 - 04:21 pm: |
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Glad you came through unscathed! |
Glitch
| | Posted on Monday, October 27, 2008 - 04:43 pm: |
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Jim 
Glad you like it! |
Pammy
| | Posted on Monday, October 27, 2008 - 06:44 pm: |
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"I checked for an intake leak by spraying carb/choke cleaner around the intake seals while the engine was idling and didn't hear any change in idle, but perhaps I wasn't thorough enough. I haven't checked for an exhaust leak yet."
Those are excellent pics of the plugs. It is hard to tell in the pictures and I don't know how many miles are on those plugs, but you could have a bit of oil on that front plug. You can tell that the rear plug has been really hot(bluish tint on the ground electrode). Of course hot spots are usually what cause detonation.
Was the onset of the pinging overnight? One day it ran fine the next it was pinging. Did you alter something? Fuel change, cleaned or changed air filter, changed exhaust, etc...?
Did you mean brake cleaner? Carb cleaner is BAD to spray around any rubber or painted parts. And with O2 sensors, I would be inclined to use water or WD40 at the most. |
Pammy
| | Posted on Monday, October 27, 2008 - 06:44 pm: |
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Good for you Jim. |
Glitch
| | Posted on Monday, October 27, 2008 - 06:51 pm: |
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C3 coasters are ready!
www.cafepress.com/GlitchCo |
Ulywife
| | Posted on Monday, October 27, 2008 - 09:29 pm: |
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I've been talking with S1wmike about meeting up with some of the HRH guys. We're thinking about meeting 1/2 way for lunch if weather permits one weekend. We'll probably meet somewhere between Williamston and Elizabeth City. Stay tuned if you're interested in riding along! |
Spike
| | Posted on Monday, October 27, 2008 - 10:02 pm: |
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quote:Those are excellent pics of the plugs. It is hard to tell in the pictures and I don't know how many miles are on those plugs, but you could have a bit of oil on that front plug. You can tell that the rear plug has been really hot(bluish tint on the ground electrode). Of course hot spots are usually what cause detonation.
Those plugs have been on the bike for ~5k miles. I've put about 3k miles on the bike since I bought it back, so in theory if the discoloration was from something the dealership did they've been burning themselves clean for the past ~3k miles.
quote:Was the onset of the pinging overnight? One day it ran fine the next it was pinging. Did you alter something? Fuel change, cleaned or changed air filter, changed exhaust, etc...?
Did you mean brake cleaner? Carb cleaner is BAD to spray around any rubber or painted parts. And with O2 sensors, I would be inclined to use water or WD40 at the most.
It seems that the pinging started overnight. I went from not noticing anything strange to hearing it ping one day while riding to work. I don't recall changing anything on the bike that should have affected the way it runs. Since I bought it back I've replaced the steering head bearings, replaced the throttle/idle/clutch cables, and had the headlights replaced. Other than that the bike has just gone through normal maintenance, and nothing in particular around the time it started pinging.
I did use carb cleaner to check the intake seals, so it's possible I did some damage there. |
Seeinstars
| | Posted on Tuesday, October 28, 2008 - 07:18 pm: |
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hey jim, are you going to do the xb9 primary in this? Congrats on the new ride! I'm always very impressed with ray price every time they've had my bike, They are great!!! |
Jlnance
| | Posted on Tuesday, October 28, 2008 - 09:06 pm: |
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Seeing - I've got a list of things to do. I may do the XB9 conversion, but there are a bunch of things I'll do before I get around to that:
1 - New throttle cables
2 - Add brace for brake line
3 - Lyndal pads
4 - Ceramic muffler
5 - Fuel pump chaffe
6 - HID lights |
Jlnance
| | Posted on Tuesday, October 28, 2008 - 09:07 pm: |
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Kristi - Your beans and rice is on the stove. I'm in California. It's a nice dish to cook in a motel room. |
Ulywife
| | Posted on Tuesday, October 28, 2008 - 09:16 pm: |
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Black Beans and Rice - good comfort food! |
Seeinstars
| | Posted on Tuesday, October 28, 2008 - 09:47 pm: |
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I added an hid to the low side, best thing I've done to my bike. light output is where it should be now. I'd still like the beam to be wider though. |
U4euh
| | Posted on Tuesday, October 28, 2008 - 11:19 pm: |
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New TBI in the mail box today(not literally), hope to be installing it tommorrow! Then I have to figure out hot to use this TPS reset software!
When is the ride Kristi?
Jim, if you want to swap the primary's let me know. I'm ready to try the 12. Or if you just want to sell yours outright |
Ulywife
| | Posted on Wednesday, October 29, 2008 - 09:17 am: |
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U4 - not sure. Might see what the weather looks like this Sunday. Gotta find a sitter as well. |
Ulywife
| | Posted on Wednesday, October 29, 2008 - 07:35 pm: |
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U4 - found a sitter, got an e-mail into S1wmike to see how things look on their end.
Wish we could do Saturday, be we have soccer until after lunch. |
Ulywife
| | Posted on Wednesday, October 29, 2008 - 08:48 pm: |
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Looks like we have a date with the HRH crew. Not sure on exactly what time or where on Sunday, those details to follow.
Tentative info is Sunday, leaving Grifton (or surrounding area) around 9 a.m. and heading to meet HRH somewhere between Williamston and Elizabeth City.
So, with those sketchy details, who's in? |
Ulywife
| | Posted on Thursday, October 30, 2008 - 04:00 pm: |
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Update on Sunday's ride with HRH.
Sunday
10:30ish
Edenton NC
If anyone knows the area, post up with a good meeting spot, otherwise, stay tuned for more!
Looks like HRH may be 7 or so going. Who from C3 is interested in going? |
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