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Jersey_thunder
Posted on Saturday, July 09, 2005 - 03:10 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

"Our real goal was a sport custom. We wanted it to be a core motorcycle that we'll build for a long time. We'll add other models but we wanted our first model to be a bike that's really unique. It's a bike that you can make more sporting, or more towards touring and have a lot of fun either way. And you can convert it back. Rather than being real job-specific it's got a wide range of appeal. Someone who wants to take it touring wants an engine that's very reliable, that requires very little maintenance, and has tons of torque. So that's what we built it towards, because those people don't want to modify the bike."

THE S2 WAS BORN!!!
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Ryker77
Posted on Saturday, July 09, 2005 - 10:10 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

And yet the new buells require a very expensive service. And countless trips to the dealer to get codes checked and cleared. Troubleshooting faulty sensors. Resitting the TPS and AFV.

Looks like somebody forgot where they came from.
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Reepicheep
Posted on Sunday, July 10, 2005 - 10:44 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Since when did a $30 TPS reset that took 10 minutes become an expensive service?

The rest of the work you can pretty much do yourself.
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99x1
Posted on Sunday, July 10, 2005 - 01:42 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

"Since when did a $30 TPS reset that took 10 minutes become an expensive service?"

Since for ever - I can't think of another bike that this has to be taken to the dealer for. Suzuki (ie SV1000) simply has 3 bars on the LCD dash that you adjust to the center bar in diagnostic mode (a jumper). Honda, BMW, etc simply have the TPS movable (mounting screw holes are slotted) and it is adjusted for a specific voltage. While I love my X1, ANYTHING I have to take it to the dealer for irks me.
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Ryker77
Posted on Sunday, July 10, 2005 - 03:29 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

30.00 and 10 minutes is not bad at all.

HOWEVER. 30.00 each and every time can add up quickly 30,60,90 etc. If the tech didn't do the job correctly the first time. If you payed for a TPS adjustment and the problem wasn't fixed. If the dealership is more like 30-45 minutes away and then you have to wait for the buell tech.
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Oldog
Posted on Sunday, July 10, 2005 - 11:22 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

John:
It would be nice IF there was a tps zero mode,you could activate with out special gear.
It would be better if the efi unit could signal "ZERO" vs hoping that your vom is accurate

Wes:
What about the techno research software? were your issues dealt with?
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Mmmi_grad
Posted on Monday, July 11, 2005 - 12:57 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

really buy the techno software for 300 bucks and be free of the dealer
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Ryker77
Posted on Monday, July 11, 2005 - 10:20 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

or just buy a Mukuni carb --- which is what I did to my X1. Never again will I chase sensors and wires. Nor will I need some crap like powercommander to adjust air/fuel ratio.
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