| Author | Message | ||
     Sportyeric |
Screws evacced. Then lower belt guard, into the hugger to rub against the belt until the belt melted enough to break. Pouring rain. no cell phone coverage. 150 miles from home. Bad day. Friends came through. Through a hail storm. New belt on. Lesson learned about checking fasteners before a major ride. (re-inforced by header nut evac later in trip.) Now need replacement lower belt guard. | ||
| Ratbuell |
Wow, wish I had a guard for you. Tip for a quick fastener check - I put, on all my critical fasteners, a dab of touchup paint. I also dab whatever the fastener is fastening. That way I have a quick visual check of "do the dots line up", on my fork clamps, my caliper bolts, my bodywork bolts, my handlebars, my axles and adjusters, my header nuts, my exhaust clamps, my rear shock adjustments....you get the idea. I use an old maroon paint - visible enough without shouting HEY I'M HERE, and generally contrasts with just about every surface on the bike. | ||
| Brother_in_buells |
Maybe is this a option!? http://www.airtech-streamlining.com/buell/buells2. htm | ||
| Sportyeric |
The lower part of the thing survived the incident but didn't survive my annoyance. I guess theoretically I could remold some fibreglass to repair it but now I'll have to ride a few hundred miles to retrieve it out of the bushes I threw it in. The Airtech ones won't match the green carbon fibre so that would be a very last solution, but thanks for the idea. |
