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Doncasto
Posted on Friday, January 24, 2003 - 04:44 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Intake Seals:

Some number of years ago there was a "new improved" seal - a plastic flange with an "O" ring as I recall - that was supposed to replace the original metal flange/tapered ring. Is this what you are referring to, Josh?

Every time I tried to install the plastic part the flange deformed, the plastic gave way under the cap screws and they leaked. I just replace the tapered rings now on a semi-yearly basis.
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S2pengy
Posted on Friday, January 24, 2003 - 08:14 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

I have to put in my 2 cents on the saddlebags on the S2... As long as they are latched properly and checked (grab firmly and pull to open) I have not had a problem with 40,000 miles on each of the sets of bags I have.. Now the one came open in my great gravel slide but I think I can say that is an exception.... I thought Ferris once said that he felt overstuffing the bag was the reason it popped open... What you say Ferris?????
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Ferris
Posted on Friday, January 24, 2003 - 08:39 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Josh, my experiences with ANY Buells or parts thereon are circa-'99 and before -- i have no experience of value on any Buells or parts newer than that.

i still think the seals should be looked at annually, as the results of a leaker (which you will not discover until too late unless you take a proactive approach) will absolutely TRASH what was, up until a few nanoseconds ago, a perfectly functional engine.

FB
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Ferris
Posted on Friday, January 24, 2003 - 08:46 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Todd, yes, i packed the bags to their limit (and beyond) when it was necessary.

not trying to be negative, but i had nothing but trouble with mine, loaded or unloaded, and was overjoyed when i sold them.

the finish of the factory paint on them was very nice, for what it's worth.

FB
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Court
Posted on Saturday, January 25, 2003 - 08:08 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

>>>As long as they are latched properly and checked (grab firmly and pull to open) I have not had a problem with 40,000 miles

Ditto, 23,000 on that bike. I had two "expereinces", both were when I tried to stretch the bags.

Of course, the ones I had were before Buell ever "officially" made them, but they are essentially what later went into production.

Half my fairing lowers are black with numbers painted on them in lumber crayon. Somewhere I have a set of REAL lowers.

Court
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José_Quiñones
Posted on Saturday, January 25, 2003 - 10:39 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Don,

I started the S3 Files for fun but never really updated it. Hope some of the stuff in there is useful for you.
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José_Quiñones
Posted on Saturday, January 25, 2003 - 10:44 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

The X1 Files has a lot of this information already, particularly the recall and fuel injection information.
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Buellish
Posted on Sunday, January 26, 2003 - 10:57 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

This is one of the smartest things I have ever done to my Buell.
95' on the left w/stock sidestand,96' on the right w/Gilberts side plate and X1 sidestand
Gilberts S2 sideplate
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Henrik
Posted on Monday, January 27, 2003 - 01:40 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Buellish: are you running one of the recall shocks? Which one?

Henrik
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Firemanjim
Posted on Monday, January 27, 2003 - 04:25 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Thats a very interesting sideplate--who is making/modifying those?Is it a weld?
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Mikej
Posted on Monday, January 27, 2003 - 04:30 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

FMJ,
The info on the sideplates is archived here near the beginning of this thread. $250/$150 depending on which side you want. I think he said they were machined raw, not welded.
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Henrik
Posted on Tuesday, January 28, 2003 - 09:20 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Anyone know if these side plates could be powder coated to match the original?

Henrik
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Mikej
Posted on Tuesday, January 28, 2003 - 09:30 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Metal's metal, as long as they're not heat treated they should paint well. The problem would be the color match.

Side question: how would one remove powder coating? I've got a spare kickstand sideplate that's factory painted and was wondering how to remove the blueish paint if I ever wanted to use it.
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Buellish
Posted on Tuesday, January 28, 2003 - 10:25 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Henrik,I have the 2'nd recall shock.I called the original powder coater used by Buell.And they wanted the powder number,which I couldn't find.
But yes aluminum can be powder coated.

F.M.Jim,Mike J. is correct,the are machined.

Mike J.,my local powder coater uses paint remover
to take powder coat off aluminum.
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Bluzm2
Posted on Tuesday, January 28, 2003 - 11:37 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Mike,
MEK will remove powder coating quite nicely.
Don't as how I know (and by the way, don't look too closely at my front rim....)

Brad
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Mikej
Posted on Tuesday, January 28, 2003 - 12:28 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Note: MEK in a glass looks exactly like a glass of water, but smells nothing like said glass of water and the fumes will barely make it half-way up your nostrils when you fully realize this. Don't ask me how I know this. 30+ years ago and I still remember it, whew, clears your sinuses right up it does. Don't think I had to blow my nose for a week after that. ;)
Real good thing I wasn't thirsty that day.
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Court
Posted on Tuesday, January 28, 2003 - 01:40 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Isn't that MethylEthylKeotone?

I think it is a derivative of an old thing called "Boone's Farm".

Don't ask how I know.

Court
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Mikej
Posted on Tuesday, January 28, 2003 - 01:46 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

First sentence: one and the same.
Second sentence: not near the same.
Third sentence: No need to. :)
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Al_Lighton
Posted on Tuesday, January 28, 2003 - 03:31 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

If you use MEK, WEAR SAFETY GLASSES! True for all nasty chemicals really, but MEK is supposedly one of the worst.

That stuff will cause blindness in very short order if it gets in your eyes, I hear. I got a little bit in once, hurt like hell for a day, and I was under the eye wash in less than 5 seconds.
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S2pengy
Posted on Tuesday, January 28, 2003 - 08:48 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

MEK is suppose to effect liver and kidneys.. I some parts of the US on a business can purchase it because of health problems and EPA.....
I use a walnut shell blaster to remove powder coating.....
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Doncasto
Posted on Friday, May 23, 2003 - 11:31 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

S2 Conventional Wisdom Update


I have uploaded a improved and edited version of the "S2 Conventional Wisdom" piece to:
http://home.att.net/~castodon/S2ManualNotes1.html

Thanks to the many BWBers that contributed to my efforts. I am almost finished with the larger (now bloated to 1.5 GB) S2 Archive project. I will be sending out copies to those that contributed in the near future.

Thanks,

Don Casto

PS. - The S3 Conventional Wisdom remains as before:http://home.att.net/~castodon/S3ManualNotes.html It too, will be updated and edit in the near future - as soon as the S2 Archive is done.
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Court
Posted on Saturday, May 24, 2003 - 06:23 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Don:

GREAT JOB!

I finally had time to sit and read the entire thing the other day. No S2 owner (including yours truly) should be without it!

I had one or two comments I'll get off to you some time.

Good work and thanks for a very valuable contribution to Buelldom!

Court
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Doncasto
Posted on Monday, December 01, 2003 - 08:47 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Conventional Wisdom Updated!


I have just completed a dusting off, edit, and addition to the Conventional Wisdom pages. For those of you that have not visited them before, they are a collection of Tips, Repairs, Parts and Cautions that apply to most tube frame bikes. To date I have worked exclusively with the recently discontinued (Sob! . . . .SNIFF! . . . .WHAAAAAA!)T'Bolts, but have plans to build similar pages for S-1s, M-2s and then the FI tubers.

The pages can be found at:
S3 Conventional Wisdom Page
and . . .
S2 Conventional Wisdom Page}

edited by doncasto on December 02, 2003
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