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Username: | Swampy |
Full Name: | Rob Latimer |
E-mail Address: | (Hidden) |
Last Logged In: | June 20, 2017 |
Registered: | January 30, 2003 |
Total Posts: | 5475 |
Status: | Helicon |
Home Page URL: | |
Birthday (Year) & Occupation: | 1958 I Owe My Soul to the Company Store |
City: | Lansing |
State/Province: | Michigan |
Country: | USA |
Personal Quote: | What??? Clints email:maxkrasher@yahoo.com |
Bike Model (Ex - M2, XB12Rr, S1W, P3): | 2 Blasts, 1 sportster, and a Ulysses finally! |
Model Year (Please enter full 4-digit year): | both 2001, 1991, 2008 |
Color: | Red and Yellow, orange flame job, Black |
V.I.N. (To aid in problem resolution. Will not be displayed or shared otherwise.) : | (Hidden) |
Servicing Dealership: | OK, I give! |
Performance Mods!: | Kerker pipe, rejet carb, crankcase breather reroute, Big Avons(just right) Super Bike bars |
Problems/Miles (Please be specific): | Yellow Blast: 3000, shift drum retaining bolt got loose. 3000,6000, 9000, 14000 rear tire is toast 5800 drive belt broke, WTF? Rock? 6000 or so rocker box gaskets. 10,000 Ignition module 13,000 Oil pump drive gear and oil pump. 21,00 The connecting rod big end bearing left for a better place. Then I got another engine from Ezblast. Multiple (too many to count) front engine isolators and "DO NOT REMOVE" bracket bolts. Red Blast: 3000 rear stock muffler mount broke 4000 rear tire on its way out Multiple front isolators and "DO NOT REMOVE" bracket bolts. 08 Uly, what a tremendous bike, but for the lean fuel map at the lower RPMs. |
Other Mods/Misc/Customization.: | Fresh paint out of a can! Tail clipped, Bark Busters, bigger tires, they run great. |
Favorite Rides (Roads and Routes): | M55 Cadillac to Manistee, then from M110 to M22 north to the BIG Bridge. M119 north of Petoskey. M66 south of Charlivoix in the Jordan River Valley. M 26 in Keweenaw Pennisula. M35 K.I. Sawyer AFB to Gwinn North to Palmer, west on the county road that goes around the mine perimiter to National Mine through Ishpeming. Come see. |
Why I do/don't ride a Buell: | Cheap, simple, very cool, not to many people know what they are. |
How can Buell improve their motorcycles?: | Responsibility. Different bars, a racier version Blast, different body work. And a FRICKEN dealer near by, PLEASE!!!!Howbout just online parts? |
Life History/Philosophy: | Old man, midlife crisis, used to be able to do everything. I love this place. Life is good, cherish it and the people who make it that way. Don't be afraid to make a decision. |
Top speed on 2 wheels (mph): | 95+ on the Blast...Check it out!! 120 or so I guess |
Preferred engine oil (brand/grade): | Castrol 20-50 synthetic and lots of changing. |
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