| Author | Message | ||
     Jmoe515 |
The bike Buell should of built. XB top end, 1125CR pulley, super bike bars, shortened tail section and Y frames just to name a few mods. (Message edited by jmoe515 on February 07, 2014) | ||
| Jmoe515 |
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| Ezblast |
Heavy! | ||
| Blueblast |
 EZ said it well! | ||
| Gearheaderiko |
I like the air box! How did you affix the CR pulley? I had no idea it was that big! I think EBR has built the Blast that should have been built!  Yeah, the original Blast could have been so much more, very easily and I know Erik knew it. I think that's why he was a little embarrassed by it. Yep, so much more with very little effort, but still a great starter bike. Man, the money that would have saved me!!!' | ||
| Gearheaderiko |
Yep, nice job Jmoe! Still looks "stock", but better! | ||
| Jmoe515 |
I drilled and tapped the wheel and bolted on a 1/2" disc of aluminum. Attached the pulley to the aluminum disc with 7/8 x 5/16 stand offs and shoulder bolts. It took a lot of time, plywood mock ups and computer generated templates. It's by far my favorite piece on the bike. Looks 100 times better than the stock stamped steel monstrosity. | ||
| Rex |
Hi Rex Good to hear from you again. We are still in pre-production but hoping to 'open shop' in a few months time. If you'd like to take a look at our facebook page, https://www.facebook.com/MacMotorcycles you'll see the latest photos of the Spud from our visit to Autosport last month. We have not agreed prices yet, so any feedback you all might have on what you'd expect to pay would be most welcome. Looking forward to hearing from you. Kindest regards Claire Harrison aka. 'she who must be obeyed!' Mac Motorcycles Worcester England Join us on Facebook and don't forget to 'like' our page to keep up to date on what's happening and share your views. info@mac-motorcycles.com www.mac-motorcycles.com | ||
| Ezblast |
Dear Ed , those of you e-mailing Mac HQ recently may have noticed that we have a new Glamorous Assistant called Claire. Claire takes over from Tracey and has already been nicked-named 'she who must be obeyed', a reference to Rider Haggard's popular and influential novel called 'She' which follows the journey of Horace Holly to a lost kingdom in Africa where he encounters a mysterious white queen called 'Ayesha', who reigns as the all-powerful 'She' or 'She who must be obeyed', you get the idea! Claire's father owned an engineering company for many years, making parts for Rolls-Royce, Jaguar and aerospace companies. Later in life, George Harrison (yes really) became a leading authority on the design and production of collimators (you'll have to look that up to find out) so Claire is used to hanging around oily workshops, full of men in overalls. As if that wasn't enough, Claire is a published children's author, a respected breeder of Cocker Spaniels (so there's dogs at every meeting now) and the proud owner of an allotment which we'll be raiding for the Mac kitchen next year. Please drop Claire a line to help her get her feet under the table here. News from the workshop starts with another apology, that we're taking so bloody long to get these motorbikes into production. 'Craig the CAD' has finished the drawings, 'Chris the Spark' is well on with the design of the new wiring-harness and specifying its associated components, of which a speedo has proven the most problematic. Our tests to-date have led us to consider switching to a German instruments' manufacturer. Also from the testing we've done, the frame has changed a little to help the oil flow better and we'll be able to offer traditional spoked wheels and rims, alongside the ludicrously expensive 'PVM' race-weight wheels. The tank has got a bit more voluptuous (the way we like our ladies round here) and now holds 11 litres, rather than a measly 9. With the help of Birchill's, we've figured-out a high-level exhaust with a cat' and DB killer to keep the bureaucrats happy. One thing that is eluding us is a reliable supplier of suitable forks, all suggestions welcome. As always, we've had lots of help and support from our fans, too numerous to mention here but you know who you are and we wouldn't have got this far without you - a big thank-you from the chaps at Mac, you've been ace. All-in-all, "we're working our nuts off" (as the downtrodden British workforce would say to management) to be in batch-production in the New Year. 'SWMBO' is going to hustle the 'Chin Wag' and 'Facebook' pages into life, so keep twitching your 'send' button with stories for us to post. We'll do our bit with more frequent posts of our progress, we promise. If you don't want to get any more of these from us, just let us know and we'll honour your request, no questions asked. Difficult questions about our motorcycles, vegetables, dogs or collimators to ; Claire Harrison aka. 'she who must be obeyed' Mac Motorcycles Worcester England info@mac-motorcycles.com <http://www.mac-motorcycles.com/> www.mac-motorcycles.com | ||
| Willy_j |
Greetings all. Got a new super boot and a service manual. Took the carb off. Tried to take the float bowl off but the Allen bolts are froze. Could only get one loose. Stripped the other three. Going to take it to the Bridgeport tomorrow. Going to cut grooves in the frozen ones and make a matching piece of steel to fit the grooves I cut. I'm confident it will work. Also ordered a V&H exhaust today. Bike only has 2050 miles on it. | ||
| Ezblast |
V&H - a waste of money - sigh - Welcome! EZ | ||
| Gearheaderiko |
Well, given that the V&H is a better performer than the stock head pipe, modified stock exhaust, D&D, Pro Series and is the lowest cost, still with the desired diameter head pipe and not much different than the White Brothers or Jardine, I'd hardly call it a waste of money. Maybe not the best aftermarket exhaust, but hardly approaching the worst. I think it's time you stop beating that dead horse and concede its a viable option for an exhaust. Not everybody is going to put the most expensive exhaust on a budget motorcycle, in hopes of the marginal improvement above the V&H it might offer. After they install the silencer, I doubt it's any better. | ||
| Kenny_gilgore |
Amen KennyG | ||
| Willy_j |
Silencer? Not me! My other bike is a '49 Panhead chopper with wide open shorty goose neck pipes. Loud as hell! How loud can the Blast be? I really don't care. No, I'm not going to be racing my Blast. It will be my commuter bike. I don't give a damn about the little I might get by spending another $100 to $150 on the Jardine exhaust. Got the carb apart today and cleaned it out. Took the jets out and put them in the ultrasonic cleaner with a mild acid solution and a 99% alcohol rinse. They are squeaky clean. They were filthy. The gas in the float bowl smelled like turpentine. | ||
| Vicenzajay |
Speaking of loud - you might be surprised once you get the V&H pipe on there. Granted, my 2000 Blast had the V&H already installed when I got it last year, and it looks to have been on there a LONG time - so it probably is equivalent to a straight, open pipe at this point. It is LOUD. It is the bike about which I worry that I'm going to piss off the neighbors. :-) My other bike is a newer (2013) XL1200C sporty. I do have an aftermarket set of slipons installed and an improved air cleaner - but even with that it is fairly mild mannered....and sounds like a Cadillac compared to the Blast. Your open shorty pipes will, of course, probably be louder than your Blast with the V&H installed. I'm willing to bet, though, that you're going to be surprised with how loud the bike is regardless. :-) | ||
| Willy_j |
Got the Blast running today. Did not run good at all. Very rich. Will be checking float and needle valve. Did not disassemble that when I had it apart as I was at work and short on time. Jets are 175/45. Currently no intake filter and stock exhaust. Exhaust pipe at one time was cut off at the muffler and ran wide open. When I bought it the muffler had been welded back on and pipe wrapped with heat tape. | ||
| Ezblast |
No - I will not - why? - because then people do other performance mods with it, then complain when they don't get results - the bends are too hard on that header and restrict performance. I have one sitting here now and by all the rest of the headers the bends are much harder - something a cruiser would have, not a performance bike's exhaust. Sure you get a few more ponies, but at the same time you are creating a unneeded performance ceiling - a D&D does a better job and it has a smaller header - that should tell you something. EZ | ||
| Willy_j |
I just want it to run reliably. It needs a new exhaust. Bought the V&H. That's what I'm putting on it. Ezblast. Tell me this. Is it an economical and functional exhaust? If so, I got what I wanted. | ||
| Gearheaderiko |
Okay: 1st: what exhausts are currently available for the Blast? 2nd: there isn't any way the D&D is going to perform better above 6500rpms with B70 or XB cams than a V&H. Headpipe is too small in the D&D. Most people aren't going to do much more than throw on an exhaust on the Blast. For many it's just a starter bike and that's how it will stay. The V&H performs on a budget. There's a reason why the Blast had a small exhaust market: they don't sell and price is king. The V&H, properly packed, is not that loud. To compare it to a v-twin Harley is ludicrous. Like a 'packed' muffler, the packing eventually blows out and severe muffler deterioration follows. You must also remember that the Blast exhaust is right below your ears-anything other than stock is going to seem loud. Given the choice of only 3 exhausts, the V&H is a good budget conscious choice. It also has the desired large diameter headpipe. The D&D is a performance dead end. The Jardine is expensive. Only a small percentage is going to install a custom exhaust, even smaller number will actually fabricate a better performance exhaust. You can buy just a Jardine head pipe, but you still have to put the rest together. I've run 7 different exhausts and ridden a D&D equipped Blast. To beat down the only exhaust available to most is disheartening, counterproductive, insulting and pointless. It's one of those things that just helps push people to buying a different motorcycle. Only an extreme few will put the time and money into the Blast that "we" have (and those of us know who "we" are!! Lol!).  | ||
| Gearheaderiko |
Yes, the V&H is an economical and functional exhaust. | ||
| Ezblast |
Yes - I can answer this - yes. Erik - may not have noticed but that whole other forum is full of extreme Blast owners - lol - where custom exhausts, big bore kits, custom ignitions, and FI Blasts dominate - EZ | ||
| Kenny_gilgore |
Erik, The key to me installing a V&H Exhaust was that Dan Whaley, aka Thumpe, has a V&H Exhaust installed on his highly modified Blast. I have also installed Dan's Air Intake System. I have changed to Pirelli Diablo tires and I am now installing the Judder Spring Seat and Judder Spring and the Clutch Lever so that my old hands can use the clutch without spinning the wheel. (Incidentally Service Bulletin B-101 for making the modifications to the clutch has the incorrect Part Number listed for the Retaining Ring. Since Harley makes no mistakes the same Part Number is also in the Parts Manual as of February 2014. Anyone contemplating making the modification should substitute Part Number 37908-90 for the listed part in the Service Bulletin which is Part Number 37909-90. And the correct Part Number 37908-90 is $10.00 cheaper.) I have modified the low seat to raise my butt up high enough to get my feet off and on the pegs. I will probably make a few additional cosmetic changes and then I am finished with the work. I bought this thing to ride, not to work on it every day of the week. Kenny G | ||
| Willy_j |
I just want my Blast to run reliably. That's why I came to this forum. So I can get the input needed to get it up and running reliably. I have no need to dump money into it for a few extra horses. I'm not going to race it. The majority of my money for a custom bike will be going into my 1949 Panhead. Last summer it munched both camshaft bushings. I spent $1200.00 just to restore the cases. Now I need the parts to build a complete bottom end. Flywheel, rods, cam. The works. This might run as much as 3K to complete. The Blast was too good of a deal for me to pass up on. I thank everyone here for their help with my Blast. | ||
| Gearheaderiko |
Yes, but the majority of Blast owners are not Blastoholics. Again, 3 Blast exhausts are available. Anything else is custom. Telling a budget minded or short term Blast owner they just bought junk is rude, thoughtless and wrong. Information is great, just make it factual. While my posts tend to be long winded, I want the reader to be informed. I know the difference between dead end mods and open ended. I also may or may not mechanically know more than the average Blast owner. I also dont know what their long term goal is. So I try not to treat people like mechanical retards or conversely, like Erik Buells' grandson. *And while I greatly appreciate the work Jet-Lee (and you) have done to keep B.R.O. alive and flourishing, I've also read some real bonehead stuff on there. It is a great site though and, as you said, full of people doing some excellent Blast things. Of course YouTube makes BRO look like the mechanical heritage think tank, LOL!. | ||
| Gearheaderiko |
Good luck on the PanHead Willy J. My now deceased room mate had a 59, which he seemed to be constantly working on. Of course he was the one person I could go riding with on my Shovelhead (AKA: ShovelPan) that was sure to break down (or lose parts) before I would! RIP HuggyBear | ||
| Willy_j |
Thank you Gearheaderiko! Some different spark plugs have been suggested in various places here. Any suggestions? | ||
| Gearheaderiko |
I like the iridium DENSOs recommended here. They are top of the line. I used to like NGKs, but in recent years they've proved worthless. Tried the screaming Eagles too, but went back to the Denso's. I now use them in everything I don't still have Splitfires for. | ||
| Willy_j |
iridium DENSO. OK. Do you have a number or can I cross reference? | ||
| Willy_j |
Going with the IXU24 | ||
| Willy_j |
No one in Minnesota sells Denso spark plugs!! Going with the NGK iridium DCPR8EIX. |
