| Author | Message | ||
     Jc000 |
Whoo-hoo! Just hit 10,000 miles today. Well ok, the bike had just under 400 miles when I picked it up, but close enough! I have learned so much since having this bike. A lot of that has been through the help of you guys. Through the good and the bad you guys have been there. My M2 may piss me off, but I'll always love it dearly. Luckily with a great resource like BadWeb, I never feel any obstacle is too great. Looking forward to the next 10K! | ||
| Djkaplan |
The next 10k is probably when your stator will go out! | ||
| Zenfrogmaster |
Too true - my stator died at 19k. On the plus side, miles per gallon increased by over 10% once I hit 20k. Now at 40k and it's nicely broken in... | ||
| Unix |
damnn... what made me buy a Buell... stator died at 19K miles? what the hell is that supposed to be. Are all Harleys like this? makes me wonder when the legend will come to an end. My bike has over 20K miles... we'll see what happens next, recently it is having problems but i hope they're caused by leaky exhaust by the head. | ||
| Jc000 |
The next 10k is probably when your stator will go out! That's OK, still got over a year of warranty left on it! | ||
| Djkaplan |
"what the hell is that supposed to be." Forgive me, but I found your bemused statement hilarious. The stator is the part that makes electric current. It's behind the rotor/flywheel at the end of the crankshaft on the primary side. The rotor is internally lined with magnets and when it spins around the stator (a repeating series of copper windings in a circular pattern) the magnetic field from the magnets creates electrical current as it whizzes through the windings. It's been theorized that using non-specified GL-5 gear oil can lead to premature stator failure. I was using Mobil 1 75w90 gear oil at the time of my failure, but whether that actually caused it has not been confirmed... but the coincidence cannot be denied. Interesting aside... the stator used to be behind the clutch basket on old ironhead Sportsters... seems like an odd place for it. | ||
| Unix |
Djkaplan i know what a stator is  , my statement regarded the fact that most of you say it usually lasts 20,000 miles! why so little?? 20K is nothing on modern bikes, i understand a regulator could fail at this mileage, but a stator?.... jeeez. | ||
| Hedcase |
My stator failed at about 13,600. It was possibly caused by using Mobile 1 gear oil in the primary. I don't use gear oil in the primary any more. |
