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Easyrider
Posted on Saturday, December 15, 2012 - 07:49 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Here is a nice articel to keep an eye on Making a Buell S1 88 CI a reliable daily driver :

http://www.twinmotorcycles.nl/artikelen.asp?cid=18 &aid=246
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Stev0
Posted on Saturday, December 15, 2012 - 06:50 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

yeah I saw that on my facebook feed..

The main issue with 88" builds as a daily rider is that people get too carried away with the build...

ALWAYS keep in mind what you're going to be using the build for remember the old saying..

Cheap, fast, reliable ... pick any two..

(Message edited by stev0 on December 15, 2012)
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Eshardball
Posted on Tuesday, December 18, 2012 - 06:18 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

I beg to differ. Cheap and reliable never seem to go hand in hand. Cheap & fast, nope, not really. Fast cost money on the law of diminishing returns. Fast is good. Reliable, is good. Haven't found cheap yet. If you do find it, please send it my way. I could use it.
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Bgbrd
Posted on Tuesday, December 18, 2012 - 07:12 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

I do 3 kinds of work at my shop. Good Fast and Cheap.
If it's Good and cheap It won't be fast
If it's good and fast it won't be cheap.
If it's cheap and fast it won't be good.
Kind of like the above.
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Coxster
Posted on Tuesday, December 18, 2012 - 10:46 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

From our Maintenance engineer at work:
Cheap
Fast
Reliable

Pick two-
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Eshardball
Posted on Wednesday, December 19, 2012 - 05:52 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

In running facilities for over 2 decades I have found that "good things, not cheap. Cheap things, not good." . While my Buells were a bargain to obtain, keeping them in good working order requires some expense. I guess I shouldn't complain too much since keeping a Ducati on the road is not a cheap proposition either
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Onahog
Posted on Thursday, December 20, 2012 - 11:12 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Awesome article..Im just redoin an 84"
Same thing less the flywheels..
I found the same scoring on the piston skirts and have from previous expierience know that after these piston/cyl combos get wailed on the cases tend to go outa round and need to be rebored to allow for skirt clearance..We just cleaned .005 out to get proper cyl to case clearances again..Hb
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Buell_bert
Posted on Friday, December 21, 2012 - 06:11 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

This is from quite a few years ago and sits on my tool box.
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We do 3 types of jobs here:
Cheap, Quick and Good

You can choose any 2.

A Good job Quick- will not be Cheap
A Good job Cheap- will not be Quick
AND
A Cheap job Quick- will not be Good
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