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Mikej
Posted on Thursday, July 18, 2002 - 04:18 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Jespo,
Yes. No more tube frame production (unless they have something up their sleeves). What's built is it, when they're gone they're gone, after that it's Blasts and Firebolt variations (for now).
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Jespo_M2
Posted on Thursday, July 18, 2002 - 04:21 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Noooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!
So sad!

I think Buell is making a big mistake. I test rode a Firebolt and was not impressed with power. I'm definitely holding on to my OLD Buell.
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Anonymous
Posted on Thursday, July 18, 2002 - 04:24 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Hey Roderick, buy a new battery and check all elec. connections.
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Jespo_M2
Posted on Thursday, July 18, 2002 - 04:35 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Is any one going to the BRAG Poconos,PA weekend? I hope to meet a bunch of you out there.
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Xgecko
Posted on Thursday, July 18, 2002 - 04:35 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

I found this and thought it might be amusing...
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Psychobueller
Posted on Thursday, July 18, 2002 - 04:48 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Jespo,

I'll be there from Friday thru Sunday. Look forward to meeting some of you guys & gals out there.
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Mistaandypants
Posted on Thursday, July 18, 2002 - 05:05 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Help!!

I have a 2002 M2L Cyclone. I just came back from the beach and my headers and pipe are completely rusted. I've only had this bike 3 or 4 months and the pipes look like crap! I can't believe how much damage happened in a week. Lesson learned I'll never take my bike to the beach again. Is there anything I can do? will sanding polishing help? Any tips would be greatly appreciated. I take it in tomorrow for the 2500 mile maintainance. Maybe they can do something.
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Xgecko
Posted on Thursday, July 18, 2002 - 05:24 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Mothers will remove the Rust...I live at the beach use it and mine aren't rusty. There are coatings that you can have plated on for probably less than $100; here's one and here's another. On the first I've met a number of Ducati guy's that have used them and the results are sweet. I plan on sending them my header to them during one of my forced non riding periods (read as Cruise) next year
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José_Quiñones
Posted on Thursday, July 18, 2002 - 07:25 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Jespo_M2

DCBRAG will be there! Should be a lot of fun.

Roderick

Anonymoose is on the right track

You mentioned your red engine light comes on and goes away after passing 3.7k.

That sounds like the battery voltage is low and only reving it keeps the voltage above the level that causes the ECM to turn on the light (I don't remember what the trigger voltage is)

Either change the battery, or disconnect, clean and reconnect everything using dielectric grease and charge the battery and see if it will help.
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Dustykat
Posted on Thursday, July 18, 2002 - 07:32 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Xfudog....Look for a chaffed O2 sensor wire.

When I was on the Buell California tour mine chaffed because it was installed in a bad location. this casues the sensor to ground and tell the ECM to dump gas like a fire hose.

I would bet thats it.

Dustykat
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Jim_Sb
Posted on Thursday, July 18, 2002 - 07:35 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)


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Ahhh now I understand C.A.R.B. the people responsible for the SMOG getting worse instead of better in L.A.



Not sure what is meant by that remark. But the following quote is from the EPA:

Quote:

Today's passenger cars are capable of emitting 90 percent less carbon monoxide over their lifetimes than their uncontrolled counterparts of the 1960's. As a result, ambient carbon monoxide levels have dropped, despite large increases in the number of vehicles on the road and the number of miles they travel. With continued increases in vehicle travel projected, however, carbon monoxide levels will begin to climb again unless even more effective emission controls are employed.




The source is here.

Let's don't start an EPA bashing thread as those get awfully boring.

Have a nice day.

Jim in SB
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Roc
Posted on Thursday, July 18, 2002 - 08:07 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Jimmyc - If I were you I would go back to Latus and take them up on their offer to give you your money back. It is a sad state of affairs for current Buell owners, but if you shop around you could get basically the same bike for $2-3,500 less.

I would not do business with Latus. Every time my bike has gone in there it has come out with more problems. The employees don't have a nice thing to say about Buells.

If you are stuck in the deal I would have Mike Stegman, probably not spelled correctly, work on your bike. He works for them and knows what he is doing, it may cost a premium to have him work on your bike though.

You should check out Destinaiton HD in Portland. They are making an effort for Buell owners, started a BRAG club, and I have had much better luck with them.
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Roc
Posted on Thursday, July 18, 2002 - 08:16 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Can the plastic Buell fuel tanks be repaired? Cna they be welded of glued back togeather if they are punctured?
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Anonymous
Posted on Thursday, July 18, 2002 - 08:23 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Just a little note Smog in LA is now mostly caused by an increase in amonia(sp) which can be traced to catalitic(sp) converters. No matter how hard they try C.A.R.B. seems to make matters worse not better
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Jim_Sb
Posted on Thursday, July 18, 2002 - 08:48 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Anonymouse: Do you have a link to data? I would like to see it if you do. Here is some as well:

DivisionEmissions (tons/day, annual average)
Major CategoryTOGROGCONOxSOxPM10
Stationary Sources2568588362587137139
Fuel Combustion203433044785342
Waste Disposal1422223301
Cleaning And Surface Coatings4012850000
Petroleum Production And Marketing458168914553
Industrial Processes856945922894
Area-Wide Sources203274923099652076
Solvent Evaporation5615040000
Miscellaneous Processes147124423099652076
Mobile Sources18161672143942741161123
On-Road Motor Vehicles129611971163617671253
Other Mobile Sources519474275997414970
Natural Sources*1063840918080
Total California652230461747434413022418


Source is The 2002 CA Almanac of Emissions and Air Quality which can be found here.

Note that mobile sources stll produce substantial CO and NOx even though current technology has reduced CO emissions levels by more than 90%.

Jim in SB
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Mikej
Posted on Thursday, July 18, 2002 - 09:19 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

My primary argument I always come back to is "as long as the city/county/state/federally owned vehicles in California are exempt from EPA/CARB/BAR regulations and exempt from being required from having the SMOG equipment on their owned/leased vechiles, then they are hypocritical and their judgement and motives are suspect and flawed; also, as long as they are selling commercial SMOG credits from complying corporations to non-complying corporations, then I will assume they are in the clean air business for primarily monetary reasons, and clean air is secondary to their motives".

Fix the corruptions and double standards, then and only then will I be willing to consider that they might remotely have good intentions.

Have a nice day.
ps, the anony above isn't me, I spell catalytic with a "y". :)
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José_Quiñones
Posted on Thursday, July 18, 2002 - 09:20 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Roderick

Also check the grounding strap from the frame to the swingarm a little corrosion there will go a long way to cause electrical problems.

Also check that the exhaust is installed correctly and properly grounded. IF the pipe is not grounded, the 02 sensor is also not grounded and it won't work correctly.
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José_Quiñones
Posted on Thursday, July 18, 2002 - 09:55 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)



Want to read more? Click HERE

BUT PLEASE, BUY THIS MAGAZINE!
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José_Quiñones
Posted on Thursday, July 18, 2002 - 09:59 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

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José_Quiñones
Posted on Thursday, July 18, 2002 - 10:06 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

ok a Buell link



part 6 of CMG Online's adventures racing the Firebolt the Canadian THUNDER series can be read by clicking HERE
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Dynarider
Posted on Friday, July 19, 2002 - 01:45 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)


Quote:

Some of the gripes there are really petty too.




And to which problems are you referring to as petty?
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Blake
Posted on Friday, July 19, 2002 - 03:13 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Dyna,

There was an entry for "The Harley Shop" (local dealer in Longview, TX, not a Buell dealer though :() where a customer was actually griping about the shop calling him at home to advise that they forgot to return the wheel/axle spacers with the wheel on which they had just mounted and balanced his new tire and fitted new bearings. The shop called as soon as they noticed the loose spacers. He should have known to leave the spacers at home in the first place to avoid such a scenario.

Is that petty or what?
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Dynarider
Posted on Friday, July 19, 2002 - 03:52 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Actually thats just assinine. They shoulda thrown his spacers away for being a dumbass. People like that are a good reason to avoid inbreeding
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Leeaw
Posted on Friday, July 19, 2002 - 08:34 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Xgecko,

I would just warn you. I had my headers done by Jet Hot in their chrome finish, and although it looks good and holds the finish well down the pipes, it cannot withstand the heat right by the exhaust manifold, and has not only lost its sheen, but is showing slight rust-like accumulation. Not that I would not get it done again, and they warranty new parts for life, where mine is only 3 years.
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Anonymous
Posted on Friday, July 19, 2002 - 09:36 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Dudes: the answer to your header finish problems

ride on...
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Mikej
Posted on Friday, July 19, 2002 - 10:00 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Anony,
You forgot the Reynolds wrap (or the generic brand of your choice) to protect against overspray.
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Josh
Posted on Friday, July 19, 2002 - 10:00 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

The Jet-Hot on mine didn't look all that great on the bends when I got it. After a few months the upper section was grey (not chrome) and after a year looked terrible.

Did seem to cut down on the heat, but damn it's ugly.

Josh
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Dueller
Posted on Friday, July 19, 2002 - 12:26 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Anybody know of an aftermarket source for a dual headlight setup ala the XB9S...' thinking about doing it on my 97 M2 minimalist "beater" bike....not using a fairing. Thanks

jim
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Cmodtopgun
Posted on Friday, July 19, 2002 - 01:00 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

There are some pretty neat dual headlight setups in England. Either look in Fast Bikes, Performance Bikes, or see if you can get to www.demon-tweeks.co.uk.
Their catalog has naked bike dual setups, and some pretty neat generic dual light cafe faring setups that would work on a Buell
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Rattler
Posted on Friday, July 19, 2002 - 02:43 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

***Dale,
Like this one? I only searched on Wisconsin, there's probably more out there.***

Well, I haven't been doing my normal lurking for a couple days, so forgive the time in replying back.

Yeah, exactly...the price doesn't seem to out of hand on that either...would you all agree?

Court, I didn't know Aaron may sell his....ever since I picked up that RR1200 for Aaron originally, then sent it on to Jim, I've been dreaming of one of these bikes. Their isn't much really fancy about them, but I like their raw faired look. I did have an eye on one in West Virginia for awhile, but finances put that on hold then. I'd really like to score on a RR, but a RS would be cool too. Thanks folks!

Dale A.
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