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Peppwaves03
| Posted on Monday, September 03, 2007 - 07:04 pm: |
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nice bikes speedy! |
Shobe
| Posted on Monday, September 03, 2007 - 10:54 pm: |
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Damn Speedy, you're makin me jealous. |
Blackbelt
| Posted on Tuesday, September 04, 2007 - 11:44 am: |
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you guys have a fun safe ride this weekend. bring back lots of pics... and toledospeedy I think I can say this for everyone here.. you suck.. lol peace out ya'all |
Toledospeedyiii
| Posted on Tuesday, September 04, 2007 - 01:11 pm: |
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I'm going to ride the Daytona up to Ypsi tonite. Anybody goin? |
Shobe
| Posted on Wednesday, September 05, 2007 - 10:55 am: |
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Sorry I missed ya Speedy. School started last week and I stayed in for homework. Didn't see this till today. Hope y'all had a good time. |
Blackbelt
| Posted on Thursday, September 06, 2007 - 02:27 pm: |
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Hay Hardcorps... Give me a call one of these days I gots a question for ya |
D3r3k
| Posted on Friday, September 07, 2007 - 05:02 pm: |
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I dropped my bike of last Saturday because it's still having the same sputtering and engine light issues that it's had for almost 6 months now. 1. The bike was originally taken to American H-D in April with this issue, and after keeping the bike for almost two weeks they weren’t able to find a problem. 2. Derek’s first phone call to H-D: H-D told me to take the bike to Brighton H-D and they would help them troubleshoot the problem. 3. The tech at Brighton H-D reset my TPS and never bothered to contact H-D or look any further into the issue. Needless to say, resetting the TPS didn’t fix the problem. 4. July 28th: Derek schedules a service appointment with American H-D to resolve the same issue. First available appointment...September 1st. Good thing Michigan has such a long riding season. 5. Derek’s second phone call to H-D: Since the tech at Brighton H-D never contacted H-D as he was instructed, I’m stuck taking it to the dealership one more time before H-D sends out a tech. They say to keep my appointment with American H-D and they will make sure one of their techs contact them. 6. Derek’s first phone call from American H-D: they had two techs put over 100 miles on the bike and they couldn’t recreate the problem. They did get two “historic” codes from the bike which were the Engine Temp Sensor and the Oxygen Sensor, but apparently because they were historic codes there’s nothing they need to do to fix it. They tell me at that point that they’ll call H-D to talk to one of their techs. 7. Derek’s second phone call from American H-D: They talked to H-D and they were able to recreate the sputtering and engine light flashing. Also, after discovering those issues H-D told them to check the grounds at which point they found the following issues. First, my throttle cable was rubbing through my spark plug wire. Same issue American H-D “fixed” last year. Second, my idle cable is chaffing. Same issue Brighton H-D supposedly fixed about a month ago. Third, there was some issue with my battery cables. 8. Derek’s third phone call from American H-D: they are working to correct the issues above, and if those don’t work, they’ll check the fuel pressure and check to see if there’s and intake leak. LEMON! LEMON! LEMON! LEMON! LEMON! LEMON! LEMON! LEMON! LEMON! LEMON! LEMON! LEMON! LEMON! LEMON! LEMON! LEMON! LEMON! LEMON! LEMON! LEMON! LEMON! LEMON! LEMON! LEMON! LEMON! LEMON! LEMON! LEMON! LEMON! LEMON! LEMON! LEMON! LEMON! LEMON! LEMON! LEMON! LEMON! LEMON! LEMON! LEMON! LEMON! LEMON! LEMON! LEMON! LEMON! LEMON! LEMON! LEMON! LEMON! LEMON! LEMON! LEMON! LEMON! LEMON! LEMON! LEMON! LEMON! LEMON! LEMON! LEMON! IMPORTANT: Over the past week Fred at American H-D has called me multiple times to keep me up-to-date on the progress of my bike and their communications with H-D. This was very much appreciated. |
Peppwaves03
| Posted on Friday, September 07, 2007 - 07:37 pm: |
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jeez that stinks derek at least you get some hot photo shoots with the bike |
Xb12rdude
| Posted on Friday, September 07, 2007 - 08:07 pm: |
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I think your bike was getting used to hot chicks sitting on it all the time for pics, and just wants more of the same now that it's spoiled................Don't blame it a bit. :-) Oh yeah, sold the Buell and new toy arrives Sunday...... |
Peppwaves03
| Posted on Saturday, September 08, 2007 - 10:54 am: |
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XB12 whats the new toy? New Buell??? |
Xb12rdude
| Posted on Saturday, September 08, 2007 - 12:21 pm: |
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Unfortunately no, I want to let the 1125R get a year so of possible bugs worked out and then I'll probably go back. Until then I bought a bike made in the same country as the new Buell motor. hint, hint. Will be here tomorrow. |
Spiderman
| Posted on Saturday, September 08, 2007 - 02:19 pm: |
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Gotta super duke eh |
Xb12rdude
| Posted on Saturday, September 08, 2007 - 04:01 pm: |
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A little to easy for you Spidey :-) I'm glad your getting the new 1125R and learning about then Austrian made motors............just in case I need a mech. |
Shobe
| Posted on Saturday, September 08, 2007 - 04:33 pm: |
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Anyone heading up to Hooters to catch the fights tonight? Blew my back out playin golf today and think I'm not up for much more than sitting down and drinking beer. |
Spiderman
| Posted on Saturday, September 08, 2007 - 06:00 pm: |
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learning about then Austrian made motors c'mon! As soon as a touch a motor I assimilate all knowledge of said motor and can have it apart and together with no problem!
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D3r3k
| Posted on Saturday, September 08, 2007 - 07:28 pm: |
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Shobe, I'll be at Hooters tonight for the fight. |
Shobe
| Posted on Saturday, September 08, 2007 - 10:27 pm: |
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Damn, Sorry I missed your post Derek. My phone crapped out and I was on the phone with sprint for an hour. Probably be up there for the next one. |
Toledospeedyiii
| Posted on Sunday, September 09, 2007 - 12:57 am: |
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Dan, who bought ur bike? Superduke huh? Where'd you buy it? |
Xb12rdude
| Posted on Sunday, September 09, 2007 - 09:07 am: |
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Sold it on Ebay, got my new bike in Kalamazoo. I'll give you a buzz in the next week and we can hook up for a ride. |
Toledospeedyiii
| Posted on Sunday, September 09, 2007 - 01:03 pm: |
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Its kinda cool having a bike that you don't see very many of, isn't it? |
Xb12rdude
| Posted on Sunday, September 09, 2007 - 07:43 pm: |
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yes, but it's not cool trying to break it in without being able to ride wheelies on it until 600 miles. ARRRGGGG |
Blackbelt
| Posted on Monday, September 10, 2007 - 07:58 am: |
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Bring that bad boy to my club when you get it.. PLEASEEE!!! I wanna see it |
Toledospeedyiii
| Posted on Monday, September 10, 2007 - 04:33 pm: |
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Any word from the Dragon yet? |
D3r3k
| Posted on Monday, September 10, 2007 - 05:03 pm: |
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I talked to Brad today. I guess Don crashed twice, and Brad was on his way to meet him at the hospital. Brad thought it might be a broken rib. Not good. |
Blackbelt
| Posted on Monday, September 10, 2007 - 09:21 pm: |
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Oh God I jinx'd em.. sorry Don |
Spiderman
| Posted on Tuesday, September 11, 2007 - 12:11 pm: |
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updates.... |
Shobe
| Posted on Tuesday, September 11, 2007 - 12:16 pm: |
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That sucks. I hope he's ok. |
Xb12rdude
| Posted on Tuesday, September 11, 2007 - 04:40 pm: |
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Hope everything turns out okay, a broken rib isn't as bad as it could be for sure. I'll bet the Dragon supports the local hospital with year around business from all the stories I hear year after year. |
Xb12rdude
| Posted on Tuesday, September 11, 2007 - 09:42 pm: |
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Some vids of my new bike, hopefully they will be starring myself before long. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2XM77GST6GU http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mM22jEfcm1Y&mode=re lated&search= Enjoy |
Toledospeedyiii
| Posted on Wednesday, September 12, 2007 - 07:40 am: |
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Geesh Don, that sucks. Like I posted before, its just as mentally challenging as it is physically. You only have two options going into some of those curves: Make it or crash... Congrats on the new bike Dan...Want to take it to the track with me? |