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Danger_dave
Posted on Monday, August 13, 2007 - 05:41 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Busted my throttle body 4 weeks ago last friday.
Rode it to the dealer and they order a new warranty replacement pretty much right away.
4 weeks and 1 business day later - still no sign of the parts.

OK - I'm on an island in the middle of the pacific and do cut some slack because of it - but a month for the parts on a warranty job?
I'll get it out of my system on Badweb for now.
Grrrr. Done. Thanks.

But it seems the Harley system is not right.
Australian parts are distributed by Caterpillar Ind. and my first hand experience is - if anyone is listening - IT AIN'T WORKING.


(Message edited by danger_dave on August 13, 2007)
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Rotzaruck
Posted on Monday, August 13, 2007 - 07:17 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Well Good grief!!

That's the problem, I know they've got a gazillion legs, but they're SO SHORT!!!!
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Danger_dave
Posted on Monday, August 13, 2007 - 08:04 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

And my Uly is so tall!

Maybe I'll get a throttle body form an Earth mover. ; )
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Danger_dave
Posted on Monday, August 13, 2007 - 10:28 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Just got a call - left melbourne today - be in Auckland tomorrow.

Ain't it always the way - 4 hours after I have a spit it runs it's course anyway.
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Rotzaruck
Posted on Monday, August 13, 2007 - 10:40 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

See, your Mama told you not to procrastinate.
Maybe you could have got it two weeks ago if you'd just spoke up.

Never underestimate the mystical powers of the BadWeB
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Danger_dave
Posted on Monday, August 13, 2007 - 11:23 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

>>See, your Mama told you not to procrastinate. <<

I'll get onto it next week. Taaa.
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Mikej
Posted on Tuesday, August 14, 2007 - 08:43 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

It's on the way....
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Danger_dave
Posted on Tuesday, August 14, 2007 - 09:01 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

laughed out loud I did.
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Natexlh1000
Posted on Tuesday, August 14, 2007 - 11:56 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Great warrior you seek?

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Danger_dave
Posted on Tuesday, August 14, 2007 - 08:32 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Throttle body it is.
Thrill of riding do I seek.

But I'm more like the big hairy one.
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Toona
Posted on Tuesday, August 14, 2007 - 09:40 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

I'm still curious how one goes about busting a throttle body....
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Danger_dave
Posted on Tuesday, August 14, 2007 - 10:11 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

enhancing one's reputation.

The butterfly has come adrift from the shaft that holds it. Snapped off.
Amazing that it got me home and to the dealer.
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Toona
Posted on Wednesday, August 15, 2007 - 10:13 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Thanks for the explanation.

Is the butterfly just pressed on to the throttle shaft?
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Danger_dave
Posted on Wednesday, August 15, 2007 - 10:58 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Sorry - didn't look that closely - it was the shaft that was broken. a feww mm before the butterfly.
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Natexlh1000
Posted on Thursday, August 16, 2007 - 04:35 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

The throttlebody in my X1 broke like that but it took me 50,000 miles to do it.
Mine broke at a butterfly screw hole.
The new one has smaller screws and therefore more meat on the shaft.
This is the first time I heard of an XB failing in this way though.
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Danger_dave
Posted on Thursday, August 16, 2007 - 05:04 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

I understand it's the first one Auckland motorcycles had encountered too.
I suspect a oncer.
I ride it hard - but not on the throttle stop.....often.
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Glitch
Posted on Thursday, August 16, 2007 - 07:31 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Shat hippens
The (no longer used) bracket that braces the velocity stack on my bike has been broken for I don't know how long. The only thing that holds it now is the air box.
Butterfly flappers come off just because it's such a small piece.
This is the first time I've heard the shaft breaking though.
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