its broke lol

[YokotaS13]

So my bike is broke,

I was comming back on base from lunch, mcdonalds, and i notice my throttle sticking, so i stop at the gate, show my id, and go on nmy merry way until all of a sudden, 10 ft from the gate, it dies. So i get off, look at the trottle cables etc, take off the air filter and what do i see. The throttle plate for the throttle body, has a shaft behind it just like a car, and some how, im missing about a 1/4 inch of it somewhere. No knocking etc in the engine or anything, so im hopping it went in and out. But tomorrow i have to order a new throttle body, adn take apart the heads to see if there is any damage.


and apaprently its commonplace with buells

Yet another american made item that breaks more than imports

[1439/2000]

So my bike is broke,

I was comming back on base from lunch, mcdonalds, and i notice my throttle sticking, so i stop at the gate, show my id, and go on nmy merry way until all of a sudden, 10 ft from the gate, it dies. So i get off, look at the trottle cables etc, take off the air filter and what do i see. The throttle plate for the throttle body, has a shaft behind it just like a car, and some how, im missing about a 1/4 inch of it somewhere. No knocking etc in the engine or anything, so im hopping it went in and out. But tomorrow i have to order a new throttle body, adn take apart the heads to see if there is any damage.


and apaprently its commonplace with buells

Yet another american made item that breaks more than imports


Time for another DSM. That never happened to your DSM did it????

I'm just kidding. Get it worked out and get back on the road.

[5thgcelica]

bummer man.

[HyPer50]

Just cause your bike broke, don't blame it on American products lmao.... I've never had a problem with my throttle body falling apart, and I'm pretty sure I dog the car more than you have your bike in the month you've had it = P

[Jimmy B]

i broke the welds on my intake though..

[wes_297]

that sucks, my bike is still in the shop. lol

[YokotaS13]

yeah, they are only like 150 or so so im gonna next day air one tomorrow. I found a place to get it s oi should be on the road by thursday at the latest, I am having the bike brought home tomorrow so i can dissasemble the heads and inspect them, should have it done and back together in 5-6 hours from what i see. If something is mesed up ill go ahead and replace it and if i can sell my PSP ill go ahead and get cams lol

[B16a2 Civic]

honda's never do that either Lol.

[HiPSI]

and get cams lol


that old harley pushrod motor should only have 1 cam ;).

[YokotaS13]

: shrug :
Whatever it takes right? Im still learning about this whole outdated pushrod stuff.

[YokotaS13]

on and i just ordered the updated one, 99 from a dealer in WI, should be here by the end of the week

edit, 2 weeks. so im gonna try and slip a cam in there too

[Tiff-O-Bitties]

dont buy american made products if you have a problem with them...

[YokotaS13]

its just a trend, every american made product ive had has problems, i dont really have a problem at all, its just discouraging, i was about to order a carbon fiber rear hugger, front fender and windscreen today, and that happened yesterday, i was mad lol

[Princess12]

Time to invest in a Kawai!

[YokotaS13]

or not, they dont have a v twin sportbike
and deff arent as sexy as this one

[Princess12]

Lol...I'm just biased I guess

[AznTraitor]

Time to invest in a Kawai!


I'd take a XB-12R over any KAWI any day of the week.


and the correct short name for Kawasaki is "KAWI"....I dont know where you got Kawai....even sounding it out sounds retarded "cah-wai"

[HiPSI]

I'd take a XB-12R over any KAWI any day of the week.


and the correct short name for Kawasaki is "KAWI"....I dont know where you got Kawai....even sounding it out sounds retarded "cah-wai"

xb12 is teh hot. but i still wouldn't mind a shiny new 636 under my x-mas tree :).

other than the 636 "kawai's" suck and are super uglified in their latest generations. ride red!

[YokotaS13]

bwahaha
http://www.akakraft.de/bilder/buell/buell_5.jpg
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http://nsd.dyndns.org/MC/zx6r.jpg

[AznTraitor]

xb12 is teh hot.


you are scaring me with this nerdy internet talk....

[AznTraitor]

ride red!


okay

http://www.jimshd.com/Rentals/Images/05_XB12R_R_red.jpg

[dazn]

shouldve bought a honda
j/k i ride a kawasaki anyways

and they dont a v twin sportbike, but they have the inline twin 650 now.
and i would definitely love to see a 636 under my tree too, or better yet a mv agusta

[AznTraitor]

shouldve bought a honda
j/k i ride a kawasaki anyways

and they dont a v twin sportbike, but they have the inline twin 650 now.
and i would definitely love to see a 636 under my tree too, or better yet a mv agusta


MV AUGUSTA! sheesh, you guys are making it look like bikers can't spell.

[YokotaS13]

all i know is i said the only sport bike i would ever own is a buell, and i stick to it. The are unsurpassed in handling and bang for the buck in all aspects. And hold their value rather well.
Besides, i drive all foreign cars, gotta help the country somehow

[AznTraitor]

all i know is i said the only sport bike i would ever own is a buell, and i stick to it. The are unsurpassed in handling and bang for the buck in all aspects. And hold their value rather well.
Besides, i drive all foreign cars, gotta help the country somehow


yeah, I never cared much for Buell when I first started riding, but their looks and short wheelbase grew rather quickly on me.

[YokotaS13]

yeppers, and the sound is just sex on wheels IMO. and girls love the vibration, or my wife does lol

[AznTraitor]

they are definately head turners.....when you are up in the mtns....it sounds like a crazy ass harley guy tearing up the mtns, and then out pops a Buell....kinda throws all the other bikers off....

[YokotaS13]

yep, there are so many reasons i can think to spend upwards of 5000 on a 98 buell than 3000 on a 98 anything