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Author:  Trevtatler [ 22 Feb 2016 22:53 ]
Post subject:  My new firebolt
Picked my 2014 bolt up a week ago, done a few hundred miles and this is what I think.

Lumpy round town and at low revs, bit Snatchy on the throttle
Build quality average and some of the plastics getting snappy
Pulls like a train
Handles like its on rails
Thinking about a steering damper
Full service ASAP.
Oddly comfortable. I'm 5'7 and it fits like a glove.
Lights are shit. Ordered new ones from Harley Chesterfield.


What else can/should I do to it?
Author:  Trevtatler [ 22 Feb 2016 22:54 ]
Post subject:  Re: My new firebolt
Sorry, 2004 bolt
Author:  03 [ 22 Feb 2016 23:11 ]
Post subject:  Re: My new firebolt
Next time you order from a dealer, try Riders in Bristol, you get a decent discount there. Every little helps.....
Author:  jeznewsome [ 22 Feb 2016 23:14 ]
Post subject:  Re: My new firebolt
Fit a Free Spirits belt tensioner to help the belt, wheel and output shaft bearings, fit a grease port to the output shaft (Maz Nipple Mod).
Author:  Trevtatler [ 22 Feb 2016 23:25 ]
Post subject:  Re: My new firebolt
Looking at the mod. Got a tensioner on it. Not sure what type. How do I find out?
Author:  rik [ 22 Feb 2016 23:55 ]
Post subject:  Re: My new firebolt
Trevtatler wrote:
Looking at the mod. Got a tensioner on it. Not sure what type. How do I find out?

Standard one is fixed. Free Spirits one is sprung.
Author:  pash [ 23 Feb 2016 13:09 ]
Post subject:  Re: My new firebolt
Trevtatler wrote:
Handles like its on rails
Thinking about a steering damper

:?
Author:  coco [ 23 Feb 2016 16:39 ]
Post subject:  Re: My new firebolt
oxymoron is it pash?
Author:  onanist [ 23 Feb 2016 16:45 ]
Post subject:  Re: My new firebolt
Trevtatler wrote:
Picked my 2014 bolt up a week ago, done a few hundred miles......

What else can/should I do to it?


Pin the throttle and rag the shit out of it :yup:
Author:  Ymale [ 23 Feb 2016 18:00 ]
Post subject:  Re: My new firebolt
onanist wrote:
Trevtatler wrote:
Picked my 2014 bolt up a week ago, done a few hundred miles......

What else can/should I do to it?


Pin the throttle and rag the shit out of it :yup:



lOl lOl
Author:  DrBuella [ 23 Feb 2016 20:45 ]
Post subject:  Re: My new firebolt
onanist wrote:
Trevtatler wrote:
Picked my 2014 bolt up a week ago, done a few hundred miles......

What else can/should I do to it?


Pin the throttle and rag the shit out of it :yup:






and check the oil drive pinion gear :ill:
Author:  Trevtatler [ 24 Feb 2016 00:26 ]
Post subject:  Re: My new firebolt
Was wondering if it was worth fitting one Pash? Seen a few with dampers on, not had one on any of my other bikes though.
Author:  03 [ 24 Feb 2016 08:36 ]
Post subject:  Re: My new firebolt
Trevtatler wrote:
Was wondering if it was worth fitting one Pash? Seen a few with dampers on, not had one on any of my other bikes though.

What do you wish to acheive by bolting a damper on? If you think it'll look cool, go right ahead. What it will actually do is slow down the steering and remove some of the feeling that you get from the front end of the bike, it'll also add useless weight. Buells have never really been known to need any calmingdown in the steering dept.
Author:  birdy [ 24 Feb 2016 08:57 ]
Post subject:  Re: My new firebolt
I've done a few trackdays on a xb12r, been to the edge of the tyres, flat out down straights etc and it never shook it's head once. Tyre pressures need to be right for the ride and rider though.....
Author:  pash [ 24 Feb 2016 08:58 ]
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