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The bonding
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Author:  arge [ 15 Oct 2009 14:30 ]
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Arge here
Told you i'd be back,
X1 lightning year 2000 12600 miles ,,,Dooooeer just how a bike should be.
First day out 300 miles sheer bliss.
second day out clunk rattle and my regulator and bracket broke loose [fractured round engine bolt hole] bounced of my front wheel and poped my oil filter B,,tards
then my seat lock went west.
Then a brown envolope marked Lancashire police they had something of mine, I hadn't even noticed my tax disc missing.
Then after dooing about 900 miles total ,bombing along bout 85 drop it in to top,,,,
Crunch grind [very loud]so i coasted to a halt with clutch in.Ba,,ards again
put it back in neutral set of home cautiosly over the Trough of Bowland.
Didnt get to use top gear for a few days but all seemd ok
Then went out every thing fine stoped ,,,
Then no gears at all,van home again,,,Ba,,erds again.
Took chain case of and out falls two dogs from in side gearbox
next stop Preton HD [int van]
six weeks later and £787.46p lighter.
I still think its a stonking good bike and i'm not gonna get rid of it.
Arge.
Author:  Digger [ 15 Oct 2009 16:40 ]
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It really is time you introduced yourself to Maz ...... 8-)
Author:  Maz [ 15 Oct 2009 18:36 ]
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.....could've overhauled the gearbox whilst you waited for around half that much :roll:
Author:  arge [ 15 Oct 2009 19:01 ]
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Cheers Maz
Im not clever with computors even though i joined last month its taken me till last nite to get back through to you all. Yeah two cogs a selector fork and put on my new regulator mounting plate,3 weeks to get it in,3weeks to repair.and 2 bearings. I've always spannerd for my self, but you know what its like, i'd only had it a few weeks and it really was p,,,ing me off.
Arge
Thank you my dear wife for sorting out the bill.

ps I Love em both.
See you all soon.
Author:  Maz [ 15 Oct 2009 19:52 ]
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I keep all those parts in stock.

Hope they fitted the upgraded primary tensioner and detent plate at the same time ?

Loadsa issues that need sorting on a 2000 model......pop over for a brew/chat ;)
Author:  arge [ 16 Oct 2009 09:55 ]
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Thanks Maz
So where in Dunkfield are you,
i pressume you have a shop or workshop in Dunkfield,
if so when are you open. It's such a nice day pity to waste it, so im of out again,
TTFN
Arge
Author:  arge [ 16 Oct 2009 22:29 ]
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Just been browsing,and sussed where you are Maz, Told you im no good with computor thingys, Should be able to have a raz over next week some time, i will ring first.
Arge.
Author:  Maz [ 16 Oct 2009 22:51 ]
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8-)
Author:  Beef [ 16 Oct 2009 22:58 ]
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Remember Maz, be nice............to start with :!: :lol: ;)
Author:  Maz [ 16 Oct 2009 23:03 ]
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I always am....to start with :twisted:

.....anyway at least this bloke has a real Buell :yup:
Author:  arge [ 22 Oct 2009 09:58 ]
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As was sugested,
i went to see Maz.
The out come goes like this. Maz is a decent honest bloke and will inform you what is needed to make a Buell in to somthing more reliable.
Now you cant grumble at that can you. Maz is not a portraiar of doom, he is there just to make Buell life even more pleasant than it is already. And on that note i'm off to try and sus out where my next £1500 will come from.
Arge.
Author:  Digger [ 22 Oct 2009 10:19 ]
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Author:  THE FLYING DUCHMAN [ 22 Oct 2009 22:06 ]
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Quote:
Maz is not a portraiar of doom


:!:
Author:  Maz [ 22 Oct 2009 22:10 ]
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....no, just an experienced realist :idea:
Author:  THE FLYING DUCHMAN [ 23 Oct 2009 01:26 ]
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Maz wrote:
....no, just an experienced realist :idea:


I do not give a toss if it is a Tuber, XB, penny farthing with a supercharged 400 cubic inch engine or any other product for that matter. Tuber, XB what a bore :roll:. Old time religion.

It is a very well documented and proven fact that some of the early Buells had some serious reliability issues. That was noted in the buying market and was transfered, as it always is, to the newer version of the product.

I think a sorted early Buell is probably a great bike but I do not, then or now, have the luxury of someone who can sort them on my doorstep. It is enough of a problem to get my local HD dealer to give me the same size plugs and, given that it only has two to start with, is a real pain. I do a 140 mile round trip, to The Foundry, because they are the best I can find around here and that is just for an MOT.

I remember, VERY WELL, your comments the first time I came to this site. Cheese this, cheese that or cheese with cheese. You bought an XB "chuck-it in the river" your a moron for buying such a piece of shite. A great endorsement for the brand and only second to saying you get a free bought of "the clap" with your purchase.

I have always wondered why, given your hate of the XB range, you still spanner them. You do not have to. Do you. After all why would you soil your hands with such a poor "not a real Buell" bike.

Maybe, while you sit in your Ivory tower with you bikes and books, you might consider how much your comments have had an effect on those who have wanted to go with the brand.

Reality :?:. I dont do mail order :?:. Fair enough, Dude. Do as you wish its your life. Dont talk business, with people like me who do it, here though because you got about as much idea as "chop-ng cotton". Myself and family have been doing it for more than 60 years.

U-err Mr Grimly. Like I give a Fook.
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