just_some_dude

This story is unfortunate' date=' and I don't mean to shadow the loss of life.. but who in their right mind grabs a police officer from behind?[/quote']

Said he was off duty. Maybe he wasn't in full gear and just referring to him as officer?

Well with the heavy rain we just we can see if my seals are as bad as I think they are. Bike just sat in the heavy rain. Hopefully I can ride it. Soon will know

There are a few sites against helmets with their arguments as to why they are bad... here is one: http://www.bikersrights.com/helmets.html

Not saying I agree or disagree, but there ya go.

Anyone have one? Looking to replace today or in the next couple days. Otherwise I am hitting up eBay.

... or plastic weld it... need to get plastic welder, though.

What happened at 48 secs?

What do you think it is?

It was definitely water in the tank. It was a really heavy rain and my bike was basically sitting directly under a waterfall of rain coming off the slanted roof.

I drained the tank and it started without issue. As I was draining, you could tell there was a lot of water in there. Looked like water was coming out, not gas.

Bike would idle all day long, the moment I barely touched the throttle the bike would cut out.

The bike is beyond easy to work on.

I can get a Blast for $500, upgrade everything on it, and still be cheaper than a used 'fast bike'.

People have done it successfully before me and are still doing it, so I would imagine it can be done.

I have done some significant troubleshooting on this carb, even sent it out to another person to test on their bike. It is just annoying to deal with.

Ideally, I will just do EFI, but have to find a throttle body that works. In the mean time, can use another carb to suffice.

If you really want to know how much troubleshooting we have done, check out here: http://buellridersonline.com/forum/trouble-shooting/6384-fuel-spray-carb.html

Looking for a Keihin CV Carb, looking for 40mm or above. Mine spits fuel out and it is getting annoying.

Thanks.

I can understand that, but still sounds amazingly shady to me. Seems like they take advantage of people.

Just seems like a shady scam, can't get the bad taste out of my mouth.

I would think giving my money and sitting in line to race would be enough to say "Hey, I plan on racing today!"

This Sunday I left my bike in some heavy rain in Mt Vernon area. Went to start the bike after the rain and all it would do is idle *facepalm. Water must have gotten into the tank. Left it there and jumped in the car with my wife to drive back to Columbus. It is so lonely up there.

I am going to drain the tank when I get up there and put some fresh gas in. Bike is so lonely, though... and so am I

Looking for a single cylinder throttle body. This one may work. Have one?

hi.

Little pink baby Robin: "My mother is starving me to death, fml."

Really just need the blue needle and tube, but would be open to buying the entire kit. Do you have it?

Looks promising, been there? Besides the state park anything else in the area?

I've been there. Was awesome. It has been probably over 10 years since I was last there, but it is by far more pleasing to look at than Niagara falls. If you want to see a gigantic waterfall with a lot of water and spend about 10 mins looking at it, go to Niagara. If you want a calm and simply very pleasing to the eye location where you can walk and have fun, Letchworth State Park.

At the time we could walk down to the water, climb up rocks, look over cliffs. Really cool.

It has been so long since I hit that location up, I'll have to hit up my Grandmother who I used to visit and she took me to all these different places. She probably has a few suggestions. I just forgot the names of everything.

i'll send her a message and get back to you soon.

Type in Letchworth State Park in Google and then look at images. Also, Letchworth is not too far from Niagara, so you could probably make a day ride to Niagara and come back without having to pay for hotels fees in that area. Also, unless you have passports, you are pretty limited to what you can see in Niagara.

Letchworth State Park is a cool one. Not popular, and in my opinion, blows Niagara away. ... if you are looking for waterfalls. I think in that general area there are a lot of state parks to check out.

http://nysparks.com/parks/79/details.aspx

Also have a Matte Black Bell Star Helmet new in box. Don't even think I pulled it out of the box? Maybe to look at it. I believe it is 2011 model.

Willing to trade for things too.

I have a few things laying around.

I have a Harley XL/Buell XB rear head in like new condition. Doesn't even look like it was used. Does have a couple fins that are broken. Nothing major, just some corners.

I have used XB Rear Cams.

I have used Blast Cams.

I have used valves for XB/XL head.

Have used rockers and rocker box for Buell/Harley XB/XL head.

Have a beat up V&H muffler that could use a few welds.

I have a used Blast piston.

I have random Blast parts.

Have used XB/XL/Blast lifters.

Just make an offer. I can provide pics.

I love when people come flying up the merge lanes. I usually keep gaps in there for them to get in. Doesn't make the people behind me happy though . I'd rather the people moving faster in front. Don't know why people want traffic to go slower?! especially when it is below speed limit.

I agree with you, but here is where I am coming from... he already has a air/fuel mixture problem and doesn't want to spend a bunch of money attempting to fix it right now (completely fix it). He could at least put in larger jets than he has now to run a touch richer to maybe compensate for the increased air.

I don't know the bike, so I'll shut my mouth. That is just where I was coming from...

Why do you need a full jet kit, though? The guy stated people have done this in the past. I would think someone out there would have an idea with the mod he did what jetting he could be at.

Well this one is carb'd so no electronic mapping etc. I would just need a jet kit but thats a pricey install and I'm not sure I'm really up for the challenge of a self install on that yet!

Pricey? How hard is it to rejet your carb on the Ducati? I guess I don't know the bike that well, but rejetting is usually pretty cheap, easy, and totally DIY. What 15-20 bucks for jets after shipping at most?

Am I wrong?