Calling FT BSTRD!

[marko138]

Originally Posted by Amber Lamps

Oh so DDM is a bunch of "goons" but Buell gets a pass?....

Ugh, yeah asshole.

[Trip]

Originally Posted by Amber Lamps

Oh so DDM is a bunch of "goons" but Buell gets a pass?....

It's not as much fun making fun of the dead as when it was alive.

[Cutty72]

Originally Posted by Dnyce

clutch cover "went out" ?

wtf?

There are some O-rings in the secondary clutch actuator that didn't hold real well on the 08's. apparently I am a god getting mine to last to 9400 miles.

Originally Posted by tommymac

I am wondering if I should just order the stuff ahead of time so I can do the swap when/if it happens. Minimize the bikes downtime.

Your's may be under warranty when they go out, then it would be covered.

Originally Posted by Amber Lamps

Oh so DDM is a bunch of "goons" but Buell gets a pass?....

You can actually talk to a person at Buell and try to get resolution to the prob, not so much the case at DDM.

[marko138]

Originally Posted by Cutty72

There are some O-rings in the secondary clutch actuator that didn't hold real well on the 08's. apparently I am a god getting mine to last to 9400 miles.




Your's may be under warranty when they go out, then it would be covered.



You can actually talk to a person at Buell and try to get resolution to the prob, not so much the case at DDM.

Wasn't that a recall?

[Cutty72]

Originally Posted by marko138

Wasn't that a recall?

Should be, as I believe that 95% or more of the 08's have had it done, and quite a few of the 09's as well.
Maybe that's why Buell never did a recall, they figured all the bad ones got replaced with upgraded parts under warranty anyway.

Sadly, that is not the case with mine.

Did finally convince the dealer to cover the cost of parts. This way I can throw it back at them if they don't do it right. Also, not going to be around this weekend to work on it anyway, so probably about the same timeline to get it back (I hope).

Gotta give a huge thanks to FT BSTRD and the guys at Bumpus. I had emails and the info I needed right away this morning. That should at least get me the right parts.
Will be ordering all my parts from them going forward!

[dReWpY]

did u buy that bike from bumpus???

i am lucky, mine has not started that and has been mostly problem free

[tommymac]

Originally Posted by drewpy

did u buy that bike from bumpus???

i am lucky, mine has not started that and has been mostly problem free

Guess youre that 5% of the lucky ones then. I am only up to about 1k miles so far but no problems yet.

[dReWpY]

Originally Posted by tommymac

Guess youre that 5% of the lucky ones then. I am only up to about 1k miles so far but no problems yet.

i am at like 2k and its been a good bike so far the only thing i have noticed was a lil bit of specks of something in the speedo, i cant figure it out

[tommymac]

Originally Posted by drewpy

i am at like 2k and its been a good bike so far the only thing i have noticed was a lil bit of specks of something in the speedo, i cant figure it out

What sort of specks are you seeing. I am still reading the damn manual to set the speedo how I want it

[Cutty72]

Originally Posted by drewpy

did u buy that bike from bumpus???

i am lucky, mine has not started that and has been mostly problem free

No, I just knew that Fatty worked at a Buell friendly dealership, so I went to him for answers on part numbers.
Emailed him last night at about 10:30, he had a response with correct part numbers, prices, and availability to me by 10 AM today.

Used that to my advantage. If my dealership hadn't agreed to cover like they did, I would have just ordered from Bumpus and done it myself.

Originally Posted by tommymac

Guess youre that 5% of the lucky ones then. I am only up to about 1k miles so far but no problems yet.

Yeah, it really varied. Mine hit 9400 before it let loose. I noticed last year before I left a slight weep, dealer couldn't see it when I brought it in. (stupid me washed it before bringing it in, didn't want the brake fluid to ruin paint on cover) So they didn't do anything at the time.

My advice, watch the weep hole closely, if you see any fluid, have the dealer do the fix while it's under warranty.

FYI Bumpus does have the kit in stock
PN: X2086.1AM $232

Only other issues I've had were
one rear turn signal went out (warranty)
Instrument cluster fogged on cool mornings (warranty, got the 09 cluster )
Recall ECM flashes.