Picked me up a bike

[Jet-Lee]

2001 Buell Blast, 4800 miles

It's been 9, almost 10 years since I last rode anything. I wanted to get back on a bike, but my track record when younger was not great, so I've been hesitant. Found this little puppy for $1600 and couldn't pass it up as a bike to get back into the swing of things. Talk about a fun little thumper!! Single cylinder, 492cc; bascially half of a HD 883.

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[zerocool5468]

damn that's a deal. looks like fun, be careful.

[Don Juan]

lee likes his bike :yes:

[Jet-Lee]

I already put 50 miles on it, lol, puttin around; thing's fun!

[FlatBlack]

Cool! have fun with it, Ive always wanted one but never seem to keep my auxiliary income out of the Z :)

[tobanybe]

Oh snap!congrats good buy ... Sounds bout like my story too. Hit me up if ya wanna ride

[Triepsyn]

Congrats Lee.

[Jet-Lee]

Ya get what ya pay for? lol

Had an oil leak; replaced the rocker cover gasket, the rocker box gaskets, the airbox/carb gasket, the carb/manifold coupler, and fixed some bent pieces from when it'd been dropped before (not me!). Ridin it today to see if I fixed that damned oil leak.

I need gloves. I ran my hands under warm water for about 5 minutes after my ride in to work this morning.

[Jet-Lee]

Most of the rocker box gasket that came off (paper):
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What went back on (copper, mostly):
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In process:
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[Don Juan]

is it still torn appart or do you have it back together?

[Jet-Lee]

It's back together. Took for a short ride last night (don't enjoy cold night riding much, I figured out), and rode it in to work today.

Tonight, the carb comes apart; it's running a hair rich.

I'm also gonna shorten the blinkers, bring them closer in so they're not floppin around.

[Don Juan]

no more oil leak?

[Jet-Lee]

Not yet, at least.

[Don Juan]

kewl

[Jet-Lee]

All's good, nao.

I had put 87 octane in it, and it was pingin. Drained it and re-filled with 91, runs fine.

Need oil. Can I run synthetic in the primary?

[Roushtasy]

All's good, nao.

I had put 87 octane in it, and it was pingin. Drained it and re-filled with 91, runs fine.

Need oil. Can I run synthetic in the primary?

Should be just fine w/synthetic. With as much work as you are doing with the bike it would be beneficial to purchase the service manual if you haven't already. BTW..nice bike.

This one look familiar?

[Don Juan]

dude I havent seen you post in a while, hows it goin, hows the stang?

[Roushtasy]

dude I havent seen you post in a while, hows it goin, hows the stang?

I pm'd you.

[Jet-Lee]

Haha, hey man, thanks!

Ditch the camping this weekend.

Goin for a manual later this evening. Getting deeper into the bike, I want one for piece of mind (and torque specs).

BTW - Your bike looks better up close/in person; seen it the other day sittin out front and looked it over good. (In case your girl doesn't tell you I told her that today.)

[Roushtasy]

Haha, hey man, thanks!

Ditch the camping this weekend.

Goin for a manual later this evening. Getting deeper into the bike, I want one for piece of mind (and torque specs).

BTW - Your bike looks better up close/in person; seen it the other day sittin out front and looked it over good. (In case your girl doesn't tell you I told her that today.)

Thanks..funny thing is that you said the same thing about my Roush when i joined the forum.

[EVOL 8]

cool bike. I'll have to finally get one when I get moved up to that area.

[Jet-Lee]

Thanks..funny thing is that you said the same thing about my Roush when i joined the forum.
Haha, that's funny, I even went back and looked. Must be something with black. Black never looks good in pics.

[Roushtasy]

Haha, that's funny, I even went back and looked. Must be something with black. Black never looks good in pics.

This is sort of true..I guess it depends on the quality of the photo. Because I took the pics of the bike with my blackberry..the pics of the car were with a 4mp digi cam. And I'll bet if I used an even better camera it would have looked even better. Black is hard to capture, especially when there is a lot of it. Good luck digging around in that bike.

[Jet-Lee]

-Rejetted (again, and will yet again)
-Modified airbox (will again)
-Modified exhaust (it sounds sick)
-Changed oil (Castrol Syn-Blend V-twin oil)
-Changed primary fluid (same)
-Shimmed main jet
-Adjusted clutch (need to adjust primary after work, was too late, bike too loud)

It sounds fuckin nice! Got the clutch adjusted, grabs a LOT smoother. Need to adjust the primary, but it's gotta be hot and running, which I can't do at 1am, so it's just gonna make noise till tomorrow afternoon, I'm pretty sure it's too tight.

Thanks Jimmy and Dave for the help!

[Don Juan]

dude, text me on my work phone, i leave my phone in the truck 1/2 the time but the work phone I have with me all the time

[Jet-Lee]

Lol, I got more jets on the way. Waitin on a 45 slow, still, so it's all gonna come apart again. I can dremel that thing out at that point.

Still to do:
-Change slow jet
-Adjust primary
-Modify air box
-New air filter
-Fix TPS
-Check timing

Fun fun.

[Jet-Lee]

Lol, I got more jets on the way. Waitin on a 45 slow, still, so it's all gonna come apart again. I can dremel that thing out at that point.

Still to do:
-Change slow jet Check
-Adjust primary Check
-Modify air box Check
-New air filter
-Fix TPS Check
-Check timing Check

Fun fun.
Waitin on a K&N cause I'm prolly gonna do a complete custom intake.

Bike runs awesome and sounds good too.