Thank you! In regards to the trailer I have noticed my best performing videos (the first Buell video) do best with some sort of teaser like many other channels. Since I have a lot of new susbscribers as well I try to show what kind of variety and detail people will see in my videos which is why I use my 35-40 second intro. It's tough
i was interested in watching this buell come back from the junk heap but it seems after watching, maybe thats where it should have been, this fella worked hard to make this bike as good as possible, i wanted to purchase a buell before but not now, too much frustration
Don't let the poor workmanship from the previous owner steer you away from a great bike platform. Once sorted the bike was a lot of fun. Just had to fix bad work which can be the case for any bike.
That seat screw was also reverse threaded. Apparently the guys at the Harley shop didn’t know that and stripped the seat hole out. I just recently installed a bolt in the seat hole with two part epoxy and use a wing nut to secure it.
BJ… blast to the way-way past… just wondering how that superglue repair is now? Have you kept tabs on it? And what superglue did you use? Going to do it on a hayabusa fork this weekend I think…
What size pipe did you use for the rear shock? Do you have a rebuild video for the rear shock? Thank you in advance. Really appreciate all the time you spent in these videos its helped me.
I'm not sure on the pipe. It was just some scrap I had that allowed a couple holes to be drilled. The shock I had rebuilt professionally by velocity calibrations. They should be linked
@@BrickHouseBuildsAppreciate the quick response. What did that run ya for the shock rebuild? Know of any cheap replacements? The bike is like a child's bouncy ball right now it's ridiculous. Gonna do the pipe fix till I find something here.
@@BrickHouseBuilds Just picked it up. Bike was sitting for 12 years. Got it running, but I'm just gonna run the pipe in the back for now. No different then a hard tail chopper. So if I drop the back end down a few inches. Can I compensate with the front forks by sliding the tubes up a bit?
Pretty sure I remember seeing someone slightly modify a lag bolt to replace the seat bolt. I think someone on badweatherbikers found an actual replacement on a hardware website at some point too, but probably cost a lot more. Always wanted to see if I could get a rivnut on the bottom of the seat do I could use a regular screw, but I haven't gotten that far yet.
My old 84 Kawasaki KR250 tandem twin 2 stroke had the shock underslung like that, so did the RZ500, i always thought it was a stupid place to mount it, in the perfect place to catch any crap from the road. Do Buells use metric or Ye Olde Medieval size fasteners. :-)
@@BrickHouseBuilds Yes. Buddy did a fork swap from a Aprillia Shiver to his BMW F800 popular swap for F800 owners. The Forks and a dig in the chrome in the seal path. We carefully filed the ridge down then filled the depression with CA glue. Then we sanded with 800 to 2000 grit and polished with some chrome polish. That was 3 summers ago and he rides the f800 off road hard.. Its still holding. With that success Ive used the trick to re pair a couple of vintage bikes Ive fixed up with some rust and pitting on the fork tubes... No one near me does re chroming on forks and replacement simply cannot be found for some of these bikes.
@@BrickHouseBuilds I also had a 2002 Buell Cyclone. Ultimately I got rid of it (kinds miss it tho) because of the front motor mount. It is a metal bush bonded to a rubber isolator. The tube frame Buell engine hangs from this mount ( it up just behind the head stalk). However it is a standard Harley part that was used in some softtail models but in that application the evo twin sits on it. Original part was made by Barry Controls who changed the rubber compound at Harleys request to soften vibs in the Big Twin. This had the effect of isolators quicky failing in the Buell application. So...keep an eye on this you can see any damage from looking up from underneath and it usually manifests it self by the rubber pulling away from the metal bush... Good news is even a failed isolator will not let the engine mount collapse....but it will send on major vibes to the chassis and handle bars...lots of threads over on Badweather Bikers forum. To my knowledge this was never resolved with the tube frame Buells as Buell corrected the design in the XB Series and moved on. Love the series anyways!
Nothing beyond just letting it sit in the sun for a while before working with it. Pictures were impossible to do on that reflective surface but I wish I could have shown it better
Done that fork fix a couple of times, holds up pretty well. Though: allways polish longitudenaly! But one botched bike!
You know the old saying "There's no accounting for taste"? in regards to that paint job, There goes your proof. :-)
Questionable decisions were made lol
can i just say that losing a 'trailer' to the video is a good move in my opinion. plugged in to this custom build BJ...love your work from the UK.
Thank you! In regards to the trailer I have noticed my best performing videos (the first Buell video) do best with some sort of teaser like many other channels. Since I have a lot of new susbscribers as well I try to show what kind of variety and detail people will see in my videos which is why I use my 35-40 second intro. It's tough
The shots of smalls face while breaking down the front end had me rollin'!!!
Hahaha I was laughing while editing that part 🤣
Excited to see how the rear shock turns out! Did not know anyone worked on those
Same! I hopefully have updates soon
I'm watching closely. I've got a 2000 M2. Great bike. Thanks for the coverage. def worth the sub
Well thank you! I'm super excited to go rip this thing! I appreciate the sub!
Great little update on the buellr
Thank ya! Should be a different bike after this!
Cool Just keep getting after it .
I've been enjoying the bike for a while now and its been a good time! Paint/exhaust are next
Subscribed, can't wait to see how this turns out!
Hey I appreciate the sub!
i was interested in watching this buell come back from the junk heap but it seems after watching, maybe thats where it should have been, this fella worked hard to make this bike as good as possible, i wanted to purchase a buell before but not now, too much frustration
Don't let the poor workmanship from the previous owner steer you away from a great bike platform. Once sorted the bike was a lot of fun. Just had to fix bad work which can be the case for any bike.
That seat screw was also reverse threaded. Apparently the guys at the Harley shop didn’t know that and stripped the seat hole out. I just recently installed a bolt in the seat hole with two part epoxy and use a wing nut to secure it.
This one wasn't reverse thread actually
Will you be riding it as a rigid until the shock gets back ?
Oh no, the bike has already been fixed, rebuilt shock, rode a bunch, and now sold to a friend.
How did the superglue work out? I used expoxy on mine and it worked well. A year later no problems.
It lasted the rest of the season no issue. My friend from the other video owns the bike now so we will see how it continues to last
How has the fork epoxy repair held up over the past year?
Been great. My buddy owns the bike and no issue so far
@@BrickHouseBuilds Cheers. I've seen epoxy repairs done on TH-cam before, but always wondered if it last.
BJ… blast to the way-way past… just wondering how that superglue repair is now? Have you kept tabs on it? And what superglue did you use? Going to do it on a hayabusa fork this weekend I think…
How is the polish job holding up on the fork?
Still holding strong! My friend owns the bike now and is riding it more
What size pipe did you use for the rear shock? Do you have a rebuild video for the rear shock? Thank you in advance. Really appreciate all the time you spent in these videos its helped me.
I'm not sure on the pipe. It was just some scrap I had that allowed a couple holes to be drilled. The shock I had rebuilt professionally by velocity calibrations. They should be linked
@@BrickHouseBuildsAppreciate the quick response. What did that run ya for the shock rebuild? Know of any cheap replacements?
The bike is like a child's bouncy ball right now it's ridiculous. Gonna do the pipe fix till I find something here.
@@jaybourbon8608 It was a very fair price considering there are no cheap replacements. It was done right and worth the price.
@jaybourbon8608 the pipe was so the bike could simply roll. DO NOT RIDE IT LIKE THAT! THAT WOULD BE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS
@@BrickHouseBuilds Just picked it up. Bike was sitting for 12 years. Got it running, but I'm just gonna run the pipe in the back for now. No different then a hard tail chopper. So if I drop the back end down a few inches. Can I compensate with the front forks by sliding the tubes up a bit?
How did the superglue fork fix last?
Still working fine
How did the superglue work on the fork tubes?
It held up for the rest of the season. My friend owns the bike now so I'll still be able to see how the repair does.
Pretty sure I remember seeing someone slightly modify a lag bolt to replace the seat bolt. I think someone on badweatherbikers found an actual replacement on a hardware website at some point too, but probably cost a lot more. Always wanted to see if I could get a rivnut on the bottom of the seat do I could use a regular screw, but I haven't gotten that far yet.
I did end up using a 5/16 lag bolt which worked perfectly to my surprise. I plan to modify it to be a more hand tighten type deal
My old 84 Kawasaki KR250 tandem twin 2 stroke had the shock underslung like that, so did the RZ500, i always thought it was a stupid place to mount it, in the perfect place to catch any crap from the road. Do Buells use metric or Ye Olde Medieval size fasteners. :-)
Mainly standard but I feel there are a few metrics snuck in there
Can rear shocks be rebuilt?
Yes. I had this one rebuilt I believe in the next video.
It's been about a year for you, recently found your content, really enjoying your work.
How's the super glue "fix" gone?
Going well. The bike belongs to a friend now who is local and we will definitely get more miles on it this season. So far so good though
Did the superglue hold up and how long?
It's still going strong
Done the CA glue on a few forks. I've had it last several seasons.
Good to know! Was your method along these lines?
@@BrickHouseBuilds Yes. Buddy did a fork swap from a Aprillia Shiver to his BMW F800 popular swap for F800 owners. The Forks and a dig in the chrome in the seal path. We carefully filed the ridge down then filled the depression with CA glue. Then we sanded with 800 to 2000 grit and polished with some chrome polish. That was 3 summers ago and he rides the f800 off road hard.. Its still holding. With that success Ive used the trick to re pair a couple of vintage bikes Ive fixed up with some rust and pitting on the fork tubes... No one near me does re chroming on forks and replacement simply cannot be found for some of these bikes.
@@Psycrow11 well cool! Nobody near me either does hard chrome so we have to get crafty
@@BrickHouseBuilds I also had a 2002 Buell Cyclone. Ultimately I got rid of it (kinds miss it tho) because of the front motor mount. It is a metal bush bonded to a rubber isolator. The tube frame Buell engine hangs from this mount ( it up just behind the head stalk). However it is a standard Harley part that was used in some softtail models but in that application the evo twin sits on it. Original part was made by Barry Controls who changed the rubber compound at Harleys request to soften vibs in the Big Twin. This had the effect of isolators quicky failing in the Buell application. So...keep an eye on this you can see any damage from looking up from underneath and it usually manifests it self by the rubber pulling away from the metal bush... Good news is even a failed isolator will not let the engine mount collapse....but it will send on major vibes to the chassis and handle bars...lots of threads over on Badweather Bikers forum. To my knowledge this was never resolved with the tube frame Buells as Buell corrected the design in the XB Series and moved on. Love the series anyways!
@@Psycrow11 so far mine looks good. I have no clue how many miles are on the bike but luckily this one parts looks good at this point!
So how did the super glue work?
Working well. My friend owns the bike now and hasn't had any issues
That fork tube fix for the dent looks good. What did you use to harden the superglue?
Nothing beyond just letting it sit in the sun for a while before working with it. Pictures were impossible to do on that reflective surface but I wish I could have shown it better
You can buy a spray activator for rapid hardening.
Curious as to what the top speed is?
Unsure but there are much better bikes for all out speed. From some others who have these I think 120-130 is max
Kinda makes you wonder who would put a welder ground on the slider
For real lol. Messed the forks up bad
What the hell is regulayer kontaflayer?
English please
That seat is from a M2Low.
That makes sense as it doesn't have the exact shape I've seen on others. Thanks for that info!