Motorcycles

small spin, loads of people didn't turn out because the weather report was bad, they missed out!

not my photo, yoinked it from a friends facebook post, he always has a good camera with him.

Especially when it's the last free day without commitments for the rest of the year.

According to the internet, Buell produced the Blast between model years 2000 and 2009. Buell Motorcycle Company was owned by Harley Davidson. The Buell Blast was a 492cc "sport" bike, and in fact, its engine was based on the HD Evolution Sportster engine of the time, with a cylinder lopped off.

In July 2009, Buell announced that there would be no 2010 model year Blast, with one legendary exception: upon request, you could buy a 2010 Buell Blast which had been crushed into a cube, signed and numbered by Erik Buell.

Then, in October 2009, Harley Davidson announced that they were dumping Buell entirely, and that all production of Buell motorcycles under HD would cease by the end of that month.

That wasn't the end for Buell as a motorcycle name, as Erik Buell went on to create Erik Buell Racing (EBR), which still produces motorcycles with the Buell name. Except, of course, the Blast.

The Blast was not a "great" motorcycle by any means. Buell itself heaped a lot of criticism on the machine at the end of its run. It was just "a motorcycle." Nothing special.

So when I saw a craigslist post offering a 2010 Buell Blast - not in the shape of a cube - I figured, that's got to be a typo, surely it's a 2001.

I contacted the seller who said, no, title says 2010. Cropped picture of the title most definitely said model year 2010. Okay ... maybe it was a typo by the state when it got its first title? I acquired and checked the VIN.

The tenth digit of the VIN denotes the model year. The tenth digit of this VIN was "A". "A" means it is a 2010 model year. Okay ... maybe it was a typo somewhere else in the paperwork, and that "A" was actually a "4"? Which would make it a 2004?

The seller is going to send me a picture of the VIN tag on the actual bike today. Honestly, I expect it to have an "A", because I think I might know what happened. Edit: Yes, the VIN plate has "A" in the tenth position. It is a 2010.

Speculation incoming!

Way back in mid-2009, Buell said "No more Blast, no 2010 model year for the Blast." But there were still bikes in the production funnel, and some of those frames already had paperwork and VINs identifying them as 2010 model year Buell Blast. They kept rolling Blasts off the assembly line as long as there were enough parts to put them together, and just called them all 2009s, even though by VIN some of them were 2010s.

Is this 2010 Buell Blast for sale a super-rare unicorn one-of-a-kind priceless museum piece? Well ... no. It's definitely neat, and a little special, but it's still "only" a Buell Blast.

There can't be very many of them out there, but there are surely others. It's definitely one of the last HD-era Buell motorcycles made, and the model year curiosity sparked my interest enough to dig into some details of the history of Buell and the Blast.

If nothing else, the legend of "all 2010 Buell Blasts were crushed into cubes" has just a tiny bit of extra fun in it.

One of you little shits gave me a hard time about putting aluminum foil on an exhaust to keep oil from getting on it.

Tough week, car broke, rushed out on my bike to rescue her, after the repair, in a hurry forgot about the disc lock and to make it much worse I had moved the bike backwards so had a good run up and really crunched things. Had to really muscle the broken lock off, the only silver lining I suppose was that I had my good tools with me. Raided spare YZF for parts, so maybe in the new year it'll be a pinky? Also (if anyone remembers) that H100 I'm rebuilding, ya, neutrals not where it's supposed to be...

Hi

I have noticed that my MC makes a squeaky sound when I am slowing down around 20mph. I think it might be the wheels, but I am not sure. Does anyone know what I should look at to investigate further or what is a known grease this bit?

cross-posted from: https://fedia.io/m/[email protected]/t/1435997

KTM's parent company, Pierer AG, is in deep financial trouble as it blames economic conditions for its failings. But things are so bad, its latest financial release hints its possibly looking to sell a majority stake in the company.

I miss summer already.

Yet another from-the-saddle GoPro shot. I was quite surprised by the rainbow; it was only visible for about four minutes. By the time I got to work and was able to hop off and get out a bigger camera, it was gone.

I don't see how they're going to convince people to buy their scooters when they're over triple the price of a Honda Metropolitan...

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/21232253

cross-posted from: https://fedia.io/m/[email protected]/t/1337674

Used bikes and other powersports equipment can be awesome, but you need to take a few minutes and check things over before you trust your life to your new ride.

Got it appart! it's the five speed gearbox so I went and blew 520 euro on go faster bits.

The barrel broke, had to resort to a metal pipe and the BFH bashing on the piston to seperate them. everything after the crank is mint.

It seems it died because of the left hand crank seal walking out, I'll 3d print a tool to make sure that's inserted fully and not doing that again.

So next week it'll be shiny bits and the hunt for a suitable chassis.

A side highlight of my week, got to test ride a suzuki goose 350, on paper really heavy, but it was really chuckable, even with tyres from the 90's I was going a bit too hard after 10 minutes :D

cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/44667573

I might need more then sandpaper and diesel to revive this 44 year old honda h100a

cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/26471848

Well. Finally happened. Highsided and landed on my right shoulder. Luckily I was going fairly slow and got immediate help. Right now I'm waiting on surgery to pin my collar and am in agony. Anyone have any tips dealing with this type of injury?

It's been a wonderful first bike! I was surprised by the kickstart-only ignition, but it was actually quite easy once I got used to it, and probably doubles as an anti-theft measure lol. Riding around the DMV area has been a blast, I'm looking forward to many more roadtrips to come!

Hello guys!

Currently, I am riding a Kawasaki Ninja 650 that is limited to 35kW. That limit will be lifted in a few weeks due to my age (23 almost 24). I am thinking of upgrading to a ZX6R 2024 or a BMW S1000RR 2020-2024. I am not entirely unfamiliar with higher-powered motorcycles, although I haven’t ridden a supersport before. I have ridden a bit on an MT-09, a Street Triple, and a Triumph Rocket 3. just swapping bikes for a bit with friends.

I will be using the bike for daily commuting and, once or twice a year, a longer road trip. My main focus is more on having fun than being comfortable.

Which of these two would you recommend? Do you guys have any other suggestions? I like the S1000RR more than the ZX6R, but I’m not sure if the powerband of a supersport is so different that it would be unwise to choose the S1000RR over the ZX6R.

Running in the 90's!

Not the most popular choice for remote roads but as long as it's mostly asphalt the Universal Japanese Motorcycles do their trick just fine. We are riding for 10 days, around 350kms daily, smaller roads and sand roads in Lapland in Finland. Weather has been amazing, it's not too busy either and nights are still warm enough for camping.

The yellow -99 Suzuki GS500e is actually my first bike and first motor vehicle I've ever owned, I bought it in really worn out condition 3 years back and have pretty much fixed every bit that can be fixed and it has been a great teacher! I've put around 20k on it so far. My partner is riding a -96 Honda CB750 which is definitely more comfotable for touring that my GS. 😅

It's actually possible to take a night train from Lapland that also transports vehicles back south so we will ride our bikes in the train and skip a couple boring riding days to spend a few more nights riding in the north.

A long trip to a regional tavern covering (some of) the best roads in the area.

What do you use? I'm looking for as many of the following as possible:

• included battery, preferably rechargeable from the motorcycle's own battery, meaning
• negligible idle consumption
• EU coverage, supporting 3-4 constellations
• 4G+, i provide the e/SIM (i.e. no included plan unless it's grrrreat and cheap af)
• small form factor (for a naked bike)
• privacy-respecting app (preferably not relying on AWS, Google Maps, etc) and/or website
• motion-detection/geofencing
• cheap of course

I had a cheap one from eBay but the chinese-quality app would sometimes lag hours behind - not useful for an eurotrip.