Bike went BOOM! (and then my pants caught on fire...)
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BF06FLHTCUI
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Much overdue update.
Was on a Patriot Guard Mission on Vetrens day (Escort home for a Marine Sergent, quadruple amputee, first time in the tailgun slot. Umm...several hundred bikes stretched out ~2 miles in front of me = WINNING). Nearly got killed by a trophy wife in a Lexus SUV, heard a clang under my seat under hard breaking and downshifting, then my pants got hot again. at the next stop i stuck my head under the seat, and sure enough my almost brand new replacement Y pipe was split, almost exactly where the old one split. When I got home, i took it apart and wrapped it up with one of those muffler hole sealer kits and about a quart of exhaust putty. it smells pretty bad, but its holding.
Now, deployed to the Rockpile, so I have ordered the Full Sac true dual system, the TFI tuner, and will be making an appointment at Hunts Cycle Shack for when i get home for the install, plus new head gaskets, new shifter pawl and centering pin, replace both exhaust mounts (the rear was replaced too and is cracked again, plus I just JBwelded and epoxied the right side one back togather), chassis/powerplant alignment, full service, and a good once over. Have to ride it down to Fort Hood in early october, getting PCSed and then re-deployed.
Was on a Patriot Guard Mission on Vetrens day (Escort home for a Marine Sergent, quadruple amputee, first time in the tailgun slot. Umm...several hundred bikes stretched out ~2 miles in front of me = WINNING). Nearly got killed by a trophy wife in a Lexus SUV, heard a clang under my seat under hard breaking and downshifting, then my pants got hot again. at the next stop i stuck my head under the seat, and sure enough my almost brand new replacement Y pipe was split, almost exactly where the old one split. When I got home, i took it apart and wrapped it up with one of those muffler hole sealer kits and about a quart of exhaust putty. it smells pretty bad, but its holding.
Now, deployed to the Rockpile, so I have ordered the Full Sac true dual system, the TFI tuner, and will be making an appointment at Hunts Cycle Shack for when i get home for the install, plus new head gaskets, new shifter pawl and centering pin, replace both exhaust mounts (the rear was replaced too and is cracked again, plus I just JBwelded and epoxied the right side one back togather), chassis/powerplant alignment, full service, and a good once over. Have to ride it down to Fort Hood in early october, getting PCSed and then re-deployed.
BF06FLHTCUI
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Nother update:
1 more week before I get to go home. TFI tuner, full sac exhaust, intake, and a small pile of spare parts waiting for me. Appt made for overhaul on 13 June, just hope my flights dont get delayed.
@bronco: I dont deserve the thanks, im just a DOD Civilian with a uncommon set of skills, not a green suiter. My hero's have thier names on velcro tape over thier right chest, not on thier backs.
1 more week before I get to go home. TFI tuner, full sac exhaust, intake, and a small pile of spare parts waiting for me. Appt made for overhaul on 13 June, just hope my flights dont get delayed.
@bronco: I dont deserve the thanks, im just a DOD Civilian with a uncommon set of skills, not a green suiter. My hero's have thier names on velcro tape over thier right chest, not on thier backs.