What makes this world a better place -The finish line is in sight thread on Bullet Classic Model forum
Wow! what a thread - beautiful to see the exchange of information, ideas, and support from so many folks. You all (including Royal Bulleteer the newbie) are phenomenal!
From the initiator (Royal Bulleteer) starting with “Man this sucks! My wife will f*cking MURDER me if this isn't running and I sold our Vespa....oh crap!” “”Now it won't start (again).” and “Anyone in Northern Cal with more patience and time on their hands looking for a deal on an 02' Bullet? Rides fine when I can actually get it going. “ All the frustration of some one who can’t stand a situation that seems overwhelming, and only wants to get out of here.
thru 289+ posts back and forth, taking it one issue at a time. And such patience you old hands have with a newbie. And so far the list of issues addressed were (as of page 18):
- Electric Start issues- Carb adjustment- Spark plug gap- Idle adjust- Fuel filter- Sea Foam- Battery tender- Cleaning oil from fins- Front brake- Intake manifold- PA-Breather line- Fuel line- Spark plug gap again- Points gap- Moisture exhaust- Jets
- Carb cleaner- Swine flue- Exhaust repair- Silicon- Header pipe- Cleaning the header pipe- Idle adjust again- Airbox replacement
- Classic exhaust- JC Whitney exhaust- Fishtail exhaust- Cable lube- Mystery oil
Horn- High beams- LED lights- Breather hose again
A whole course in basic repair in one thread (with pictures too)!
And then step by step Royal Bulleteer gets drawn in to actually fixing this one thing, then the next thing, his patience grows, he focuses more and more on each problem, and when you get to page 18 he does something that was inconceivable to him on page 1 “I went ahead and took the carb apart so that I could examine the inlet gasket. The gasket appears to be seated appropriately. It was not sticking out into the inlet channel.” Wow! Royal Bulleteer you’re a transformed man! And the teachers you had, too many to list here, such generosity. This is the kind of stuff that really makes the world a better place. Thank you all so much!