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two years and less than 1000 miles. Worthless???
02/11/17 at 08:30:10

so it's not working again... this time gas is leaking out of the right side drain hose?????

just got the belt adjusted, totally rewired the starter to disengage again replaced the battery, rode it 5 miles two weeks ago just as the rain started, to feel it run and now it's disfunctional again.

really not pleased with this motorcycle.

Pretty much overwhelmed by the little nitty stupid crap that keeps it off the road. Angry

never ending saga of SSDD... not a bike I can recommend to a beginner or tired oldster. Seems like you gotta have a life time of mechanical widsom to keep it going. not a bike to jump on and ride away. just my experience...

so it's never been a good ride for me.

sorry folks the dream won't let me in play no matter how hard I want in the game.

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Kenny G Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com The Singles Club...LOL Posts: 1754 Robson Ranch, Denton, Texas Gender:	Re: two years and less than 1000 miles. Worthless? Reply #1 - 02/11/17 at 08:33:43 Osama, Don't give up yet. Have you changed to The Raptor Petcock? Kenny G
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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: two years and less than 1000 miles. Worthless? Reply #2 - 02/11/17 at 10:23:27 Doesn't Springman live in Spring?
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Ruttly Serious Thumper Offline Thumpers Rule Posts: 5098 Manteca , CA Gender:	Re: two years and less than 1000 miles. Worthless? Reply #3 - 02/11/17 at 18:12:03 Yes he does , they need to hook up and get this guy some help. Sounds like he needs to RIDE !
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wakosama Full Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 138 Spring, TX Gender:	Re: two years and less than 1000 miles. Worthless? Reply #4 - 02/12/17 at 12:42:41 Flipped it to 'RES', dripping went away. Am finding Raptor... Harley mufflers have been found too. Building work stand. I'll call Springman to 'approve' when I'm done. He helped last year with the starter problem. Thanks.
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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: two years and less than 1000 miles. Worthless? Reply #5 - 02/12/17 at 13:00:32 I don't think I'd ask someone to come over after it's done. You're frustrated and not exactly winning. You might be ahead to make contact, set up a time, and have some supervision, extra hands and eyes,
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Re: two years and less than 1000 miles. Worthless?
Reply #6 - 02/12/17 at 20:06:30

Don't give up the ship! You've got one piston, one carb, one fuel valve. Don't let the small stuff get you down. Tackle one problem at a time. I believe when you cure your situations, this bike will be a swing-the-leg-over and ride at will. (Now you take a 1400 Intruder with two carbs to sychronize, now that's a chore! And of course, you've got to install your star washers also)

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Reply #7 - 02/13/17 at 11:21:25

Hey Wakosama, I'm not the expert but like JOG said I would be more than willing to lend a hand. I still have the original petcock but I did put an HD muffler on the bike last year I think. The only time the bike let me down it was a dead battery. I am approaching 24,000 miles on the odometer and am quite happy with the bike.

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jcstokes Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com is very useful Posts: 2119 Mauku New Zealand Gender:	Re: two years and less than 1000 miles. Worthless? Reply #8 - 02/13/17 at 23:54:32 Springman, another few miles and you'll be in Serowbot's Hall of Fame.
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Dave YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 18096 Camp Springs, Kentucky Gender:	Re: two years and less than 1000 miles. Worthless? Reply #9 - 02/14/17 at 04:13:59 Sounds like another case of stock vacuum petcock failure......what year is the bike? (We have tried to warn you in advance that the stock petcock is a failure waiting to happen).
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springman Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 2217 Spring, Texas Gender:	Re: two years and less than 1000 miles. Worthless? Reply #10 - 02/14/17 at 08:53:13 Yeah JC, if only I could get some rides in. Seems like lately it is 6-8 miles to the gym and back on Saturdays and not much more. I'd like to hit 25K before the Oklahoma trip. If not I will surely hit that and more on that trip.
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springman Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 2217 Spring, Texas Gender:	Re: two years and less than 1000 miles. Worthless? Reply #11 - 02/14/17 at 08:56:57 Hey Wakosama, now that I think about it, how does riding to Oklahoma to visit Lancer sound to you? The trip is scheduled for May. I do not remember the exact week at the moment but if you are interested I can look it up.
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wakosama Full Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 138 Spring, TX Gender:	Re: two years and less than 1000 miles. Worthless? Reply #12 - 02/25/17 at 07:35:02 cooler today. installed raptor... pic.
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Re: two years and less than 1000 miles. Worthless?
Reply #13 - 02/25/17 at 10:59:07

springman wrote on 02/14/17 at 08:56:57:

Hey Wakosama, now that I think about it, how does riding to Oklahoma to visit Lancer sound to you? The trip is scheduled for May. I do not remember the exact week at the moment but if you are interested I can look it up.

It is scheduled for the 22-27 of May but you can arrive earlier and stay later if you wish. Arriving on Fri. or Sat. the 19th or 20th is fine.

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Reply #14 - 04/09/17 at 04:08:22

Now the whole garage smells like gas. Two days after Raptor install the gas cap started leaking. so I shimmed it per the tech... and now there is leak. no wet gas anywhere, just fumes. or maybe a film of gas maybe at the Raptor.... so reread the Raptor install guidance again twice. there's no reference to a gasket. so it just sits there stinking...

Was there supposed to be a gasket under the Raptor???? no mention in the tech. screws are tight... so now what?????

really folks you expect me to ride the to OK when it won't even get me out of the neighborhood.

Just goes to show I'm still stupid enough to keep believing.

What's the definition of insanity? doing the same thing over and over again expecting a different result. I actually expected the bike to run a few miles before it broke again. was about 55miles.

thanks for the insanity.

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