'Cuz I'm not in enough trouble already

[gggGary]

Conned Allison into a quick Florida "vacation"

Can't help it that this accidentally fell into the van along the way.

Why don't you stop me? "'There's no fix for crazy"
God I love that woman.

 

[gggGary]

We did do some vacation too.

 

[Superjet]

WOW never seen one of those Buells before....what model is that? Looks to be in real tip top shape!

 

[gggGary]

Two wheels of trouble LOL. 91 Westwind AKA RS1200 It's from the "barn built" era before HD bought in. Small number of bikes, hand built, and continuous changes were the norm. Not the rare RSS1200. This one is in pretty good shape with 10K miles but was parked about 10 years ago because of fiberglass tank, ethanol issues. The list has been started.
A pic of the "factory" from that era.

Bike came back home, they were built in East Troy WI.

 

[Mailman]

Gary, that is so cool! Hey have you ever ran into Eric Buell? Also is there a Buell forum you’re on somewhere? So many questions!
I know you’re a sport bike guy but I think you need a Ulysses too.
.......and a bigger barn.......but keep the wife,
You won the lottery with her!

 

[gggGary]

http://www.badweatherbikers.com/buell/messages/47623/47623.html?1553008722

 

[Mailman]

Ha, nice! More reading material!

 

[Jim]

How many Buell's in a "herd?"
That makes three of 'em by my count Gary..... You hoarding or dealing?

 

[MrBultaco]

Did it run before it was parked?
Did you get to Daytona for the races? Yamaha won the 200.

 

[Mailman]

Just read a nice article about that Buell.

https://www.motorcycleclassics.com/classic-american-motorcycles/buell-rs1200

 

[YamadudeXS650C]

Cool !!

 

[gggGary]

How many Buell's in a "herd?"
That makes three of 'em by my count Gary..... You hoarding or dealing?

SSSSHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!
There are spies everywhere.
I collect
You have "quite a few eh?
He's a hoarder.

 

[MaxPete]

Can't help it that this accidentally fell into the van along the way.

Sh!t - I hate it when that sort of thing happens. What a pain in the neck.

As for your dear wife - well, ya gotta thank her folks Gary. Afterall, anyone who named a little girl after a 1710 cu.in. / 27 litre V-12 simply must be good people....

I'll certainly never forget that little video clip of her starting her bike and the remark she made when it stalled after idling for a minute or two. She is a peach.

Pete

 

[grizld1]

Congrats, Gary, that's a helluva find! Cleaning the dissolved resin out of the carbie is likely to be a bitch, but Caswell two-part epoxy liner will fix that tank up fine.

 

[gggGary]

Congrats, Gary, that's a helluva find! Cleaning the dissolved resin out of the carbie is likely to be a bitch, but Caswell two-part epoxy liner will fix that tank up fine.

That's what I'm hoping. There's more to the story than I know, but "some Florida marine shop" had already installed a (failed) epoxy lining, it's coming off in sheets, prolly poor prep, but that makes for quite a project. One option I am toying with; have a custom aluminum tank built. F-glass is not the best material for the street.

 

[grizld1]

Ouch! Matching the lines of that tank in aluminum sounds like a seriously spendy deal. Have you thought about gutting the glass tank and using it as a cover to hide a steel or aluminum tank?

 

[gggGary]

yes a tank cover also in the running griz! this'll be a slow project (like I have any other kind) getting ready for the Ozarks trip is job one.

 

[MaxPete]

What about POR15 as a liner? It seems to be impervious to darned near anything!

The other place to look might be on a Norton forum. As I recall it, older Nortons used FG tanks and they had plenty of issues - so somebody over there must have figured out how to address them.

Pete

 

[gggGary]

What about POR15 as a liner? It seems to be impervious to darned near anything!

The other place to looks might be on a Norton forum. As I recall it, older Nortons used FG tanks and they had plenty of issues - so somebody over there must have figured out how to address them.

Pete

Great minds.... I had JP poll the Norton owners club while he was at a gathering in Florida, Caswells two part comes back as favored.

 

[YamadudeXS650C]

Damn !! I'd love to ride that Buell.
I had trouble getting off to sleep last night, thinking about it.
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