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22-2-2017 XB12X strip down for powder coating
7-3-2017 - What did we do Today 22-2-2017 Buell XB12X strip down for powder coating
nice Uly... in need off some fresh colors... cockpit, wheels and tail need to become black — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.
so start striping. ecm loose — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.
shock canister bracket loose — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.
slide off the fuse box by pushing the lock tabs to the side with a screw driver — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.
battery tray out — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.
and front under tray screws loose — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.
mnnn M4 bolts and screws ... i will put in some stronger — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.
bike has already a short tail so things have moved, seat lock bracket out — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.
and loosening the wires off the tail light — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.
tail section loose and removed — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.
customer informed me, 1 seat spar bolt was nackered — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.
i will replace it whe i rebuild this — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.
seat spar off, break out the metric tools to loosen the brake fluid reservoir — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.
other side seat spar loose, and some protection for the painted rear fender , to let the under tray rest on it — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.
lower belt guards removed — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.
rear brake caliper off — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.
and rear wheel out... wil be coated high gloss black— bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.
temporary wheel in so i can still move the bike — bijTwin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.
stripping the front... threads are gone in the aluminium parts.. i will retap these a little size bigger — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.
front head light bracket loose .. but with this screw no wonder .. other thing with the rebuild — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.
and need to make some decent head light connector again.. as the original plug was cut off ( there was a different head light on ) — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.
side screws loose to remove the top panel — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.
accessoiry plug out — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.
a other thing.. need to find a nice plug for the holes that have been drilled , you see the corrosion under the paint — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.
ignition switch.. tamper proof T45 bit to loosen these — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.
and the side panels off — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.
ready to take the front wheel out — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.
need to become black aswell — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.
also a temporay wheel in , so i can park it — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.
taking the wheels apart... i'm not trying this by hand any more.. to tight, bits break, slip out , HD duty impact bits and hammer they come out with ease..— bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.
same for the rear disk bolts... screwed up to many bolts trying this by hand — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.
the rear disks.. can be firmly corroded to the wheel , this one did not even came off tapping — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.
support the wheel... and with a piece off wood to have a large surface and a bigger hammer — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.
works every time.. i will put some never seas on the hub when in mount the disk back... the corrosion will be media blasted clean.. — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.
front wheel disk off — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.
tyres off and valves out — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.
inside the tyre valve one off the reasons a tyre looses pressure over time, corrosion in the hole , again this will be clean after the media blasting... off to the coaters for now — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.