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17-3-2017 XT big service, XB12S in need off love

6-4-2017 - 17-3-2017 Buell XT big service, XB12S in need off some love

nice XT for big inspection — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

comming in hot — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

let here idle a little , and drain the old oil right away— bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

while draining starting to strip covers off — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

chin spoiler bracket off, to remove the oil filter — bijTwin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

drain plugs back in, and fresh gear box oil in — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

cluch ramp and ball back .. lightly bottoming.. and 1/4 turn loose — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

fresh oil filter... primed.. hand tight and oil back in— bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

checking the rear wheel , axle loose — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

mnnn does not look good.. — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

not good at all if you can take the bearing out by hand — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

ok for now... not nice... next time a new wheel ... upset the aluminum around the bearing..and metal glue for security.. the bearing is ok and tight... but these wheels have only so much bearing replacements in theme before the pressin fitting is to wide , so make every change count.. and do it good , to have minimal wear — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

belt is still ok — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

primairy chain.. has a tight spot... that is way you need to check on several points — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

the easy spark plug from below — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

fresh one, gapped and a little neversees on the threads — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

the wet stuff done, time to move up, chin spoiler back on — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

and air box off — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

starting to show here adge a little , still this is 16 K .. ok when you see puddles starting to form.. you need new piston rings as they are worn out — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

a new pair off plug cables will not harm — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

rear plug.. combustion is good — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

new plug back in — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

and new cable on.. i pull the booth back to check and see the connector "clicks " on the top off the plug , before i slide the booth back down — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

front cable turning inside so it will not rub against the wires — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

airbox cleaned and back on — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

airfilter cleaned and fresh oiled — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

time for the front end — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

front wheel bearings are ok — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

caliper bolts are tight in the apdator, over time the alumium can crush.. and the bolt wil form a sort off thread in the lower — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

dril 9.5 mm to clean out the holes , so the bolt douse not bind — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

front legs out for fresh oil — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

smaller size ( 24 MM socket ) but protect these aswell, the alumium will scare very fast — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

checking the settings — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

forks back in.. check the groung wires to the front off the frame, as they are easy to reach with out the front forks — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

wheel back in , caliper to 50 Nm — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

rubbing issue. regulator wires are rubbing against the cooling fins .. i rerouted these.. and ziptie theme to the w-brace — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

fresh brake fluid front and rear... warming up the bike and check / set oil level... and she is ready for the road again — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

xb12s in need off some love — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

she sprong a leak in the front — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

has some battle scars — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

and when hot hold a high idle to long.. checking for intake seal leaking... yep.. idle drops right away with testing — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

mnn i really don't understand the reason some people hacksaw cut the velocity stack... as buell spend some time developing it , for good air flow and length off the intake (negative pulsing throught the 2 in 1 exhaust system to help the cylinder filling better ) ok if you think the stack sucks vacuum to the top cover... but cut it straight than... Ray Charles would have made a nicer cut :-X — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

anyway... top mount tie rod loose — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

and stack off.. no spring to hold it — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

throttle cables need to come loose — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

left footpeg bracket off , as this will hit the primairy cover during rotation — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

mnnn.. will check.. not sure where this comes from.. fittings are tight.. front fork seal ? — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

loosening the clutch cable as we need to unhook it from the lever — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

some exhaust you have room to do this.. saves you the time to remove the exhaust.. ok ready for ration— bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

side with a issue .. old bolt type.. loose as is — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

but the stand has to much room and bike is on a very steep angle on the side stand... mnnn pivot looks repaired.. — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

drilled a hole and made thread in the pivot — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

ok good fix.. but if only the bolt was thicker.. now to much room in the hole makes the stand come under a greater angle ... — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

ok on with the intake seals . wiring loose — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

and engine rotated down — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

cut off 1/4 allen key is perfect to loosen the bolts — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

positioning screw out on the other side — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

nasty and very crusty.. seals are hard and start to desingrate — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

cleaned and new seals back on.. evenly tighten the flanges — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

while engine is down... no work at all to replace the sparkplugs.. — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

even thr rear one is easy to acces — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

engine up... check to not pinch sensors and wires— bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

bolt mounted.. and w-brace back on — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

i'm all over the bike.. but with the lift in this postion i try to do all i can before i lower the lift.. rear wheel out — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

first model belt.. still looks good — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

even the bearings are good — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

so axle back in and pinch bolt tightened — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

leaky clutch cable — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

pulled the cable out to repair.. some other issues... looks like a Uly cable is mounted... a little long.. the exstra lenght is in the way... so was toughting the header and exhaust .. burn marks here — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

and here .. — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

i fix it for now with some heat shrink tube with glue .. to see what else we need to do on this bike — bijTwin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

wires hooked up and throttle wires to go on — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

cleaning the oil cooler lines — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

fittings are tight... not trying to tighten to hard... the aluminium threads on the oil cooler can only have so much.. i will check this when running.. it this is the point that leaks — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

new RSS mounted.. inner piece first — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

than the outer piece.. put dome neversees on the screws — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

best fitting RRR by far... and bolt on.. no drilling holes or makeing it fit — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

side stand...i will modify this one to accept the new style pivot and clip — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

means you need to drill the hole open and file the lower a little down.. to the c-clip will fit — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

better ... :-) — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

a little lyeaking... yeah, puddels are forming where it stands... this seal is leaking hard — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

wheel and disk are also coated — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

note the axle a little further out than the fork... mnn mental note for later — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

looks like they have put it back to getter in a rush.. brake line outside and loose — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

front wheel out.. bearings where sticking in the axle .. clean an lube — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

and the front bearings feel not nice anymore.. i will replace these — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

caliper is leaking off fork oil — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

pads seams to be un tought — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

ok first the seal protecting the top cap — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

lenght differance between a XT and S ... ;-) — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

leg apart — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

and i will put some new bushings in — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

cleaning the parts... checking for scratches on the lower leg — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

mounting protection for the seals — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

low temp grease on the inside seal.. helps also a litle — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

i like to mount the seals on a position on the slider where the seals do not come normaly — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

fresh oil in the leg, and bleeded the rebound damper — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

sping loaded.. and top cap back on — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

and leg back in the bike — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.