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19-5-2017 XB check up neutral switch XB12 Big Bore

1-7-2017 - 19-5-2017 What did we do today: Buell XB12 check up and neutral switche. Buell Xb12S mean and green Big bore build.

very new like Xb12S in for service — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

very low km done 2007 model — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

first rear tyre... safe to say, worn out ;-) — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

letting here warm up to let the oil out — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

mnnn things you don't want to see. base gaskets sweating ? — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

as it is a 07 model could be rocker gaskets leaking down — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

very littel signs off leaking here.. defenaly base gaskets it self — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

drain when hot.. — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

while draining... make the best off the waiting time and replace the front plug — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

oil filter off — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

new filter on , prime the filter and wet the o-ring — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

Micron chin spoiler bracket back on — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

checking primairy chain tension , ok — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

ok neutral switch... just checking if the wire is broken... ... no resistance at all on the switch — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

so rear wheel loose and belt off — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

loop the belt off the front pully — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

so to have acces to the switch.. thin walled 5/8 socket douse the trick — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

just checking... good to go — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

belt is ok with 9000 km.. dry cracks will be a bigger issue — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

rear bearings would not expect , still ok — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

moving up.. still stock airfilter... dirty — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

and doing th spark plugs.. checking the cables.. front one has been rubbing , i will reroute the new one better — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

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

airbox base plate back on , and K&N airfilter so this can be cleaned the next time — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

checking battery poles .. please do ones in a while— bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

and keep a eye out for loose things .. crew half out— bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

bike turned around on the lift to do the front end — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

caliper bolts out — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

and wheel axle loose — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

bone dry... first time out since mounted in the factory — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

and wheel bearings are done for..combining jobs.. need to wait.. with this bike — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

mean and grean.. get'r going — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

eeehhh. ok honist mistake.. will reroute the fuel line back on good — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

aachh .. t25 used ? — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

fan out.. fuel line in first.. than the wire harnes — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

this cable ( exhaust solinoid ) is only weight... i remove this one — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

frame over the engine , rear bolt in — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

our new billet engine mount.. in black... very strong.. — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

nice with everything blacked out — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

starting to look like a bike again :-) — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

neutral switch no 2 — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

his time a fancy cover — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

pinch bolt loose, — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

axle loose. and belt off the pully — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

this one also dead... — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

new one in — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

and finishing the job — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

mean an green... reasr spring matching color — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

starter motor back on — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

swing arm axle to TQ — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

and tighten the pich bolt — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

rear engine mount bolt to TQ specs — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

and fitting the oil line adaptors back in the swingarm — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

press the breather oil line in. check it is locking in place — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

return line in — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

fasten the line with the bracket — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

and the feed to the pump back on — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

oil line bracket 2 sizes holes.. to mach the oil line diameter — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

plugging, speed and timing sensor,, grey and dark gray.. you can also follow the wire colors... as one has a white wire ( speed ) and the timing pick up as a green wire — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

pully is painted.. needed a little presuation to fit.. not trying to dammage the paint , put some screws in a tap on these — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

timing sensor — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

new sprocket — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

needs a big bolt and washer — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

shifter back on — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

clutch basket on.. and dowls in — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

tensioner shoe back on — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

and cover mounted — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

tq the cover fromt he middle — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

lock nut.. the nylon needs to point to the cover as this helps to seal the corse threads — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

clutch cable on — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

primairy done :-) — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.