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24-5-2017 Service XB12SS 1125 valve check

1-7-2017 - What did we do today: 24-5-2017 Service Buell XB12SS, Buell 1125R valve check

big inspection XB12SS — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

no start... i hear the startermotor engage but engine will not turn — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

battery is not the problem 249 CCA — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

ok suspect the engine is seazed... rear stand and in 5e gear — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

normaly you will be able to turn over the engine... not on this bike.. will not move — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

striping the chin spoiler.. note the broken brackets — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

to get to the pully.. and breaker bar.. trying to move the engine... finaly it did , the alternative would have been striping down the engine — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

and now push off the starter and it runs :-) — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

checking the sensors... everything is working as it sould — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

so after heating up.. oil drain — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

and plug change front one.. while draining — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

6r12 ... grrrrr... some how HD dealers give these plugs to customer or put theme in.. while even the newer sportster models don't use these old plugs anymore.. and defenaly not good in a buell — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

rear brake wear uneven.. i will clean the sliders — bijTwin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

fresh oil in and clutch back on — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

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

i will remove the exhaust to weld the bracket back on.. crap exhaust :-( — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

i see the cracks all over the exhaust — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

the tyrap the bracket to the oil line is somehting you really don't want to do ... see the markings left in the line — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

anyway.. rear wheel bearing check.... axle tight — bijTwin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

and some corrosion on the axle where the bearings seat.. clean and lube the axle — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

bearings are done for .. if in any dought replace these — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

belt is stil in very good shape — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

new bearings.. axle lubed up and back in — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

losening the slider bolts on the caliper — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

very uneven.. — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

cleaning the slider and pressing it in with thick grease to it squirts out — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

the rubber boot back in, i find it easier to mount the brake pads when the caliper in on the bracket — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

as you can push theme on better — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

front plug gap checked and little lube on the threads— bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

plug cables , the connector is so deep i cannot see it .. i don't think it make good contact — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

and there nicked — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

and rubbing marks .. will replace theme — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

rear one . mount with wobble joint and long extention— bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

moving to the front side... — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

right front seal is leaking — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

because a little oil collector is used the pads do not seam to have suffered — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

leg out.. to check the oil and seals — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

mnnnn nut is chewed on already.. — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

but still better to protect the nut with some isolation tape to make the socket fit tight... check the settings on the dampening — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

leg apart checking for scratches — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

some protection to mount new seals over the sharp edges — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

front fork back on.. brake line was old style inside... you see the tyre rubbing on the brake line — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

old style bracket — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

i mount the brake line outside.. and new mounting bracket — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

brake caliper bolts 50 Nm and loctite — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

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

chin spoiler welded... i'm no pro ;-) but it sticks — bijTwin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

exhaust back on — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever

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

changing brake fluid... — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

and cleaning the anvil and pivot.. for the better feeling — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

heating up for oil level check — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

check it on the side stand... and test ride :-) — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

1125r 08 bad running... first basics... spark plugs and valve clearings , as this has never been done — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

map sensor mounted the wrong way up... — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

airbox off — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

right side pod loose — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

custom made exhaust — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

front end can come out.. freaking tight front axle — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

front legs out — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

air intake removed — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

making ready to drop the engine .. flashlight on — bijTwin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

you need to give the clutch line more room to move— bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

center bolt out, rear loose — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

front bolts out — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

timing plug removed to turn the engine over — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

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

valve cover off — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

front plug out.. looking at these .. the bike will run so much better with new ones :-) — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

just checking the gap on the new plugs — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

intake lash is ok — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

exhaust is way to tight ... making notes helps .. — bijTwin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

removing the finger lock to slide the fingers aside to get to the valve shims — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

magnet on a stick is very usefull — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

when you have the shim out you can calculate back to where you need to be ( in inch and metric written down ) — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

finding the correct ones — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

shims in.. rotade the engine and check what you have been doing — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

and push the finger lock back on — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

cover back on — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

coil in — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

check the coil connector locks !!! — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

and moving to the reas cylinder — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

need to make some clearance in the wire loom, so starter relais loose, and fuse box out the holder — bijTwin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.