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16-6-2017 Buell 1125R valve lash check

28-7-2017 - What did we do today 16-6-2017 Buell 1125R valve lash check

long way from home.. in for valve play check and spark plugs change — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

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striping the bike .. i will fix the iac hose with a ziptie to the pipe — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

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topside off — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

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taking off the side fairings and covers — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

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exhaust needs to come off — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

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loosening the pinch bolts on the sliding mount bushings — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

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supporting the front off the bike — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

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and front legs can come out.. give more room to tinker — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

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air intake out — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

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rear O2 sensor connector loos, rotating the engine will pull on this cable — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

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steering head support under the bike and flashlight mounted — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

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ignition cover plug off — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

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and the inner cover out, to get to the hex to be able to turn over the engine — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

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engine supported.. to the mid engine bolts can come out — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

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front bolts out and engine can rotate down , free the horn wires and cut the ziptie to the left k-bracket off the wire loom — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

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front plug out — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

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and valve cover off , little markings on the intake cam , valve play is good.. — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

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mnnn we see this more... pitting / casting defects on the cams... the valve play is still ok — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

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removing the finger keeper and slide the finger to the middle to check the surface off the finger.. the wear surface is good.. for next time we will put some new cams in. — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

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cover back on.. coil back in.. make sure the connector locks — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

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rear cylinder .. can be a pain to remove the rear valve cover — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

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making some room in the wires.. lifting the starter solinoid — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

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and pulling the fuse bo out the socket , so the valve cover can be removed better, and more important easier to mount back and holding the gaskets in place — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

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spark plug rear — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

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cams and valve play are good — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

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cover back on and coil in — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

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making ready to rotate the engine up — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

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start the 2 front bolts — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

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and start tightening on the left side ( the fixed side in the frame ) and retighten all the mounting bolts — bijTwin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

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mnnn noticed the control cable is removed, but the throttle shafts are not locked to getter — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

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with some lock wire , i locked theme to getter — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

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customer asked to change the front fork oil ... no problem.. protecting the topcap nut from marking to hard — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

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drain and clean.. new oil in and bleed the damper — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

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indexing the marking points flat and to getter as maximum... now turn the cap on and when the damping needle bottoms turn the lock nut up to secure this — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

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forks back in — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

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bike had the dreaded brake knock.. so retentioning the steering head bearings.. keep the lower triple clamps loose, loosen the pinch nut — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

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and re-torq the stem nut , and tighten the front up — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

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new bolts on the caliper use loctite on these — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

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setting back the suspention settings , as i found theme — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

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airbox back on first the hose ziptie — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

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and the intake stacks in — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

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heating up and oil level check , and test ride :-) — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

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