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4-8-17 Xl check up , XB12 Scg making it run better

18-9-2017 - What did we do today: 4-8-2017 Xl check up , XB12 Scg making it run better, prepping head after spark erosion

olmost brand spanking new.. with 4000 km old Buell customer asked if we could check his XL , sure no problem — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

heating up... check ing oil level... Gdmm... 2e in one week oil was filled up way to much , never ever check cold, and put oil in... the oil will run in the cases.. bike needs to run to bring the level back up— bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

Grrrr ,,, cleaning again ... — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

oil filter the same mess... really some one should come up with a better idea, as the oil will run out the filter — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

anyway, checking primairy, and clutch ok as expected — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

and frrsh brake fluid — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

start filling untill here !! — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

half way on the stick standing up right — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

now warm here up, and pu ton the side stand — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

you see the lever drops a little — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

no fill up to 3/4 full , this gives the oil aosme expention room when it gets hot — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

the oil level is now up to here — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

safety zip the left cover back on.. and test ride to pressure washer — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

XB making better.... nice nail collecting skills ... could pull it out with out a leak — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

ok .. hammertime removing the old — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

mnnn more mcgiver stuff.. .fabricobeld voltage regulator.. as long as it works — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

wheel axle loose and idler looseand exhaust off — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

airbox.. off — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

i will replace the paper stock filter for a K&N better..— bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

hammer time.. — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

easy as pie... fits like a glove — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

exhaust on.. experiance and feeling around.. i check the rear wheel bearings... yep these where toast... put new one in — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

he... duck... what your doing here ... to early for dinner — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

rear pads are also about gone will put some new on— bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

ecm reflashed with a very nice fuel mapping for this exhaust — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

just me checking things.. bolt missing in the tail section , loctite these as they are mounting a glasfiber piece — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

again something you notice working all the time on these bikes... looking at the wear pattern on the disk and told the customer the bike is braking bad .. disk is warped and only the middle section off the disk brakes at this point.. — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

a better look the black belt is the first braking surface.. about half the disk is not used directly.. mounted new disk.. and test ride — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

cylinder head came back from the edm shop.. tap is removed , but threads are gone to — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

so timesert repair drilling the hole — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

and mounting the time sert.. no clean and mount the head back on — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.