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23-8-2017, 1125CR belt tyre, ULY cooling fan X1

4-10-2017 - 23-8-2017, Buell 1125CR belt and rear tyre, Buell Xb12X coolingfan and front fork seal, Buell X1 cylinders mounting

one off the nicer 1125cr... new tyre and belt — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

XB S tail section made on the 1125.. looks very nice— bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

because the tail section some things are more easy , screws loose off the rear fender — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

10 mm to loosen the axle pinch bolt — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

and turning the disk just right to remove the rear caliper — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

wheel out.. new belt.. new bearings !! please do.. these belts new are freaking tight — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

swingarm piece out. to slide in and out the belt — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

foot peg support loose heel guard off — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

turn the 2 pieces to slide out the belt — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

on the front pully there is a flat sport helps to put belt on or off — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

 

28000 km belt showed cracks.. and is starting to wear.. looking a the wear and cracks i would say good call — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

 

going to mount a wave disk to... loosening the bolts.. i don't even bother to try by hand.. with impact tool works much better — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

 

 

off course tightening by hand our own Twin Motorcycles dic https://www.twinmotorcycles.nl/webshop/artikel.asp?mc=1&aid=3898&cid=0&s=rear%20brake&a=&aname=Buell_XB912_and_1125R_1125CR_rear_brake_disk setting to tq — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

 

new belt in https://www.twinmotorcycles.nl/webshop/parts.asp?mc=1&jaar=2009&model=AC6EF6AB-1FED-45F8-B607-766424BA8621&sid=CCF50480-6AA4-446E-8931-21DE7620B5EF— bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

be for you tighten put the swingarm piece in — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

foot rest back — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

and belt over the front pully — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

slowly tightening while turning the wheel — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

tight.. loosen and tighen again as the belt tension makes it harder to turn the axle — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

rear pads not gone yet.. but it;s better to put new brake pads on a new disk https://www.twinmotorcycles.nl/webshop/artikel.asp?mc=1&aid=2406 — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

with a flat screw driver you can lift the pads a little out the springs to push the pads back — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

and slide theme out in the front — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

giving the new pad springs a little wiggle.. makes theme so much easier to mount — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

new rear pads on and caliper can be mounted — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

just checking.. this one was almost hanging.. — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

fat tyre.. looks good :-) — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

leaking fork seal... cold running issues .. and when the customer came in i heared a very sory noice from the cooling fan that was about to seaz.. ( very low rpm turning off the fan ) — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

cold issue.. mnn i wonder if this has to do with the tps setting.. 1.8 is way to low — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

anyway.. cooling fan.. shock needs to come out .. loosening the mounting bolts — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

top one loose — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

jacking up the bikt do the weight is off. you can pull out the mounting bolts — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

remote adjuster loose — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

compression canister loose — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

and pulling the shock out — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

acces to the fan.. t27 screws — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

loosen these 4 and you can wiggle the fan out.. to disconnect the plug — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

fan did break down because rocker cover gaskets oil leaking.. — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

mnnn will clean this up — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

better... looks like new again ;-) — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

cooling fan in.. — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

shock back in — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

and fasten the ecm ( lock nut under the ecm is a pain ( — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

moving to the front..leaking oil seal — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

caliper off — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

front leg out — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

i will do the bearings shortly.. as these are about reasy , spacer is also loose — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

top cap if use some electro tape to protect the cap nut — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

leg apart — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

also some electro tape on the leg to protect the new seals during mounting — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

leg to getter , setting the rebound while mounting fully closed.. adjuster flush and points aline — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

bearings done — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

and front leg back on — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

head overhaul and cylinders ( valve guide was broken, but cylinders where also not good anymore )— bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

some old XB cylinders are perfect for a tube frame replacement... bored / hone oversize .. perfect — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

after hone , clean in hot soapy watter untill you can pull a reg trough the bore and will not show any dirt— bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

the bores are no so clean.. they will corrode very fast, so a light coat off assembly lube in the bore — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

checking the rin cap.. always check this before you assemble a engine... — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

position the rings correcly on the piston — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

i like to mount these in the cylinder.. — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

checking direction off the piston — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

c-clip 1 side mountedd — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

prelube the piston pin — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

and mounted .. put some rags in the case hole while mounting the other c-clip — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

1 down. 1 to go — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

gap is also good — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

and rear cylinder mounted — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

oil the head bolts — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

2 steps and 90 deg... no need to mark with my torq wrench :-) — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

front head has had some work, as the exhaust guide had come loose — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

here is the old guide — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

assembly the head valve spring base plates — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

and the valve springs on — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

head on , now first mouning the pushrod tubes — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

rocker box on, slowly tightening all — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

and cover on — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

little special key helps to tighten the cover — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.