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8-11-2017 XB12SS Service 1125 charging fix

9-12-2017 - What did we do today: 8-11-2017 Buell XB12SS front end, Buell XB flat tire, Buell XB12SS service, Buell 1125 charging fix

to finish the leaking fork seals slider cleaned — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

put some electrical tape on the leg, to protect the seal from sharp edges

mount the lock spring on the new dust seal so it will not damage the leg — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

seals and guide bushings on — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

and hammer home the oil seal to seat it porperly — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

clip in the slot , and dust seal can be mounted — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

fill the tube with oil , and bleed the rebound damper— bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

spring and spacer back in indexing the rebound adjuster , makes it look a lot nicer and you will have full travel on the adjustment — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

little oil was spilled on the caliper, cleaning — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

pads we going to replace , they are not worn out.. but you see the pattern of the warped disk in the pads.. not good to mount these on a new disk — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

new disk .. mounting — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever. The disc you can buy here

wheel back on looks good — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

bumoping the front suspention before you tighten the front axle... to set the front legs on the axle — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

brake fluid on the compensating membrame , it will go trough rubber give it long enough time — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

fresh brake fluid in — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

and new fluid rear — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

running warm, to set the oil level — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

chargin problems turned out to he the battery , and the customer wanted a 190 rear tyre — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

battery.. alwasy start with the negative to remove.. — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

the rubber straps for many a pain in the but — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

yes.. they do vibrate these things... mountin it correct will help. the nut holding the battery tray was not mounted.. the tab broke off — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

new battery in .. i made a litle helper to get the rubber straps on... works very nice — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

battery conenction, if the poles are sunken , use the spacers , no good connection otherwise — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

SX tire .. meeehh don't like theme this one is worn.. time to replace and put a 190 on — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

as this is a 2010 model.. the rear wheel has 3 bearings and dust seals , but also a extra spacer !!— bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

loosen the pinch bolt — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

and axle out.. the 3 bearing wheels have a differnent axle ,with room to support the 2 right side bearings , the axle can be retro fitted, but a 2 bearing axle can not be used on a 3 bearings wheel — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

tyre mounted... take care off the extra spacer left side of the wheel , the dust seals run on it , not mounting this will mis-aline the wheel — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

nice look 190/55/17 — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

checking the charging — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

plenty sparks going in the battery — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

yearly check up very nice XB12SS — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

battery is getting a little lazy 171 CCA will make the starter button, a little slow , as the battery need sto build up the power to rotated the engine — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

ratting front .. need to ceck behind the flyscreen — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

some connectors are rattling.. horn / horn bracket is ok

some heat in the bike and draining the fluids

removing plastics while draining

pully cover off

fresh gearbox oil in

spoiler bracket off to remove the oil filter — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

and filter off for replacement — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

adjusting the clutch , to set the mechanisme — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

mechanime lightly tight and 1/4 turn loose , lock plate with spring back on — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

front plug out — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

setting the gap before you put the new one in.. they come to tight out the spark plug factory — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

engine oil in — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

and rear wheel check caliper of — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

belt check... can take some km.. but is starting to show wear — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

rear wheel bearings are ok — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

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

moving up for the rear plug and air filter inspection— bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

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

check the plug wires on rub marks and connectors on corrosion , these are perfect — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

rear plug , needs extention and wobble joint — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

baseplate clean , friemmel the stack rubber inbetween the base plate — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

bike turned around for the front end — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

caliper of — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

line up the bracket with the slots to remove the wheel — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

bearings are ok — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

front leg out — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

and protect the cap nuts when you loosen theme — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

new oil in... key chain markings left leg... — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

i will mount these the other way around.. looks nicer— bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

front wheel back on, axle to 55 NM — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

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

and front brake fluid replacement — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

don't forget the rear fluid — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

while draining i give the cylinder a few pumps.. as the piston now makes the complete travel — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

setting oil level — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

can be a bitch on the 2009 models... the oil drained so fast back in the case on this bike — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

i needed to run the engine , stop and check right away .. test ride :-) — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

1125 charging fix — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

we al ready removed the rotor for the oil jet modification — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

cleaning old loctite — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

and cleaning the parts.. sprag clutch ring.. you know you wear these out very fast if you , start with the bad/ low battery ?! and these are much expencive parts — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

cleaning and lubing the sprag before mounting — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

rotor with oil yet.. located on the double spline — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

the position off the hole in the crank the oil jet should get its oil feed from — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

rotor on.. luning up the sprag clutch — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

6 sprag bolts.. mount with loctite.. if these come loose not a plesant sight — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

tq to 35 NM with loctite — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

cover back on.. some silicone on the rubber aria — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

and the cable guides back on — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

oil line back on — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

moving to the burned connection — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

bought sides are — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

as are the HD wire harness wet patch , modification— bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

as we fix the overheating the modification can be removed.. so the bike will charge nomaly below 5000 rpm , reconnect the little plug to the aic — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

and the one you have left over is from the ecm to switch the relais in the bike — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

even these wires hve been way to hot — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

burned out tough and trough — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

cutting free the terminals — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

as on the other end of the termonal — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

quick check the regulator is still ok ? so we can take the trouble of fixing it , volt meter in Diode check — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

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ok regulator diode check gives a reading.. so regulator should charge — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

litle testing .. eeeehhh — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

yes still bad connection , but it showed shome charging — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

so soldering extentions on — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

double isolation — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

works... little low but charges — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

wires do not get hot , other than to be mounted under the seat — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

mnnn battery connections loose — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

haa.. that helped the charging — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

will moutn the strap back... a pain in the ass to mount i know.. but leaving it off will give you al sorts off problems consering the vibrating battery and connections comming loose — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.