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9-9-2015 Uly intake seals, XBS rockerbox gaskets

11-9-2015 - What did we do today 9-9-2015 Uly intake seals, XBS rockerbox gaskets, XB Rear Tyre, sneak peak custom project

sneak peak... custom project , clean front end XB , mini dash 

sneak peak... custom project , connected to the hanle bar clamp officialy no longer availble , but the HD one is, after checking the clamping on the 22mm bar.. will work 

sneak peak... custom project , nice... now to cut a few meters off cables to clean it up , and hook everything up 

2007 XB12S heavy leaking rocker cover gaskets. fan is broken — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

rocker box gaskets, strip the top side for engine rotation

rocker box gaskets, scoops off and V-brace loose 

rocker box gaskets, little work around to save some time to support the engine — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

rocker box gaskets, and down she goose , short break to cool here down some more — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

Quicky rear tyre change, weekend trip comming and need to inflate the tyre every day — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

Quicky rear tyre change, off course checking the wheel bearings.. ok — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

Quicky rear tyre change, little nail in the tyre, as the tyre is almost worn out... will put a new one on 

Quicky rear tyre change, fresh tyre , good to go 

rocker box gaskets, on with the rocker covers — bijTwin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

rocker box gaskets,cover off the old orange seals , will all leak, and leaking for some time looking at the mess behind it — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

rocker box gaskets,ols seals out and new black ones in — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

rocker box gaskets, check the head temp wire it is not between the covers while you tighten theme — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

rocker box gaskets, cover screw to TQ — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

rocker box gaskets, vacuum port cap missing, mounted new one — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

rocker box gaskets, customer brought his own new fan.. will replace it , bike weight supported and loosen the reasr schock — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

rocker box gaskets, schock left aside , to remove the fan screws — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

rocker box gaskets, fan screws out and nasty old fan out — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

rocker box gaskets, after cleaning up the hole / back off the heads , hook up the fan and test the working before you put it in — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

rocker box gaskets, fan back in and mounted, schock can be put in... and covers back on — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

rocker box gaskets, customer also asked to replace the levers for cheap china one... — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

rocker box gaskets, i have seen it go wrong to many time with china levers... so checking if the compensating hole is not blocked inside making the brake very dangereus , ok in this case — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

rocker box gaskets, also clutch lever replaced, you can see the ware on the old one the pivot hole is worn out oval and the brass bearing insert is worn out — bijTwin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

on with the intake seals Uly, people have been working on it , as the velocity stack was not secured by the spring band , and it is a mess under the airbox — bijTwin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

intake seals uly, v-brace loose.... screw is dammaged— bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

intake seals uly, the engine bolt is not playing nice , wrestling the bike , thread insert in the frame is comming loose — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

intake seals uly, putting a ratchet spanner on the Hex bit you can keep tension in the bolt forcing it over the rubber tension — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

intake seals uly, and if your down so there is a little room to put a 1 inch spanner on to loosen the frame insert

intake seals uly, and with a few turns loose the bolt can be taken out... corroded all the way 

intake seals uly, so engine drop... manifold looks also very nasty — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

intake seals uly, first cleaning up the insert 

intake seals uly, and with some red loctire and some spacers using the sotck bolt ( the very thin 1 inch hex on the insert is very hard to use a socket on ) — bijTwin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

intake seals uly, insert in and tight, now let the loctite do its work and in 10 minutes you can take out the bolt— bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

intake seals uly, i do need to fight every screw on this bike :-X — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

intake seals uly, with out a dought one off the most dirty nasty intake manifolds in a long time

intake seals uly, and the odo says 12000 km ... yeah right wink-emoticon 

intake seals uly, ok cleaning up as good as it gets , willtry it 1 time with normal seals , new bolts — bijTwin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

intake seals uly, engine back up and front bolt tightened — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

intake seals uly, engine back up tps set.. and testing... ok need to do it again, bike still runs bad.. and leaks :-X — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.