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28-11-2015, missing bolt , XB12X customizing

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ok who lost a bolt... i found it 

Uly rear tyre, as the tyre is almost worn out , and the hole so big patching is realy only to get home, i will replace the rear tyre, , loosen the axle pinch bolt 


Uly rear tyre, axle loose — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.


Uly rear tyre, when i work with on a rear stand i like to remove the inner belt guard as the pully can move more easely — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.


Uly rear tyre, tyre was patch already 1 time...a 6 mm bolt makes a impression — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.


Uly rear tyre, fresh rubber on, wheel bearings are still ok, axle back to TQ specs — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.


Uly rear tyre, and tighten the pich bolt, bikr will feel loose in the rear when this one is not in — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

Uly rear tyre, rear brake pads need change... Can be found here: https://www.twinmotorcycles.nl/webshop/artikel.asp?guid=YXHFSC&aid=3393&cid=9769&s&a&aname=Buell_XB912_S1_S3M2X1_rear_brake_pads 

Uly rear tyre, temporary mount the caliper back to loosen the cap and pin. Pads can be found here: https://www.twinmotorcycles.nl/webshop/artikel.asp?guid=YXHFSC&aid=3393&cid=9769&s=&a=&aname=Buell_XB912_S1_S3M2X1_rear_brake_pads

Uly rear tyre, this is a nasty one, screwdriver slipped out... tapping can help , with a hammer screwdriver carefull not to hammer to hard not to bend the bracket , this one came loose .. puuw these can be a bitch — bijTwin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.


Uly rear tyre, pin loose and the old pads can be removed — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.


Uly rear tyre, new pads in and little neverseas on the threads off the pin — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.


Uly rear tyre, we sell the cap as loose spare parts. ( we also have these with pin OEM buell ) putting the old one back half chewed on, will be a problem for the next guy ( probebly me ) so be nice to your mechanic and replace it smile-emoticon https://www.twinmotorcycles.nl/webshop/artikel.asp?guid=YXHFSC&aid=10823&cid=0&s=NCP10&a&aname=Nissin_screw_cap_brake_caliper_ — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.


Uly rear tyre, and put the cap in with some neverseas— bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.


XB12X customizing, had a little thinking... as i still need to hook up the check engine light , and low level fuel , but only 1 LED is over... bought oil pressure and engine warning switch to ground , so if i combine these to the red warning led, it should work for bought , but red light will mean oil pressure , contact on and self diagnostics out after 2 secondes , and bike running oil pressure or a error code — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.


XB12X customizing, ok check oil pressure on , and check engine light out ( after 2 secondes ) — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

XB12X customizing, contact on again.. red led burns for bought... perfect , not to solder the resistor between the wire harness to make the ntc fuel level switch give a on off signal to the orange led to indicate low fuel level — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.


XB12X customizing, funny people at buell wink-emoticon , 4 wires to the ignition switch... but 3 from the 4 are connected to each other after 30 cm into the wire harness — bijTwin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.


XB12X customizing, so navigation mount.... will destroy the looks... mnnn — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.


XB12X customizing, cut the little bal off and drilled it for the 1/4 handle bar clamp screw — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.


XB12X customizing, easy to mount, now to make a small connector for the feed wire so it can be easely hooked up — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.


XB12X customizing, and make a 2 piece cover plate to clean up the top off the triple t , and where i can connect the wires to — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.


XB12X customizing, first clean up the rear, as all is working now as i want it to work , making wire harness and mount the relais — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.


XB12X customizing, better smile-emoticon — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.


XB12X customizing, starting to look asome smile-emoticon — bijTwin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.