Custom Cafe Racer - Buell XB12R

[Endopotential]

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Just testing the waters... I've been dragging my feet, but I realize that this is far too special and beautiful a bike to sit as a garage queen. It deserves to be ridden and shown off at custom bike shows and awesome things like that.

This is a one of a kind custom creation, based off a 2007 Buell XB12R.
I know a lot of the diehards on this forum will scream that this is a lot of money, but if you were to price out a handbuilt cafe racer these days, it would likely run upwards of $15,000.
Would like to ask for $12,500

The bike probably has less than 4000 miles on it. But it's listed as 8000, just to get it registered in San Francisco, California. Gotta love our silly DMV rules...


Wish I could claim credit for this amazing creation but it was built by a wizard on the East Coast, fully detailed here by another forum member.
https://www.buellxb.com/forum/showth...afe-conversion

The tank cover, seat and front fender are hand hammered aluminum. All the shiny engine bits were hand polished, taking god knows how many hours. The builder Nick chose to equip the bike with the most expensive bits out there, some of which you can't even buy any more:

- custom Penske shock with remote reservoir (worth more than $1000 just by itself)
https://shop.penskeshocks.com/produc...le-adjustable/
- Dakota digital display
- Brembo radial master cylinder
- Buell Motorsports rearsets
- Rizoma rear pulley, mirrors
- Motogadget turn signals

Bike is in beautiful pristine condition. It's never been abused, tracked nor dropped.


Serious inquiries only please, no tire kickers or lowball offers.
Here's the full list of what builder did. He pretty much stripped down the bike to the ground, and built it back up with the best he could come up with. Estimates about 600 hours of work.

Parts list:

ENGINE

Fuel pump
O2 sensor
Cyl head temp sensor
Fuel injectors
Ignition coil
Plug wires
Plugs
IAT sensor
EBR race ecm
Drummer SS exhaust
Drummer one off spring joint
Jim's pulley nut
Belt
Full gasket set
Oil and filter
Primary chain shoe
Primary adjuster nut
Rizoma rear puller
Pulley bolts
Free spirits belt tensioner

total $ 2090

Suspension/Brakes

Fork rebuild kit
Penske rear shock
Dunlop Q3's
EBR front rotor
Rear rotor
Ft and rear pads
Spiegler custom brake lines
Front caliper rebuild
Brembo radial front master cylinder
Rear master cylinder rebuild kit
Brembo rear caliper and hidden bracket
Woodcraft rear sets
Vortex clip on bars
Rizoma grips
Rizoma fluid cans
CRG folding levers
Billet brake line clamps

Total $3014

Chassis

Front wheel bearings
Rear wheel bearings
Swing arm bearings
Steering head bearings
Carbon mud guard
Carbon can cover
Carbon oil cooler
Breather catch can
EBR fuel cap
Front axle
Front and rear bearing spacers
Kick stand new style
Front motor mount
Rear motor mount
Rizoma belt guard

Total $870

Lights and Gauges

LED day maker headlight
Motogadget m-blace ice front signals
Motogadget m-blaze disc rear signals
Custom dynamics led licence frame
Custom dynamics 13 led tail/brakellight
Dakota digital gauge cluster
LSL headlight mounts
Ballistic 12 cell lith/ion battery

Total $2050

Custom fabrication

Hand formed gas welded air box cover
Hand formed gas welded fender
Hand formed days welded seat cowl
Hand stitched seat
Tube subframe
Wiring harness
Electronics plate
Headlight bucket
Gauge mount
Breather reroute 3/8" steel line
License plate mount
Top triple machined
Fluid can mounts
Wiring harness clips
Polished wheels
Polished engine covers
Polished rocker boxes and covers
Redesigned grounding scheme
Polished rear sets
Polished belt tensioner
Polished belt guard
Custom trans vent
Nickel plated oil lines

Total raw materials, welding wire and gas $300

Powder coat

Frame
Swingarm
Subframe
Licence plate mount
Triple clamps
Headlight
Clutch perch
Breather reroute tubes
Pulley
Kickstand and plate
All brackets
Oil cooler frame
Cyl head tie plate
Lots of other little stuff
Total $500

So this leaves a grand total of $8824 for parts alone


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[Cooter]

Still such a beautiful bike. Wish I picked it up when you did Might have better luck on a more travelled site like Iconic or BAT.

[Endopotential]

Hey Cooter! Good to see you again. For a fellow old time Bueller, maybe we can work out a deal
Plus you're in CA too. Send me a PM if you're interested.

[Endopotential]

Bumpitty bump.

Price dropped to $11,500. Get yourself that Christmas present!!!

[c3powil]

Wow, an utter dream of a motorcycle. Cafe bikes are what grabbed my attention and made me want to ride in the beginning. Now I'm into adventure/commutourer bikes, but this makes me wish I lived on the other side of the country.

[Endopotential]

Happy and sad to report that the bike changed hands to a great guy. He's gonna ship it over to Texas to do Starbucks runs with the cattle herds.

But fear not, I still have my trusty XB9 so I'll get to keep bugging you guys.