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  1. J

    Fixing Earthing Problems - Why and How

    Samuelsegg Don't see in your list of things you've done that you've connected the earths bolted to the alloy subframe back to the battery (or a solid lead that goes to the battery). Don't know how yours is wired but some models bolt critical earths (like the ECM earths) to the Left hand side of...
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    Ground Locations

    https://www.buellxb.com/forum/showthread.php?54706-Fixing-Earthing-Problems-Why-and-How 10 posts below your one - jv PS This one too: https://www.buellxb.com/forum/showthread.php?54753-Earth-Ground-Cleaning-Checklist-to-stop-misfires
  3. J

    Custom Buell on eBay

    This is worth a look https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6FpDleSyVU
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    All XB models Ground wire Anomaly and Solution

    A few things for you to consider Stu. 1. You haven't coated the joints in corrosion protectant yet. Unless you do that you'll be back to square one. See https://www.buellxb.com/forum/showthread.php?54706-Fixing-Earthing-Problems-Why-and-How 2. In running the main earth return to the battery...
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    Timed out reading 0 from 6 bytes

    Ahh... sorry Sosa, just remembered something. I was concentrating on the time-out error you described (which I'd just seen when switching the Buelltooth from my bike to a friends one) when I first replied. I got more time-out error notifications with the first Buelltooth dongle I had, and then...
  6. J

    Bought bike, have issues with it running.

    Sorry I'm late to this thread Travis, but you might find this useful https://www.buellxb.com/forum/showthread.php?54706-Fixing-Earthing-Problems-Why-and-How, the .pdf given is a checklist of what to do for misfires/hiccups, but if Lunatic says your problem is grounds then this will get most of...
  7. J

    Timed out reading 0 from 6 bytes

    My Buelltooth one does the same as yours Sosa, mostly when trying to pair, for no reason I can identify. I just start from opening the app and pairing again and after a time or 2 it connects. Seems to read more pages each time until it reads the full 7pgs and is OK. It doesn't seem to like to...
  8. J

    High AFV on XB12SS Long

    Thanks Taz and Gunter. Was a completely new bike to me so I just recorded what values were there and it was idling at the time, which does give info on the TPS. That's why I sent him out on a 20mi run to see what the values were when he came back and they were still very high AFV. Now what to...
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    High AFV on XB12SS Long

    Thanks Cooter We get a lot of used Japanese vehicles in NZ and this is just one of those (they drive on the RHS of the road like us - not that it matters with a bike). The VIN and ECM designation just confirmed what we already knew. We didn't try any tuning when we saw the AFV%. I didn't think...
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    High AFV on XB12SS Long

    Hi A mate brought his 2006 XB12SS Long to my place, and we ran ECMDroid via Buelltooth on it to see what it was doing. Apart from a K&N air filter, it is a bog standard Japanese spec bike (BUEIC ECM), still running the muffler valve, with 12000mi on it. It runs very well, subjectively engine...
  11. J

    Fixing Earthing Problems - Why and How

    Hope this adds to the info on maintaining earth connections. Everybody seems to have their own pet way of 'protecting' electrical joints. The various responses to this post were: • Silicone protective contact spray • Dielectric grease • Roller chain spray • Pure Nickel Never Seez • CRC2:26 My...
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    All XB models Ground wire Anomaly and Solution

    Mark. You missed one of Lunatics posts (5th down on pg2 in my browser). Said 2003 had earths attached to headstock pinch bolt. Didn't know this, so thx for bringing it out again. Hey Lunatic - The pinch bolt you talk about on the '03 - is that the one that only holds the plastic wiring shield...
  13. J

    Dim neutral light, not starting

    Just been looking at the wiring diagram in the Electrical Diagnostic manual. The neutral light turns on when current flows from the red power lead to the speedo assbly through the neutral lamp to earth at the neutral switch. There is only a path to earth when the neutral switch makes internally...
  14. J

    First Track Day with the CityX

    Hope there’s still some life in this thread after the lighthearted stuff. XB Buells are probably the most sensitive bikes ever made to tires and tire pressure. Stands to reason - ultra-short wheel base, high centre of gravity, steep rake, and short trail. Buell’s are at one end of the spectrum...
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    First Track Day with the CityX

    Agree with Cooter re tire pressures too low. Buell's steer quick anyway but low tire pressures make the bike turn in even faster. I wanted a neutral steering bike and got it with new tires and 38fr/40r psi on my Uly. Any less pressure than that and the front flopped into the turn. I had to...
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    Fixing Earthing Problems - Why and How

    NASA and the military have produced documents and MIL-STD's about Galvanic corrosion of metals in electrical contact (which is what earth joint corrosion is). In an offline discussion, Gabby_duck from BadWeB showed me a NASA paper on electrical bonding (many thanks Alan!). It has a table...
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    Bonding

    Never thought to run the cable to the engine side of the tiebar. Lower resistance but probably more vulnerable to cracking off at the lug due to engine vibration on that side Off topic: Where did you run the PCV breather hose to? (I used a tee as well, but took the hose off the rear side of the...
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    slipper clutch

    There might be a way you can try what Lunatic is saying, without the mythical (and where I live, non-existent) guru. There is a programming option inside the ECM to enable or disable something called 'Deceleration fuel cut' . If enabled it cuts all fuel on decelelleration and make the bike...
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    Earth / Ground Cleaning Checklist to stop misfires

    Attached .pdf document is a cleaning checklist that Moarant asked for, for fixing earthing / grounding faults in XB's, hopefully cover all models Save to your hard drive and printout when you need it. Photos necessarily v.small - sorry I couldn't load the Word file where you could zoom in on...
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    Fixing Earthing Problems - Why and How

    Yeah the different model sure are different. A Uly has the battery turned 90deg and the rubber strap goes in the same direction as your hose clamp. The connections are on top and vibration doesn't loosen them. Also the computer ground lug on a Uly has 2 wires crimped into the same lug, one fat...
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