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    Very hard shifting between 2nd and 3rd when warm

    Too bad I didn't see this earlier. I bought an '08 STT with 12k miles that was very clunky downshifting from 2nd to 1st and would sometime get stuck somewhere in between. Going back to 2nd and trying again usually worked. I assumed it was a bent shift fork from the bike being tipped over. Just...
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    Finding Buell Colors

    I want change my white STT into a blue or maybe burnt orange one but I don't have any blue or orange parts to get color matched. Does anyone know where to get the color formula for the stock blue for XB's? Thanks.
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    How To Test An '08 Stator?

    Took out the stator this evening and it was well fried. 5 or 6 of the windings were burned black. Don't know how it was still managing to make the 45vac @ 2000rpm. This was the newer two wire stator and it does have all of the windings in series. It had 27Kmi on it.
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    How To Test An '08 Stator?

    My stator shows no resistence between the two leads or between either lead and ground but it still puts out 45vac @ 2000 rpm. Measuring the regulator output with no load on it shows around 20vdc. Hook everything back up and there's 12.5v at the battery at idle and the engine keeps running if I...
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    How To Test An '08 Stator?

    Thanks! The videos are very helpful. My stator is a two wire but I assume it also should not have any continuity to ground. Or maybe it uses the ground as the third wire? Good to know the regulator is MOSfet. I'll see if any of them are shorted.
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    How To Test An '08 Stator?

    I have an '08 STT that is not charging the battery. It has the two wire stator that shows .3 ohms between the two wires and also from either wire to ground. It looks like it's shorted to ground but it puts out about 18vac at idle. The service manual does not say what voltage it should be. It...
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    Rear Axle Removal tool missing from kit. Help.

    If you have an automotive spark plug socket (11/16" I think) that has a hex at the top, you can put the hex into the axel and then use a socket extension stuck into the wrong end of socket to turn it.
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    When To Change Wheel Bearings?

    I have an '08 STT with 25K on it. How do you know when to replace the rear wheel bearings? I check to see if they turn smoothly and don't feel loose when I change the tire every 3000mi or so. Is thst good enough or do they reach a certian point and fail suddenly? Thanks.
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    How Tight Should a New Belt Be?

    Thanks! Now I don't have to worry about smoking wheel bearings on my 175mi ride today.
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    How Tight Should a New Belt Be?

    I just replaced the belt on my STT and it seems extremely tight - even after a 10mi ride. You can pluck it like a piano string. It's tighter than the old one was (25kmi) even before tightening the axel. Seems to me that it must be putting a huge load on all of the bearings involved. l called...
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    Shifting issues

    I bought an '08 with a new clutch and the same problem you're having so it probably has the same history. It doesn't always shift easily and sometimes when going from 2nd to 1st it will stop at neutral and I have to go back to 2nd before it will go into 1st. I checked the selector under the...
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    Noob 12S exhaust question....

    I removed the center tube in the middle chamber. The tube leading from the rear chamber to the front chamber (See the illustration of the muffler innards in the service manual electrical section) has some perforations in it that vent some of the exhaust into the middle chamber. Removing the...
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    Noob 12S exhaust question....

    PS. You can see what it sounds like with the exhaust flap open and closed by pulling on the cable at the actuator. Dosen't make much difference either way. If the captian's mod is putting a hole in the outlet tube then I tried that too. I only did a 3/4" hole and it did get louder but it...
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    Noob 12S exhaust question....

    I wanted to make my bike a bit louder but without loosing any low end power so I removed the center tube in the muffler and left the active exhaust intact. It's now louder than stock but not LOUD like the gutted mufflers and it didn't seem to cost any low end. Still has the jack points too.
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    Buell won't start in 1st?!?

    Maybe the microswitch on the clutch lever?
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    Running Bad Cold - Problem Found

    Redshift42 - The bike had the problem when i bought it at 23K miles. I have another XB12 with 22K that hasn't had any problems at all.
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    Stator issue. Help please...

    Checking the voltage across the battery with the engine running should tell you if there's any problem with the stator or voltage regulator. I had an xb that died randomly and it turned out to be a wire worn through from vibration.
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    XB12STT Seat Options

    Mike, Let me know if you decided to get rid of the touring seat. wifarmboy, Is your ss seat the stock or touring one? From the images I've seen it looks like the stock ss seat and the stock stt might be pretty much the same.
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    Running Bad Cold - Problem Found

    Just to pass it along... My '08 XB12 was running bad anytime it was at less than 100% of running temp. It was choking and trying to die and when cold. For the first few miles on the highway the power would vary. Even hot it didn't seem like all of the power was there. Seemed like it was running...
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    XB12STT Seat Options

    Mike, The touring seat sounds good. How does it compare to stock for absorbing bumbs? I bought the STT for the longer suspension travel because my SCG was killing my back on the rough roads in my area. I'm hoping not to loose too much with a thinner seat. (I'm 145lbs). Sam
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