"Lizzy" my 09 1125CR

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Haha absolutely! Ill usually ride in as low as the high teens and twenties but with heated gear. I mainly didn't do much riding this tear because the clutch was sketchy and this is allot colder of a winter than last year's, even today last year it was in the 70s and today it's low 40s. The only weather I won't ride in is snow or rain below 32.
 
Well I finally passed 21,000 miles tonight! Damn cold winter, it took me 6 months since September 24th.
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I also took some pictures with my new phone (got the Droid Note II, I was fed up with the iPhone)
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This ones my favorite
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Hahaha well I can only laugh today, I dropped Lizzy tonight infront of the garage door, well more like slowly placed down. I put the kickstand down but not far enough, the spring shot it back up and I didnt realize it till I felt her get heavy as I got off, I got lucky as it could have been worse and coincidentally there was a bunched up old piece of carpeting to my left that I layed her down on so she didnt get any damage at all other than a small 15mm diameter scuff that I got out with a towel. So I had something to laugh at tonight and I figured id share it with all of you.
 
It always sucks when you drop a bike. I've had mishaps like that and I was mad at myself. But, that best thing you can do is laugh. Thank god its still ridable. I got to ride with some friends last Saturday and had a great time on my Cr!
I have a victory vision that I ride every day to work. A great bike but, it totally lacks the rush of the buell!
Good luck with all your miles this year.
 
This ones my favorite

Me too! But I'm biased...shows off our sliders and our decal nicely! :p

Would you mind emailing a hi res version of it to me to be used on our site?
 
So I may be trading lizzy in for a 2012 kawasaki klr650. Ive wanted one since before I knew of buells. Reasoning behind my decision is I find thay I do more long milage rides and even on my cr have taken the occasional dirt road, I find that I am surprisingly getting slightly bored of my bike as I am out of ideas and things to do to her. I still lpve the cr and will be seeing what the kawasaki/yamaha dealer by me can do. If nothing I will make another post for sale. Ill be asking $6,500 and current mileage is 21,3xx.
 
NJDEVILS1990, were u from. im here in jersey and nobody around me has a buell and im looking for a fellow bueller to ride with. that is of course if you dont sell lizzy.
 
Im in central nj, flemington area. I will still have a buell afterwards to ride (buell blast :)) but yeah if your in the area let me know. You can also check out nj buell owners
 
Just ordered a clutch kit from asb and a master cylinder rebuild kit a blinker oil filter and an o-ring for the filter cover. Should be here at the end of the week. Pics to come!
 
I have a clutch pack, new blinker, and oil change bits waiting to be installed. I also just placed an order for new wheel bearings, washers for the drain plugs and an o-ring for the spherical nut on the clutch, and will be ordering the clutch removal tool from EBR. Once this all comes in im gonna start the work. Thays about all for now.
 
What a difference! After 6hours of working on Lizzy I got out and rode her. She feels brand new and no more slipping! The clutch pack and springs were an easy 30minute job. I did the front wheel bearings in 15minites (removal and installation) the rear wheel I took to my local yamaha dealer for the bearings to be removed (cost $21 and 2hours from drop off to pick up and 5 minutes to install the new bits) new washers for the drain plugs and an o-ring for the filter cover and the spherical nut. Oil change completed, and rebuilt the clutch master cylinder. Lastly I finally replaced the broken rear blinker. So I just need to wash her tomorrow and take her on a nice long ride. The only down side so far tho, I immediately noticed the when the bike is on it os VERY hard to find neutral. But shifting between gears is like butter and when the bike is off shifting is smooth and into neutral is easy. Any ideas? Im thinking the clutchay need to just break in and it will get better I also did it with sneakers instead of my riding boots. I will see how it is tomorrow.
 
Thats kinda why I started this thread. All my good times and bad in one spot for everyone to read and hopfully learn off of and also give criticism when I am wrong. Id say this community is mostly what helped me keep myself from selling her a couple weeks ago. That and twin motorcycles for developing a new cheaper stator fix! My winter plans for lizzy right now are the EBR stator rotor amd the TM stator. After the core return it should be around $550-$600 for the two and the crank locking tool. Went on a 100 mile ride yesterday and she rides well. I think im still getting used to the clutch but it is almost no pull in and the clutch is disengaged. I still have a hard time getting into neutral so im going to try and bleed the clutch again and see if that helps.
 
That and twin motorcycles for developing a new cheaper stator fix! My winter plans for lizzy right now are the EBR stator rotor amd the TM stator.

Keep us in mind when you're ready for that stator! ;)
 
Heres some pictures too of the clutch and bearing job.
Got the EBR clutch tool. Its handy and I can torque the nut down properly now.
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Front bearings removed easily (I used an unconventional way as I didn't have a bearing puller. A flat head and hammer, bit the rear I took to a yamaha dealer for removal) installation was easy as well.
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Started off by draining the right side of oil and pulling the cover off. Crack the brake line banjo bolt and drain the fluid before you remove the clutch.
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I tried a t-bar allen key in a 5mm but had to use vice grips and a normal 5mm key to get leverage.
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T30 bit to remove the 8 cover bolts and were almost there.
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I used the 5mm allen key instead of a wrench and a 19mm to remove the diaphragm nut. ! Be careful not to rip the diaphragm when you remove it! It likes to stick so be gentle.
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And were at the clutch. Easy removal. I took the 5mm and in a star pattern like you do with lug nuts on a car slowly remove the spring bolts I did them 2 turns at a time and it took about 5 minites. I also oriented the bolts and springs so I can put them back in the same way they came out(you probably dont need to do this, they are the same length).
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Pressure plate is out so time to dig the plates out.
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Not too much space for fingers so I used 2 flat heads and wiggled the plates out.
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New plates soaked in 1L of new oil for 30minutes. The steel plates were not soaked but I coated them with oil when I placed them in. Also I got a Barnett clutch kit, the owners manual will tell you to put a notched steel plate in first and that one side has sharp teeth and the other has round. This is for thw factory clutch. The Barnett kit has no notched plate and they can go in any way but always start with the steel plate! And alternate between till the end.
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After that you can button everything up and drain the rest of the oil if you didn't already. Add the new stuff and take her for a spin.
 
Just passed 22,000 miles! Doesn't look like ill be hitting 30k this year but at least 25k is in sight. And my next valve job, so kinda bitter sweet.
 
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