I ride with big bikes and dont want to keep up. What do i need to do to increase performance?
i guess you mean big as in bigger displacement engines like the big super fast jap bikes.
what exactly do you want out of your Buell and how & where do plan to ride your BUELL.
with most buells you should be able to kill them in the twisties but not much you can do to kill on the straights.
with that said and ONLY 1k that would limit what you can do.get K&N air filter & find the exhaust you like or want , tune your (stock)ECM to it or buy EBR tuned to that exhaust if you dont want tune/remapp it.
if you decide to remap its easy or take the better route and really tune it right to max out of it, then i suggest see a pro tuner or cheaper probably better route because you will learn how to do it yourself take Octopus tuning course ( search . theoctopus, tuning sessions),
there is another thread about what you can do with a grand to make alot more power,
with the xb9 you already the higher gearing.
$1k for HP/TQ
Defintely checkout the exhaust shootout good exhaust info there on HP/TQ and how loud each is.
with you having the 2003 xb9 you have the hole in the framewith the scoop it gets a ram air effect pushin air into the air box so air box delete wont do much for you except make the intake louder. but it does look good with transparent airbox cover.
a few more good reads too.
Do-It-Yourself-Buell-Mods/Guys-we-need-to-talk...
/Tuning-Sessions
/ECM-Spy-Download /ECMspy-megalog-tunning
/Flashing-a-Race-Map-to-ALL-Buells-08-too
How-To-Crank-Case-Breather-Mod-with-pics
120-Helpful-Links-for-Buellers...and-growing