New to Buell, New to forum.

[34nineteen]

Nice looking bike. Are you interested in parting it out?

 

[Barrett]

View attachment 16043 will be changing oil as soon as I can.

Do it! Run straight 60W and 1oz of 2-stroke Castor Bean Oil or Blenzall per 1 gallon of high octane. Max performance.
******* on here afraid to tell you that cause it's a pussificiation site.


Gloomshadow

 

[Cooter]

But what about my primary oil??


:distracted:


LOL. RTFM, FTFM
Buellmods.com

 

[chuckmcg]

34nineteen - I dont think so. I've wanted one of these for a long time.
Barrett - Right, nice Gloom referance.
Cooter - Lol

 

[34nineteen]

34nineteen - I dont think so. I've wanted one of these for a long time.
Barrett - Right, nice Gloom referance.
Cooter - Lol

You sure about that? LOL. Nice bike, nonetheless. :up:

I subscribe to Tom's idea about doing the old 2 stroke mix on an XB.

Dont listen to CoOter. He's a jerk.

 

[Cooter]

True. Because I owe you money....

:black_eyed:

 

[34nineteen]

True. Because I owe you money....

:black_eyed:

Dont make me have to come collect it.

 

[Cooter]

You seen my plan. Muahahaaaaaa.

 

[chuckmcg]

I see we have some Bro-mance on here.
Can anyone tell me if Buell used real sharkskin on any of the lightning seats? The PO of my bike said the seat cover was sharkskin.

 

[34nineteen]

I see we have some Bro-mance on here.
Can anyone tell me if Buell used real sharkskin on any of the lightning seats? The PO of my bike said the seat cover was sharkskin.

Its more like a Ho-mance.

Some XB (Lightning) seats received smooth vinyl, others got a textured vinyl from the factory. Some models had a perforated vinyl covering.

You can kind of see the texturing on this one:
https://www.ebay.com/p/747330624


Mine came with rich Corinthian leather hand stitched by Eric Beull himself, at least thats what the PO told me.

Here is a link to a P&A catalog if you want to see what WAS available back in the day.
https://froggypwns.com/buellpdfs/Buell-Products-Catalog.pdf

Looks like you have a set of the uber-rare Traction handgrips on there.




CoOter is still a jerk.

 

[chuckmcg]

Cool links! Gonna get some close up pics for you. By the way I loved my '76 Cordoba and its red Corinthian leather. Was your seat red? LOL.
Don't know how a "Senior Premium Member" could be a jerk, but I'm thinking maybe Cooter owes me money too.

 

[Cooter]

It's a Ho-mance alright. I'm the HO... he's the man... see? And I got senior covered too.



Sharkskin is so post-PETA. The only way forward is carbon fiber!
https://www.buellxb.com/forum/showthread.php?53730-Cooter-does-upholstery
That seat is on a different bike now and even after 4 years of road trip farts, it still massages my taint perfectly fine.

 

[34nineteen]

It's a Ho-mance alright. I'm the HO... he's the man... see? And I got senior covered too.

View attachment 16047

Sharkskin is so post-PETA. The only way forward is carbon fiber!
https://www.buellxb.com/forum/showthread.php?53730-Cooter-does-upholstery
That seat is on a different bike now and even after 4 years of road trip farts, it still massages my taint perfectly fine.

Is that my old seat? Those pegs look familiar. I can tell because one is bent.

 

[34nineteen]

This is CoOter perfectly defined in a Progressive Insurance commercial:

The nunchucks on the wall gave it away

 

[34nineteen]

fair is fair... one for me

 

[chuckmcg]

Took a good look at the seat. It is obviously just textured vinyl. Thanks for sharing your knowledge.

 

[34nineteen]

What muffler is on your bike? I see some silver peeking out from under the chin fairing.

 

[chuckmcg]

What muffler is on your bike? I see some silver peeking out from under the chin fairing.

I believe it's a Buell race muffler, it has dual outlets. I also have the race ecm and k&n air filter.

 

[34nineteen]

I believe it's a Buell race muffler, it has dual outlets. I also have the race ecm and k&n air filter.

Nice! I'm calling dibs on those.

 

[chuckmcg]

Quick question. Or two. There isn't any extra steps that need to be done when replacing your battery, is there? And how many amps does a good starter pull?