What did you do for your Buell today?

[BuellsRuell]

I nervously rode her home and plugged in the battery tender after having the battery light come on while sitting in traffic.

Almost 8k on her..I guess that's pretty good for the original stator though...??

 

[MustangGuy]

This past week I paid to have the tires and belt changed. When I stopped by to check on the bike, mechanic said I should have the rear brake pads replaced so I said "fine, might as well do the plugs too!" I'm usually not frivolous when it comes to farming out mechanical work on cars or bikes but this guy is honest and knows his stuff. Now it's done and I didn't have to burn my whole weekend doing it myself - more riding time! Money well spent.

 

[s0dhi]

I got the bike ready for winter last week, then saw the 12C weather today and couldn't resist. Took it out for a ride, adjusted the primary due to a vibration in the pegs at ~3k (not sure if it's fully resolved). Now contemplating ordering white plastics...

 

[Jerry C]

Rode the 05XBCity home with the Jardine held together with hose clamps. I noticed she was louder than normal so we pulled over at Waugh HD in Orange VA, then I saw the jardine had broken loose from the front rivets. It had slid back against the rear tire and scored the middle of the tire. A HOG member who was at the dealership working on a charity function gave me the hose clamps to help me out THANKS! So today I'll take the Jardine off the track bike and put on the 05 so I can ride her until I decide on a new muffler, any suggestions for either the street or track?

 

[pos90]

I tried out a tall windshield and put on some Barricade orange plastics for this winter.

 

[neilrl79]

I went for a 40°f warm up ride and then changed the oil in both holes next to a nice warm fire.

 

[augustus_01]

Participated in the For the Kids Toy Run.

 

[Route0766]

I installed Buell RACE KIT !

 

[ccdirtrider05]

I seen the forcast was supposed to be down around -10 near the end of the week.. so i brought her inside the house into the living room...

 

[wolfo68]

I got a bunch of new parts in the mail, I'll update later in my thread.

 

[djs2k2]

Nothing and I feel bad to, she hasn't been played with in a couple of weeks because there has been a lot going on in our lives [sad]

 

[Jerry C]

Had to trailer the 05XB home because she was only firing on the front cylinder, changed the plugs did not help. I will check the coil next,

 

[Jerry C]

Coil was not the problem, on to the injectors.

 

[d_adams]

Jerry, if you check everything else and it's not showing any codes, swap out the CPS.

 

[Jerry C]

CPS?

 

[BuellBoy2012]

today i tried to do a tps reset and broke my idle adjustment cable and i already lowered it to 0.0 on ecmspy to reset it, so i dont know if its safe to ride now thats its set at 0.0 instead of 5.2-5.5....

 

[50dro]

Tore into my primary this weekend to fix my broken primary cover and got into the clutches. As you can see, they've been hot so I'm gonna go with a new clutch pack and a newer OEM spring to try to avoid breaking the primary cover again. New (Teflon coated) clutch cable will be installed as well.

While I'm in there, I may be installing the XB9 gearing I bought a while back. Since it's snowing out, I'm in no rush to complete the project.

 

[sparky300]

And you're breaking the lip on the cover with a stock spring? How many times is this and how did you do the repair before? Trying to remem who it was on here that was building the repair kits...thinking about doing both of mine BEFORE they break and leave me stranded in the boonies

 

[50dro]

This is the first time for me at around 11k miles. It's not uncommon unfortunately. The stock spring on the early 12's (mine's a 2004) were heavier than the newer ones (2003+ I believe). If I were to guess, they changed it in part due to this issue. I'm personally not a fan of the repair kits I've seen for several reasons but it's just my opinion. I don't like to bash others' ideas especially when they're trying to help others out so I won't go into details. For me, a used 9 primary with a newer spring seemed like the best option for success without breaking the bank..

 

[sparky300]

Ah, I wasn't aware of the spring change on the later 12's...interesting

As far as a more permanent repair, I thought this was pretty close to the mark and relatively affordable

http://www.buellxb.com/Buell-XB-Forum/Buell-Lightning-XB12S-XB12Ss-CityX-XB12Scg/Fix-for-the-Primary-Cover