Xb9sXBUELLXb9sX's - 2000 Buell X1 Lightning Build Thread

[Xb9sXBUELLXb9sX]

Next, I replaced the old front exhaust mount with the updated wishbone style mount. Much Beefier!!!

 

[Xb9sXBUELLXb9sX]

Even replaced the old Z-Bracket!

 

[Xb9sXBUELLXb9sX]

And I got bored, so I decided to polish up the headers a bit. Not bad 18 years of tarnish and an hours worth of work.

 

[Silverrider]

They look New again!

 

[bsd]

Forgot to mention that the steel oil pump gear is known to fail. Both of my X1 now have the bronze oil pump gear in them. No rush for you to do it now, but sometime down the road.

 

[d_adams]

Looking good, waiting on the next update pics...

 

[Xb9sXBUELLXb9sX]

Looks like Dean was alluding to something...

Well, I finally picked out an exhaust and decided to go with the best! I ordered a Dean Adams Designs Tuber exhaust.

This thing is very well built, looks great and sounds even better. A little on the louder side, but that isn't a bad thing, one bit. Fit was great, much better then most exhaust systems I've installed. Dean is an outstanding guy btw. He called to confirm my order, gave me updates on the construction [with pictures], and even called me to make sure everything installed smoothly. Would definitely recommend his stuff to anyone.

During the install, I did find that when the header was welded up, it did warped a bit. Didn't notice at first and kinda crushed/messed up the front exhaust gasket. I smoothed it out a bit and it seemed to have sealed nicely. Passed the soapy water test anyways. On to the pictures.

 

[Xb9sXBUELLXb9sX]

Here's how she sits for now. I've updated everything that needed to be fixed immediately, and she's back on the road. Needs a couple more small updates such as the oil pump gear and a new rear shock, but I'll be waiting a bit before I tackle these items. I have big plans for this bike, but I want to spend some time riding and enjoying it first. Will be giving any and all updates to this bike as I complete them.

 

[Outlaw]

I like it. Nice bike.

 

[Xb9sXBUELLXb9sX]

Thought I'd jump back on here and give an update. I was cleaning the X1 a while ago, and noticed that when the previous owner installed the forcewinder intake, they removed the intake bracket. So I purchased a replacement to install.

 

[Xb9sXBUELLXb9sX]

But, nothing can ever be that simple...

Without the bracket installed, the throttle body rotated downward quite a bit. To installed the intake bracket, I had to rotate it back up. When I started it back up and went for a ride, it was blatantly obvious the the install broke the seal on the intake seals. So I had to take off the entire intake...

 

[Xb9sXBUELLXb9sX]

I figured since I was removing the entire intake track, I'd replace all the seals and even purchased a new fuel rail. This included new james gaskets "blue" intake seals, air cleaner gaskets, manifold and throttle body seals, and injector o-rings. Basically every seal/o-ring between the air filter and the heads. Even replaced the fuel line and fuel filter

 

[Xb9sXBUELLXb9sX]

But of course, it still can't be that easy...

When I removed the intake manifold, I noticed a lot of epoxy and J-B weld. That kind of stuff really bothers me so I removed some of it to inspect the manifold. I discovered a large crack on the throttle body side, going all the way through the manifold.

 

[Xb9sXBUELLXb9sX]

I ended up finding a decent intake manifold on eBay to replace the cracked manifold. Has a couple small dents on the injector inlets, but they are purely cosmetic and do not effect the seals on the injectors.

 

[Xb9sXBUELLXb9sX]

With basically a brand new intake track, I put everything back together. Ran great, even better than before!

 

[Xb9sXBUELLXb9sX]

And ever since I've had the bike, I hated how the head breathers were routed. The setup caused a small amount of oil, overtime, to drip through the filter and onto the engine/exhaust. So I added a catch can.

 

[rb70383]

Surfing old threads. Bike looks great. Any new news?

 

[tenshots1]

catch can looks awesome!

 

[Cooter]

Great job:eagerness: Looks like a really nice X-1! and you have all the worms back in the can now...Haha

 

[_buelligan_]

Pretty nice clean up job on that X1, cool catch can install