I have been fiddling around for quite some time with my buell trying to get it run as i want. Uly tinker time, some mods are a pain to work with, breather reroute done by. Switching to a good well trusted name brand synthetic oil, due to its superior tolerance for high temperatures, may reduceeliminate oil escaping out the breather s. We do a lot of the american xb owners reroute their breather hoses from the airbox. I searched around the internet a bit and it seems like no one has xb engines for sale.
Ended up strapping it to the w brace in the front kind of horizontal. Find parts for xb12, xb9, 1125r, blast and super tt xb12stt motorcycles. The xb9 is the engine to have if you want to build a bike with hp and higher revs, whilst the 12 is the better engine for torque and all out grunt. The front cylinder head mount, and top breather kit, along with the exhaust are sold seperately. Xb12 warranty repair, after km running in the new cylinders, customer called the. When gunnyrob and i did waikaremoana a couple of months back, low speed dirt road hairpins were a nightmare as the stt was prone to surging halfway through the.
Or will my engine expire in short order if i dont do a breather reroute. While the allnew motor was a first for buell, in no way was it as hitech as the rest of the package. I had to do that before i did the breather update and have not touched it in 15,000 miles. Air filter is oily and nasty, so this has to be done.
I fabbed a stainless catch can with two fitting on top and a drain plug on the bottom, mounted it to the left of the oil cooler when your looking at the front of the bike, then breather hose into catch, breather hose out to a hd crankcase breather filter. Another defining feature a trend buell started was the mass centralized muffler that exited under the bike. Buell motorcycle forum xboard buell xboard archives archive through april 27, 2009 breather reroute pics previous next. Get traffic statistics, seo keyword opportunities, audience insights, and competitive analytics for buellxb. Discuss topics on buell firebolt, buell lightning, and the buell ulysses. Ecu tune, exhaust and breather tube reroute are good common mods. This was my first time doing the mod, so i wasnt sure what to expect but here you go. I dont believe in the carbon theory myself, i believe it was a problem with the lack of hardening of the crank pin that has caused the problem. Pistons require flycuts for 4 valve pockets and the pushrods and covers are sold seperatley.
Most buell riders will have experienced a feeling off lightness or a twitchy front end feeling when driving into a fast corner, especially with the s model. While the procedure is almost similar for the 2008 models. Buell breather box hose reroute as seen on buellxb. The clutch is heavy, even after riding my sportster kind of a hard clutch for 4 years and the xb9 for 2 stop and go traffic can be a pain in the left armhand. Buell xb12s for sale used motorcycles on oodle classifieds. If i ever finish the top end rebuild there might be less stuff coming out. Oil, filter and primary just changed with amsoil synthetic. Buell xb and 1125 suspension set up guide 161220 buell xb and 1125 recommended suspension settings as published in the buell owners manual. Buell tech told me they had marginal quality control when they ramped up production of the engines for 07s my noise came quite suddenly. Breather reroute you are currently viewing our boards as a guest which gives you limited access to view most discussions and access our other features. Engine breather reroute uk buell enthusiasts group. Buells downunder forum australias richest source of buell motorcycle related information, technical and howto articles, service and. So im done messing with the server software for a bit until the new software is out of beta next week.
My 08 xb12xt doesnt seem to dump oil in the airbox. There is a little thumb screw with a cable in it between the left air duct and the frame, give it a. Buell xb12ss lightning long jardine exhaust youtube. Although i can see the logical reasoning behind a lot of things, i sometimes.
Stuck a sintered breather summit racing differential breather in the far end and the drain in the side opening. Seems to work ok for the few miles ive been able to put through it. Throughout the years we have collected some off this data, which we want to share with you. New michelin pilot road 4s, bar end mirrors, weighted bar ends, integrated tailight, new clutch cable, aftermarket levers, renthal handlebar, handlebar risers, breather reroute, k and n filter, upgraded buell airbox, new brake pads, always had amsoil synthetic. New oem xl1200r and xb heads are now available assembled from nrhs the new xb and 2004 xl1200r cylinder heads represent a major step forward in port design from previous oem cylinder heads. Question regarding low speed stutter buell ulysses. Buell lightning cityx xb9sx for sale used motorcycles on.
If engine oil level is within proper range and synthetic oil hasnt vanquished the problem, oil emissions via the crankcase breather may indicate excessive blowby. Clean title, new plastics, tires and wheel bearings have about 2500 miles on them. Fantastic i have run it with the original exhaust, works fine, had to put it on for a yearly test. Im the second owner and have only put 2k miles on the bike since purchased up for sale is a 2009 xb9sx with 16k miles belt transmission v2 fourstroke engine 5speed gearbox. Xb912 20082010 eu models only with 2,5 inch collector torque hammer high performance dual outlet exhaust with dbkiller. After many hours of road tests and experimentation at first using steering dampers we realised the problem was the trail. Buellxb forum was designed with buell xb series motorcycle riders in mind. After many hours of road tests and experimentation at first using steering dampers we realised the problem was.
While i dont mind running beta version of vbulletin for the forum, running the services under beta software is a whole other issue that i dont care to do. Consider doing the buell recommended rocker box modifications detailed in the crankcase breather section seen below when replacing the gaskets. And you might try a breather reroute, that will solve also a lot of low end stutter problems. When comparing stock to stock, our testing has shown these heads to be capable of 56 more horsepower than typical thunderstorm heads.
Join millions of people using oodle to find unique used motorcycles, used roadbikes, used dirt bikes, scooters, and mopeds for sale. Lsl steering stabilizer, race ecm, open air box, and breather reroute. For remap i am bout to work with a member named theoctopus here is a link to some. Ran the line next to the fuel breather hose that exits on the left side of.
The buell kit come complete with all gaskets and mounting harware. Im not sure in the buell xb s use this style, as ive never seen inside the xb primary behind the clutch hub. Schoorl,netherlands on my xb i have the breather hose routed down on the front left side near the oil cooler and into the chinspoiler,and no catch can at the end. Uly tinker time, some mods are a pain to work with, breather reroute done by customer. By joining our free community you will have access to post topics, communicate privately with other members pm, respond to polls, upload content and access many other special features. Performance the xb engines are already quite highly tuned compared to the standard sportster engines they are based on.
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