One hell of a ride.
Is it that common? I've read about a few - but it wasn't a meltdown on the Buell groups like some of the other issues were. Or maybe I just missed it.
I stuffed the steering head bearing on my XB12X (mainly from doing stoppies) but the disc was sweet as for the 5 I owned it.
Ta
All three of the Buells that came through our group of riders, ended up with a fucked front rotor.Originally Posted by Big Dave
They hotspot on the trailing edge of the vent holes, and material gets dragged back round the disk.
Think it comes down to how deep a rider chases the front into a corner. People who ride smooth and sweepy probably don't have an issue.
Purely conjecture of course. I haven't looked into it proper or nuthin.
L-Plate Rider
From what I've been told and read I think it's not uncommon. My new EBR disc is slotted where the original was cross drilled. The new mounting kit is also different to the original setup with no springs in it. I can only guess the changes are made to try to make a better setup.
Bogeyman
I've ridden all my Buells pretty much the same way. Touch glacial probably. The XB12R was fine on SSB pads, brilliant brakes. The first XB12X gave trouble on one std and one H2 pad. I fixed it ten different ways, eventually cup ground the rotor both sides, perfectly flat. And I mean perfect. New std pads and the problem was back inside 10k. A new rotor worked fine.
The 1125 front brake got a slightly harder time on both std and SSB pads and never gave trouble. Same with the new XB12X. So it's not riding style, it's across at least 3 different types of pad and it's far more common on '06-'07 machines, although the design didn't change. A pound gets you a pinch of shit it was related to a particular batch of rotor material.
I loved my 1125CR, but like most of it's class it was too small for me. I sold it because of that and the lack of ongoing support long term. The engine was an absolute peach, nothing I've ridden has anywhere near the torque spread and the power to weight was as good as anything. If there was a 2013 1125CR with the minor improvements you'd typically expect to see in a second gen bike, and if it was even 5% larger I'd own one today at twice the asking price.
Go soothingly on the grease mud, as there lurks the skid demon
tank slappa
Well this has to one of the most interesting Buell threads on the entire forum (at last!!!!).
Great read, cheers!
My Buells are still going strong and if the EBR street model becomes a viable line then I will be adding 1 to the stable.
HELL YEAH!
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Hardcore Biker
Slightly of topic, I get my licence back on the first of august and I then have to get the green sticker removed from my 07 XB12R at VTNZ. The green sticker was attached due to the factory race muffler fitted. Anyone had any luck with the good old steel wool in the pipes trick to get the volume down ?
Bogeyman
I'd say the problem was that "not for highway use" on the zorst. I've got two standard one here if you want to swap.
Go soothingly on the grease mud, as there lurks the skid demon
One hell of a ride.
Where the Buell went - on my front page!
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Thats an uber sexy X1 BD...
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