sold the 1125R
 

Its gone.....


but I did damn good....

and the new bike is........?????

XB12R Firebolt w/ full D&D exhaust...

A ruckus with pompoms taped to the handlebars?

Cheater ....

Congrats. It's a sweet looking bike.

This is what I wanted the 1125R to be.... mean and nasty

Looks sweet man. How different are the two bikes?

But im confused to why you made the switch? How much are you saving?

Marko2

I traded my 1125 for 2005 xb 12R and 3k cash

Like it better?

Yep. just got a few miles on it but I seemingly like it a lot better

Night and day difference

You are missing an epic rally, we want to do it here again next year.

how far away are you guys? i might head your way tonight when i get off work at 4 am and ride back with you guys
... new bike makes me want to ride again

North of ashville by 38 miles, a 2.5 hour ride from trips house. Prolly not a good idea at 4am

My spider senses told me someone is having a problem signing in.

Gotta say, not long after buying the 1125R, I really wished I'd bought one of the air-cooled paint shakers myself. :dthumb:

Your 'spiderman' is correct

Lolz

You being serious or just kidding?? I love this effing thing

Isn't the suspension on the 1125 better than the 12r? I don't know about the engines, but Buell suspensions were meh pre-1125.

How many miles are on that thing?

28,000
Suspension isn't nearly as good but I'm the slowest rider on this board...

Quite serious.
Sure the 1125R is faster, but it is jerky as hell at low speed and it lacks the visceral appeal & 'character' that the air-cooled engine has in spades.
For the speeds I normally ride, the XB would have been a better choice. :idk:

I dunno about that - you've never met me :lol:

I always wanted one of those bikes, but never could talk myself into buying one. Are parts still easy to come by?

Yep.





Fuck you drewpy.

:lol:

I still keep thinking about a 9r or 9s as a possibility for a next ride. Its on the short list atleast.

This whole marko and marko squared shit is getting confusing. :lol:

Put 250 solid curvy miles on today and its not a RC51 but its def one of the funnest bikes I have ever rode. shifting is optional. sips gas and doesn't hurt my wrists at all. not to mention it is def the loudest thing other then taters whore of a ex wife I have ever ridden
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What's the range on a tank of gas?

No matter how heavy I was on the throttle, I was always between 45-50mpg with mine... Mine was the long version which had a 2/3 gallon or so more in the tank and I was looking for a gas station every 180 or so miles... Most I ever went was almost 230 and I think I could have gone another 20 before being stuck.

And it's a breeze to work on, requires near nothing for maintenance, gets a lot of attention at the gas station, etc, etc... It's a damn shame that Buell went under and most people never gave these rigs an honest chance... If I had the cheddah, I'd have another one in my garage right now...

That's not a bad bit of range.

Agreed. If I had the spare cash, I know of a clean XB12Scg for a decent price that I'd love to get my hands on. I like the looks of that bike quite a bit. Sadly, school takes all my loot.

Very nice drewpy... er marko squared.

I know what you mean about loving to ride again. Erik has been like that since he got the VFR.

About 120-130 on the 12r

You know it's a buell, right?

doesnt hurt to ride? fake marko just said real markos a bitch

Maybe the suspension IS the reason you're slow. redflip

Somehow I think u r lying.

We established that at the rally :)

Real marko doesn't care.

we figured as much

You should.

marko1 doesn't give a shit

LOL honey :badger:

Real talk

Congrats on the new ride. I'm gonna have to get on a XB sometime to compare, but I still love the 1125.

Good to have you happily riding again though!

Xb feels much more stable and much more natural. no funny front end feeling.

They are awesome bikes. And sound a billion times better than the 1125.

without a drummer...

Xb with a drummer, friend. But I'll throw you a bone.

Have you heard a 1125 with a drummer?

Not in person. Only vid. But I'll take the racket of a push rod twin over water cooled any day.

Except for the RC I would agree
Xb wins

Why's that? Other than the ease of working on it... Just curious...

For sound... Can't speak for Marko, but for me it's just a cleaner sound... All intake and exhaust - pure suck, bang, blow.

Beyond that, I like the fact that they don't rev to the moon... Don't need that shit... Power when I need it, everywhere in the rev range, torquey, tractable...

I'd say the thing I miss most about my Buell is the belt... Maintenance free, not drive lash... Which is HUGE... Ride a Buell all day and get on another bike... It'll almost feel like something's wrong with it...

There's no cush drive on my TE630. Talk about drive lash!

This pretty much sums up my thoughts completely. Well done, sir. Bottom line from my previous comment is I just prefer how the air cooled push rod twin sounds.

Having a bike who's maintenance regimen consists of add gas, change fluids, replace brake pads ain't too bad either...

marko doesnt ride enough to do any of that

Well, I did when I had my Buell...

You got that right. I've changed plugs too.

Let me know when your valve adjustment takes less than 10 mins. Adjustment, not just a check.

Drewpy, are you doing the iron butt this weekend with us?

There is no adjustment or check. So I'm letting you know that they take less than 10 minutes. Zero minutes actually. Move along.

Took a look at a clean XB12S and CityX. I want either. Damn my schooling for draining my funds.

Ahh hydraulic. Interesting. You do have the timing and the primary chain in the engine case that requires inspection/adjustment.

Love the Lightning. I'd trade my XBR straight up for a comparable XBS.

Correct.

Are the ergos any better?

Why not just do a conversion on yours? That way you keep your bike and can swap between the front look you want.

It's an option. I've looked into it. The wireharness is almost too short to swap the front end going from the R to S. But it's doable. I should just do that. My bike is mechanically sound and worthy of keeping.

I've already got the S foot pegs. But yes, it's more upright. Which is my chief complaint. My back hurts riding the R.

I've never touched the timing chain. The primary takes about 10 minutes. Open the inspection port. Turn the bolt under the primary cover until the proper slack is attained. Tighten the locking bolt, replace the cover.

To adjust the clutch, you take all tension out of the cable, open the cover (three screws). Take out the spring, tighten the flathead screw until it seats, then back it off two turns, replace the spring, replace the cover, adjust the cable tension. This one takes about 15 minutes.

Replacing the rear wheel? Fuck alignment. Tighten the axel to 40 something foot lbs, back off two turns, retighten to 48 (52?)lbs and then tighten the axel retaining screw.

It's ridiculously easy to work on.


However, one big misconception about the belt. It doesn't last forever. It just doesn't have a service interval. I wore one out in about 12000 miles. And they're quite expensive...

It's a huge pain in the ass to convert from a firebolt to lightning. You need a new wiring harness, top triple clamp, and a few other things I can't think of off of the top of my head.

Just saw Marko's post. The issue with the wiring harness is placement of everything. All of the electronics are underneath the seat on a Lightning. They're behind the front fairing on an XB.

The BMW is equally easy to work on. There is no alignment whatsoever in the rear wheel. Single sided swingarm, just bolt it on. The valves can be adjusted, not just checked, in the same period you do the the primary chain. No chain or belt, it's a shaft. Replacing the spark plugs takes two seconds. Clutch is wet, lifetime. I check the fault codes with my phone in a matter of seconds cause I bought the service module with bluetooth, so I don't even use the dealer for that anymore. Can run all the dealer tests from my garage through a phone.

ECM spy let's you tune the Buell with a laptop as well as read and reset fault codes. And it's free, you just need a bastardized cable.

Getting the the plugs can be a chore the first couple of times. You have to remove the airbox cover, airbox, and then remove the entire base of the airbox, then it's a matter of extensions and skinned knuckles to get them out. Replacing them is rubber tubes and lots of patience.

However, on the DDFI3 bikes, you can fire off the plugs by turning the key on, holding the throttle open all the way and turning the kill switch to on. This will burn off any condensation or anything else that builds up on them. I went through a few sets of plugs until I found out about that trick..

You can get to the plugs without taking the thing apart... Hint: there's a reason why the spark plug socket has a hex end...

http://www.diymyride.com/wp-content/...01/socket2.jpg

Now that is pretty damn cool. I'm all about eliminating the stealership whenever possible.

I know it's been done without replacing the harness but I'm not trying to do all that work. F it. So she just sits. Who cares.

I think I remember seeing that you could use the Lightning triples with certain bars to give you the up/back you might be looking for... all for $200 or so...

Marko is just going to wind up with a geezer mobile like G-man.

Which is fine for the front plug. You can't even see the rear without the airbox cover off. It's completely blocked by the frame.

I'm not saying it's impossible, I'm just saying I don't have big hands, and there's no way I personally could ever do the rear plug without the tear down.

Ideally, yes. I've been looking at them for about a year now. Just can't afford to throw down that kind of money on a bike.

Yep, my next bike will be a big ol' comfy cruiser I think...

You still looking at the victorys or you will join the evil empire and get a hardley

Fuck that noise, I like comfortable and able to handle.

well youre now eurotrash, uhmmm wait a minute :lol:

I don't like the Victory bikes. They don't have any nuts.

LOL, wish I could afford a k16 and drop the GS to a 800GS or even a 650 paris dakar.

Truth with the rear wheel, but I think the torque specs are a bit higher...

On the 1125's, it's a lifetime warranty belt. I've got 15,700 on mine and still good to go.

Look into that. I thought the same thing. It's a "life time belt" not a life time warranty.

All it means is that the old belt was supposed to be replaced at XX,XXX miles. The new one just gets replaced when it breaks.

If your dealer is warrantying the belt for you beyond the initial bike warranty, then you have an awesome dealer.

If I'm not mistaken, a belt is between 180-200 dollars.

damn, have to check into that... probably won't cover it anymore anyway since they are now defunct.
it's still in good shape, so not worried right now.

Warrantied by whom? The buell motorcycle company doesnt exist any longer.

So it costs the same as a good chain and sprockets... Doesn't sound too expensive to me...

I love my bike, honestly. It does exactly what it's designed to do and does it well. Sure I've done a few mods, some cosmetic, some performance comfort (not high performance), and some comfort. It's damn comfortable.

And I would say that if somebody else wanted to push their HD Ultra like mine, it could do respectable chasing Trips BMW. Maybe not as well, but respectable. It won't be me, I'm done with most of that and don't feel the need to prove me or the bike. Let the next guy do it...

Yep, you got to get what you want.

I wouldn't expect anyone with that bike to be pushing it. We were joking about how nice it was not have to worry about anybody over riding their bike or skill this rally. :lol:

thats because I didnt try to keep up with you when we pulled out of that store in lil switz LOL

Yep, just spent over $200 on new chain and sprockets for my TE.

I love your bike too. Shit is comfortable!

Good point Trip. It was a good rally as far as no major incidents or break downs.

Thanks marko. Come out here in decent weather and I'll let you ride it some more. ;)

Oh, and it lasts longer... I've seen guys with 20k or more on their Buells still rockin the original belt...