| Author | Message | ||
     Southsidebuellone |
Just for the heck of it I am asking the following questions. 1. What are the total lifetime mileages on your bike? Include all XB bikes, of all years 2003 - present. 2. What type of riding?(street, track, highway, barhopping, etc.) 3. What was the WORST thing that went wrong with the bike itself in those miles? That I think is how you judge a bike (any bike) on how "good" it is. Ty | ||
| Frequency |
1. 19k 2005 CityX 2. Street, Commute 3. Relay in starter died and bike would not start w/o a dance or it would die mid turn | ||
| Cataract2 |
1. 05 XB9SX 37,600 miles 2. Commute, street 3. Stator went out at around 27,000 miles. Replaced under warranty. | ||
| Southsidebuellone |
I suppose i should answer my own message. 1. 2003 XB9SL . About 10,500 miles. (bought in June, 2004. Rode 04, 05 and 06.) (07 stored.) 2. Street, Highways whenever I can. 3. Kickstand broke clean in half & Fr. Rotor warpage <--- which I hear is happening to all of the XB's or its the pad. | ||
| Dongalonga |
1. 2008 XB12R about 500 miles 2. Commute, Street, Highways (everything) 3. Nothing yet  | ||
| Jcbikes |
1. 2004 XB12S about 18,000 miles 2. street/highway/all in mountains 3. High beam bulb replaced/on all the time instead of low beam...thats it! | ||
| Buffalobolt |
1) 2003 XB9R with 44,400 miles. 2) Commute, Street, and Touring (both summer and winter). 3)Bearing on the crankshaft went out at 36,000 miles (crankshaft was out of balance from the factory) | ||
| Glitch |
1)55,000+ 2)Yes 3)Stator died, twice 20,000 & 40,000 miles or so, I'm blaming it on the Mobil1 I used to use. | ||
| Punkid8888 |
1)2006 XB9SX 12,000miles (bought new in aug of 06) 2)Commute, street, and some touring all season 3)wire rub under battery terminal at 1500 miles caused a check engine light to flash only sometimes (I just placed foam in-between been good ever since). | ||
| Gowindward |
1) '04 XB12R 33,000+ 2)Commute, Tour 3)Headlight failure....DUH!, Front isolator rubber failure, 1 relay blown. Really the bike has been very reliable! | ||
| Tq_freak |
1) 2005 XB12S 11,400 miles 2) Commute, street, highways, All season 3) Nothing. just service (I hope I didn't Jinx myself) | ||
| Wolfridgerider |
1)'06 XB12X 19,000 & '07 XB12R 2000 miles (track only bike) 2)Comute, Tour, Thrash the twisties, wheelie when I can 3)Broke the drive belt @ 9200 miles, installed Saintly chain conversion | ||
| Damnut |
1) 04 XB12R 19.6K miles 2) I beat my bike like it owes me money 3) plug blew out of the front head, dealer installed plugs, got head from Hammer. Thanks again man!!!!! | ||
| Jmemmert |
1) 04 XB12R 26K miles 2) Commute, some touring 3) New top end at 12k, replaced under warranty. There was some issue with the piston rod working lose at the crank, causing some severe knock. (Reducati's old bike) | ||
| Spike |
1. 2004 XB12R 28k miles 2. Absolutely everything- commute, tour, track days, 2-up, "light" adventure 3. Base gasket leak around 4k miles, repaired under warranty. Wasn't a major failure, but the repair is fairly involved. Have to rotate the engine down and remove the top end. I should add that despite owning the bike since 2003, Monday of this week was the first time the bike failed to start. Somehow I had managed to leave the key switched on for a few hours and completely drained the battery. (Message edited by spike on August 23, 2007) | ||
| Barker |
1. 03 XB9R w/ race kit 25k 2. Trackdays/tour/2-up/riding round town scaring kids/on weekends it lives a hard life of wide open rev limiter mountain/twisties riding. Lots of wheelies for first 10k. 3. headlights are worthless. Replaced 3 speed sensors. @ 24k (way passed belt replacement interval) I chased a couple dirt bikes thru the woods. I got 2 holes in the belt. Belt works fine, just was paranoid and swapped to updated 03 belt. Oh yeah striped/loose bolts my fault ;) Thank god for helicoil/loctite. Its holding up alot better than my ole M2. (Message edited by barker on August 23, 2007) | ||
| Reepicheep |
1) 05 XB9SX, 20k miles 2) Commute and Sport Touring 3) Screw fell out of handguard? Timing slightly off from the factory? Loose rivets on timing cover? I'm struggling to come up with anything that was really broken... (Message edited by reepicheep on August 23, 2007) | ||
| Metalstorm |
1. 05 XB12Scg 13K miles (didn't get to ride much in 06) 2. street, highway, commute 3. Had a chaffed wire that kept blowing the ign fuse. Fixed under warranty during the first month of ownership. | ||
| Mndwgz |
1. 07 XB12R 1000 miles (fathers day present) 2. commute, street, highway, commute, street, highway 3. zip tie fell out of the front fairing | ||
| Donatello |
1. 04 XB12R (Converted from an S) 29,500K miles 2.Commute, canyons & some street. 3. Have had 3 broken exhaust studs; wiring harness shortage; stator short; exhaust cracked; BACK PISTON WORKED ITSELF LOOSE FROM THE ROD ARM AND DESTROYED ITSELF INTO PIECES RUINING THE CYLINDER, HEAD AND THE FLY WHEEL WHEN IT BENT THE PISTON ARM. Bike is currently parked until I can save enough to repair. List of parts includes: *cylinder: $290 *head: $290 *flywheel: $550 *gasket kit: $110 *unknown other damage at the time... crank?$$$ *labor cost: 8-12 hours at $80/hr: $960 ** major depression due to lost riding time: Priceless!! Before:  After conversion:  | ||
| New12r |
04XB12R/06 Uly You name it I beat it there! The firebolt only had Self induced failures NO failures on the Uly | ||
| Ccryder |
1: 04' ST 75,000 2: Commute 100 miles/ day work and some trips, 2000-8000/ year 3: Oil changes and tires. Oh shucks, that was for my ST1300. My XB12r is 3 weeks old (for me) and 1700 miles. It's been too hot ( 15 consecutive days over 100, 25 days over 97)too ride more! 1: 04' XB12r 8932. 2: Commute 3: Headlights and front engine mount. Time2Eat Neil S. | ||
| Fx1200 |
2006 XB12Scg 30,000 miles. Replaced fan at 10,000 miles. No other maintenance issues. It is ridden 100 miles a day in heavy SoCal traffic in all situations. Casrol Syntec 5W-50 used since break in. This is the very best motorcycle I have ever owned in over 45 years of riding! | ||
| Froggy |
2006 Ulysses XB12X 12,000 Everything including offroading. Still no track day yet. Warped front rotor, windshield flew off at 130mph, GPS antenna is now being a noob but warrantied unit is on the way. | ||
| Rsh |
2003 XB9R 50,010 Highway,Twisties,Track Stator @ 28,000 using Mobil 1 voltage regulator connector melted @ 40,000 3 speed sensors weak headlights | ||
| Cgocifer |
2004 XB12S 3,500 miles. Highway, Twisties, etc. etc. Positive lead on battery came loose. That's it. | ||
| Southsidebuellone |
Well well well... the worst response award goes to... (the envelope please) Donatello ! yea alright... with his converted from S ... XB12R eh uhm can you call it an R? That's about it. And of course a rice burner guy has to break the badweather poster rule (of which I said XB's ONLY) and he doesn't get kicked off of badweather. | ||
| Ccryder |
Who me???? OOPS, someone forgot to explain to me the "Badweather poster rule". I own 3 bikes and one is an XB. At least I didn't hijack your thread, I just gave you more information than you asked for! I'm jealous that I have not had more time on the XB type. I only have 75,000+ miles on a Buell, in less than 3 years. My r was purchased from one of your fellow Clevelandites who now has a Uly. Besides, lighten up! You will enjoy life a LOT more.  Time2Ride (my r) Neil S. | ||
| Southsidebuellone |
Who me???? OOPS, someone forgot to explain to me the "Badweather poster rule". yes you dude... read my original question it clearly states "include all XB bikes " as seen below... furthermore this is Buell board. I'm not gonna say but I was kicked off this site for other reasons which were more Buell related then talking about RICE! <---which I erroneously misread you to be talking about a (honda) ST 1300 RICE burner. I don't know WHAT u are talking about there wasn't and ST1300 Buell in 2004 to my knowledge... so u are sneaking in Honda talk and that ain't cool. Because the ONLY ST 1300 I know of that was available in 2004 was that rice burner honda-sukiyaki-busa-kawi-ma... " 1. What are the total lifetime mileages on your bike? Include all XB bikes, of all years 2003 - present." I was specifically trying to study XB bikes ONLY and what's going on with them since their genesis. thank you anyhow and peace out... i hope they don't kick me out again... | ||
| Ccryder |
I hope they don't kick you off either. But I also included my Buell info. So you do have more info than you asked for. That is always better than not having enough info. So what great masterpiece are you going to write with all this Buell data??? Chill'n in IN. Neil S. Who was it that said: "There is too much negativity." Someone named Donald in "Kelly's Hero's. It just gets in the way. |
