| Author | Message | ||
     Whodom |
I thought I'd bring this over from the Tuber board- someone's looking for a new tranny for their S2. I believe someone posted that the 06 transmission internals should be a bolt-in swap for any earlier Buell. Can anyone confirm this? Thanks. | ||
| Lonexb |
i would be interested in this as well. | ||
| M1combat |
If that were the case then wouldn't there be a baker 6 that fit the XB's? | ||
| Natexlh1000 |
Does that mean the the new XBs have a trapdoor? That would be awesome! | ||
| Glitch |
The XBs have no trap door. | ||
| Natexlh1000 |
That's pretty much what I thought. | ||
| Whodom |
But does having or not having the trap door affect the compatibility of the internals? | ||
| M1combat |
Not specifically, but if the internals were compatible between the new and old Buell's, then the Baker 6 for the Tubers would fit the XB's. It doesn't as I recall... | ||
| Reepicheep |
But that might be because the baker was taking advantage of "extra" space in the pre-xb cases. Buell, knowing they were building a tranny for the XB, could have built it to fit. And in fact, I recall the baker 6 speed needing slight "machining" of the cases to grind some space. Perhaps this is not possible without the trapdoor layout, so Baker just says it won't fit. That being said, I would still be suprised if it was a bolt in affair, particularly back to a tuber. | ||
| Hobanbrothers |
An XB transmission will not work with a trapdoor motor. Will they work on a earlier XB? Do not know, but could find out fairly easy. | ||
| Mikej |
So you can modify an XB case to accept a trapdoor tranny, but you can't modify an XB tranny to work with a trapdoor case? Interesting. | ||
| Lonexb |
i would like to know if the 06 tranny would fit in an 04 case. lonexb | ||
| Sspazz |
+1 | ||
| M1combat |
I'd like to know if a Baker 6 can be made to work in an XB case. | ||
| Djkaplan |
Harley will realease the 06 big bikes with an extra gear. It's only a matter of time before the Sportster/Buell engine gets a 6-speed. | ||
| 1313 |
From a known good source I have regarding an '06 tranny in a tuber: The 06 tranny will not fit in your S2 without machining the case. The machining process would not be an easy one. BUMMER! 1313 | ||
| Steve_mackay |
Djkaplan, talking with Erik Buell at Road America during the "homecoming", he said they couldn't do a 6 speed in the XBs, because of noise restrictions. Especially European models. | ||
| Xb12burner |
I believe that. Working where I work we build engines for the European market and they don't give a hoot about most of our performance issues as long as the engines aren't too loud. If there is a DB issue then we have a problem, stop the presses and turn the ships around! | ||
| Lonexb |
does any body know if the internals from an 06 xb tranny will fit inside an 04 xb case anonymous?? any one... | ||
| Joele |
Why would they tell us that? They want us to buy the new bikes, not refit our old ones.  | ||
| Rick_a |
'06 XB's have a different engine case for the tranny. | ||
| Santacruzmtman |
Boy do the xb's need a 6-speed though. Particularly the new Ulyses. I just can't imagine any modern 'touring' bike w/out a 6-speed. Probably just because I wish my bike had one. Sorry for my digresive rant |
