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     Al_lighton |
For Sale: 1998 Buell S1W, Black with Nuclear Blue frame/wheels, 40K miles, recent top end. Highly customized. (See pictures a few posts down...imagelink didn't work. more pictures in the link at the end of this post) I thought I’d have this bike until I died, but I’m just not riding it much anymore and need the space. I bought this 1998 S1W in early 2000 with about 100 miles on it. It’s had its oil changed with synthetic 20W50 every 2500 miles, and HD primary fluid every 5000 miles. It had a base gasket leak at around 32,000 miles in 2006 or so. I was running American Sport Bike at the time, and had brand new cylinders, pistons, and NRHS stage 2 heads at the shop. So I installed those new parts at that time. I haven’t run it on a dyno since, but I’d estimate that it is putting about 105HP to the rear wheel based on dyno charts of similar components I’ve seen. Whatever the actual HP, it pulls hard, much more so than any of the other Buell 1200’s that I’ve owned. Other than the base gasket leak, the only other failures that it has had are a broken stock front motor mount and some exhaust component failures (front mount, cracked header). The belt was recently replaced with an XB belt. The 1st and 2nd gear dogs got a bit rounded so those gears were replaced with the 2000 spec ratio gears. I have most of the original parts, but not all (original muffler is the biggest item that I can think of that I don’t have). But it’s really kind of moot, since someone that wants a stock-ish S1W should look elsewhere. This one is a hot rod that would be hard to revert to stock. Note that while this bike is highly customized, it is NOT a show bike. This bike is made to be ridden. The painted tank is from a 2000 M2, and has just a couple tiny bubbles in not obvious places. It isn’t perfect but is presentable. Here is a list of the extensive customizations on this S1W. 1) Mikuni HSR41 carburetor 2) NRHS stage 2 heads from when Aaron owned NRHS 3) New cylinders and pistons at 32k miles. 4) American Sport Bike Carbon Fiber (CF) race air cleaner ( similar to Buell race part, but with improved milled backplate) 5) Buell race header, Jet Hot sterling coated, with polished OEM exhaust shield 6) Buell Race ignition module 7) KDFab Stainless Steel Race muffler, very low miles 8) American Sport Bike front billet motor mount 9) Buell XB rocker box covers, polished 10) Penske rear shock, rebuilt by Penske less than 2K miles ago 11) S2 front forks, rebuilt by me less than 2K miles ago. Polished outer tubes, hard anodized black 12) Hyperpro steering damper, less than 2k miles on it 13) Metmachex polished aluminum swingarm 14) Metmachex polished aluminum oil tank 15) Banke billet shift and brake levers, polished 16) CRG Billet front brake lever 17) Storz Billet footpegs 18) Storz (I think) Billet swingarm bracket 19) Buell Billet sharkstooth rear pulley 20) Billet rear brake reservoir 21) Polished rear brake master cylinder, different bore than stock for improved feel 22) Carbon Fiber tail section, front fender, rear fender, pulley cover, heat shield, fly screen, air filter cover. All but the pulley cover are in near new condition and were added within the past 8K miles 23) Corbin leather Seat (2 of them). These both show a bit of wear, a new cover would be a good upgrade. 24) Polished upper and lower triple trees from an S2 25) LSL billet riser clip-ons. 26) CRG Arrow billet bar end mirrors 27) Custom LED rear tail light with clear lens- brightest you’ve ever seen 28) Buell 1125CR dual H7 headlight conversion. Custom billet machined brackets for mounting the assembly. 29) MotoGadget billet MotoScope instrument cluster (older version). More details below. 30) Pingel remote handlebar switch for Motoscope mode setting 31) Buell 2000 spec front rotor 32) Buell upgraded front muffler hanger 33) American Sport Bike billet front clutch cable clamp 34) Magura Hydraulic clutch conversion 35) Muller Power clutch 36) Barnett extra plate clutch (old version, without XB style judder spring) 37) Nuclear blue powdercoated rear seat/turn signal bracket 38) Nuclear Blue coated aluminum rear turn signals 39) Nuclear Blue coated frame plugs 40) Magnecore plug wires 41) Braided stainless oil lines 42) Braided stainless front and rear brake lines 43) Custom cut and polished cam cover, with rear alignment pin 44) Buell 2006 Berylium copper oil pump drive gear 45) Replaced oil pump when drive gear replaced 46) Baker 5 speed smooth shift kit (shift drum) 47) 2000 spec 1st and 2nd gears in tranny 48) NRHS billet pushrod bases 49) Odyssey battery replaced about 9 months ago 50) Polished OEM front caliper 51) Stainless steel license plate bracket with CF LP frame (CF is a somewhat faded) 52) Buell OEM 99+ style left and right handlebar switch pods/throttle, with matching throttle cables 53) Gel grips (American Sport Bike most popular style) 54) Buell tank bag and S1 saddlebag/tail bag luggage 55) New XB128 tooth belt less than 1000 miles ago I’m probably missing things but this is all I can think of now. Everything has been installed correctly, 100% by me. The tires have plenty of tread and aren’t dry rotted, but they are 10 years old and should really be replaced before riding for any distance. The MotoGadget Motoscope features an LED bar graph style tach and a configurable LCD display that can show multiple parameters (odometer, trip odometer, speed, voltage, RPM, others that are currently disabled). The polished thumb switch next to the turn signal switch pod steps the display through each parameter without having to remove your hand from the bar. I have the pdf manual for it for the buyer. The riser clip-ons on the bike are more aggressive than the stock handlebar, but not anywhere near as aggressive as most clip-ons that you’ll see on an S1. The riding position is pretty comfortable overall, but hey, this is an S1. They aren’t built for touring, it’s a hot rod. In addition to the bike and the saved OEM parts that were removed from the bike, a number of spare parts are also included. The spares include: 1) 4 sets of front brake pads, two OEM, two Lyndall X 2) 1 Fram oil filter 3) Extra OEM rear pulley in addition to the stock one that was removed when the sharkstooth billet pulley was added, with two sets of mounting bolts 4) 1 set of new rear wheel bearings 5) 1 new set of rear isolators 6) 1 new front isolator 7) 1 new set of front motor mount bolts 8) 1 new air filter mounting bracket 9) 1 PIAA H4 extreme headlight bulb (note that the 1125CR conversion uses H7) 10) 1 Drag specialties H4 headlight bulb (note that the 1125CR conversion uses H7) 11) 1 custom polished stainless muffer, and one broken but weldable polished supertrapp muffler 12) New Crane Cams customizable race ignition module I have two other spares that are not included with the bike, but will be first offered to the buyer of the bike at a discount prior before putting them on the open market if the buyer declines. 1) Brand new never mounted stainless Buell OEM Race header. These are rarer than hen’s teeth, good luck ever finding one. These have been unobtanium for years. $350 to the bike purchaser, will be $500 if ebayed separately 2) One matching set of brand new never mounted Nuclear blue wheels. While not as rare as the header, these are very hard to find, especially new. $500 for the pair to the bike purchaser, will be $650 if ebayed separately $4300 for the bike and the spares. Transportation of the bike and parts is the responsibility of the buyer. I’ll assist with getting it onto a transporter but the buyer assumes all responsibility for damage in transport. The bike is in North County San Diego (Carlsbad). Lots of photos here: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1TrlyPByzAlXmjuD_ dCK27wYfK_zRrVgC PM me if any questions. (Message edited by al_lighton on May 22, 2019) | ||
| Al_lighton |
Not sure why the \imagelink pictures don't appear. Let me know if you can't see the pictures in the google photos link at the bottom of the post. | ||
| Al_lighton |
A couple folks have asked to buy the race header. As indicated in the post above, the header and the wheels will be sold only after the S1 sells AND if the S1 buyer declines to purchase one or the other. Someone asked to buy the stock muffler. I do not have a stock muffler, it's one of the few stock parts from the bike that I no longer have. But the stock header goes with the bike. If the person that buys the bike also buys the race header, he might sell the stock header at that time. If they bike just doesn't sell, I'll consider parting it out at a later time. I'm sure I could get more for the parts than the entire bike, but it would be a shame to disassemble this bike. Al | ||
| Tw4 |
Call me i have questions about the bike. Too many to PM Randy 303-513-3768thx (Message edited by Tw4 on May 22, 2019) | ||
| Al_lighton |
Trying again with image instead of imagelink     | ||
| Al_lighton |
Some additional notes about the bike Technically, I was the 2nd owner. The HD dealer sold it to himself to get bar and shield points back in the day, then put it in storage for a couple years. I got it with 98 miles on it in 2000. I commuted daily on this bike 20 miles each way for several years, and that is how the majority of the miles were accumulated. It never saw any track duty and was generally ridden pretty gently for most of the time I rode it. I did the occasional wheelie on it, and sport rides in the nearby mountains, but this engine has spent the vast majority of it's life below 4K RPM. It's had a well tuned Mikuni on it for almost its entire life and hasn't been run lean. High revs and/or a lot of detonation is what kills the crank on these engines, so I expect that this crank is in great shape. And the top end is essentially just broken in since it was put in only 8K miles or so ago. So while 40K isn't low mileage, I think this bike has many more useful miles left in it. It comes with the original tail section, front fender, and fly screen in black, as well as the stock plastic heat shield and pulley cover. I don't have the original CF rear fender with the LP built in, the original seat, or the original swingarm and piece of crap shock. Most of the other stuff is in the spares box. But the headlight and instrument cluster conversion makes reversion to stock configuration a big enough challenge that anyone wanting a stock bike should find another. Al | ||
| Court |
Al: That is GORGEOUS and I'd wager it's about as well sorted out as any S1WL in existence. The dealer "selling to him/herself" was common. That year HD also based some Harley-Davidson allocations on Buell sales. Dealers, at the time they were making insane profits on HD sales, could increase their allotment by moving their Buell inventory. It was a no brainer, they took their initial allocation, sold it the next day to themselves and folks who worked for them, and seized the HD golden ring. Some of those bikes, as RKC can attest, got "lost" and sat untouched . . with zero miles . . .gathering dust for years. Anyway . . . your ad has brought back lots of good memories. | ||
| Al_lighton |
A few more notes about the bike... This has both a Muller power clutch actuator ball/ramp assembly, AND a Magura Hyrdraulic clutch. Normally, one could put one or the other on, but not both, since both lighten the clutch pull at the expense of clutch excursion. But this Magura master cylinder has a .5mm larger bore than the 9.5mm bore that was used on the Magura XB hydraulic conversions, so in this case, they work well together. You have never felt a Buell with an easier to operate clutch lever. I had a CRG lever on it prior to the Magura conversion, but CRG doesn't make a Magura lever (or at least didn't then, maybe they do now) That said, the Barnett extra clutch plate kit that eliminates the grenade judder plate in stock clutch is a tad grabby on initial launch compared to a stock clutch with the grenade plate in it. It's a small price to pay for the lack of a time bomb in the clutch, and after a few launches, you won't give it a 2nd thought. The original grenade plate did shed a few of the judder spring rivets, which scored the basket a bit. So I replaced the clutch basket when the 9 plate clutch was installed. I'll include two Kastar rear isolator replacement tools with the spares. The picture in the online library that shows the black bodywork also shows the original S1W 4054 forks. They also come with the bike. They were polished and hard black anodized, with Racetech gold valves and Buell race springs. The forks on the bike now are S2 Roma forks, which are better forks than the original S1W forks. The Roma forks are both rebound and compression adjustable, while the S1 4054 forks have the compression adjustment in one leg, and the rebound in the other. But the reason for the S2 switch was really to get the additional 2" of outer tube length to be able to install the offset rise clip-ons on the top of the triple tree. Al (Message edited by al_lighton on May 22, 2019) | ||
| Mike_lee |
Just. Wow. | ||
| Upthemaiden |
That's a whole lot of S1 for $4300. Someone's gonna end up with a great bike. | ||
| Airbozo |
Al, You are seriously trying to get me kicked out to the doghouse... If only I had enough room for one more... I've passed this link on to a friend who finds himself without a motorcycle for the first time in over 20 years... Hope he contacts you and buys it. At least then I can look at it from time to time... | ||
| Tomahawk1976 |
That thing is bad as hell. Nice!!!!! Going to rob a bank now | ||
| Brentx1 |
Wow Al! I thought you would never let her go. Is it still available? | ||
| Al_lighton |
Yup, no one has offered to buy it yet. I've only put it up for sale here on badweb so far, haven't put it on other sites yet. I guess most here already have a Buell (or 3  ) | ||
| Kiwicris |
Thought you'd be going to the grave with this wee beastie Al..... and what a Beastie it is too!!! Beautiful bike & more importantly, beautifully crafted. I'm surprised it's actually still 4 sale Al - I thought it would've been snapped up straight away. I just hope the right person ends up with your "baby", not someone from the correct-parts-for-the-correct-year brigade..... the "right" person being one who will cherish this engineering marvel for what it is - perfection on two wheels. Good luck with the sale Al. But for exchange rates & a depleted bank account, it coulda been ME!! | ||
| Al_lighton |
Yup, still for sale. Most here probably already have one or two of them and don't need another. One of these days I'll get it marketed to some other sites. Hopefully a local person will come by and see it. If someone comes to see it, they'll likely buy it. I just hate having to deal with all the craiglist scammers that reply to every vehicle ad that gets placed. This is a killer bike and will make the right person very happy some day. | ||
| Al_lighton |
The spare race header has been sold separately. The S1W is now $3950. Everything else is the same. | ||
| Normthenomad |
PM sent. | ||
| Normthenomad |
PM sent. | ||
| Al_lighton |
The S1W is sold. Congrats to Bartimus, who drove all night to SoCal from Albuquerque with a friend to pick it up bright and early this morning.  Art declined to buy the Nuke Blue wheels, so if anyone needs a brand new set of Nuke blue wheels, contact me. | ||
| Court |
That’s cool ... beyond cool. Talk about “win-win” Love it | ||
| Bartimus |
Thanks AL! Took it out on its maiden ride after bleeding the clutch today. I'm still giggling like a little school girl. You did a great job building that bike, it's a real jewel!   | ||
| Al_lighton |
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| Tpehak |
http://www.americansportbike.com link does not work | ||
| Steveford |
They closed up shop quite some time ago, that's why the link is dead. |
