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Shadowracerx1
| Posted on Friday, July 04, 2014 - 04:13 pm: |
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The piston on my 2003 XB9 has decided to disintegrate. I am having a hard time tracking down replacement pistons (XB12 pistons are plentiful). Can anyone point me in the right direction? Thanx. |
Cataract2
| Posted on Friday, July 04, 2014 - 05:22 pm: |
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I'm guessing you have tried the dealership and they show none available. Have you tried http://www.buellsterparts.com/ they might have some used ones available. I don't know if American Sportbike would have them. If all of that fails then you're only option I can think of might be the 1050 kit upgrade. Although I don't know if you want to deal with the tuning involved for that along with a fairly expensive route. |
Glitch
| Posted on Friday, July 04, 2014 - 09:18 pm: |
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Give Pammy a call over at http://www.cycle-rama.com I'd bet money, they can help you out. Tell the Queen of the Universe, Glitch sent ya. |
Greg_e
| Posted on Saturday, July 05, 2014 - 11:05 am: |
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Big bore kit. You probably need to do the cylinder too so you are half way there. |
Natexlh1000
| Posted on Saturday, July 05, 2014 - 10:18 pm: |
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Did the disintegration mess up the bottom end with kibbles and bits? My old Suzuki RM125 did that. |
Shadowracerx1
| Posted on Sunday, July 06, 2014 - 03:41 pm: |
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So far it just looks like on top of the pistons... nothing made it to the case (That I have found) |
Greg_e
| Posted on Sunday, July 06, 2014 - 09:23 pm: |
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Getting a bunch of pinging ripping the tops of the pistons apart? |
Shadowracerx1
| Posted on Thursday, July 10, 2014 - 10:42 am: |
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Actually... not that I had noticed. I assume it was running lean. It had a race kit when I purchased it. I added a Micron exhaust system. I s'pose I should have had it tuned after that but tuners are hard to come by in SE Michigan. |
Natexlh1000
| Posted on Friday, July 11, 2014 - 07:04 am: |
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If you already had the race brain in there, It should have been able to richen it up enough to avoid damage. Both pistons ruined? scary stuff. |
Shadowracerx1
| Posted on Friday, July 11, 2014 - 09:00 am: |
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Yeah... I think the phrase I've heard was "kibbles and bits". I've found an outfit that sells stock size 9r pistons. |
Nillaice
| Posted on Wednesday, July 16, 2014 - 04:20 am: |
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Please share the name of the outfit. Not that I need 9 pistons (knock on wood), but it'd be a good reference to have the name in this thread for the next guy. |
Shadowracerx1
| Posted on Sunday, July 20, 2014 - 03:45 pm: |
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Revperf.com |
Briz31
| Posted on Tuesday, July 22, 2014 - 01:25 pm: |
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I did the BigBore upgrade on a 2003 XB9s, with the Revolution Performance. 1050 Kit. also had the heads ported and swapped out the pushrods.. I posted some photos here back in 2011. I had the existing cylinder/pistons etc removed and placed in storage, they're in exec. condition. Sadly located in Australia. (I'm currently working in Sth America) |