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PostPosted: 07 Feb 2012 17:57 
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Current ride: Triumph Thunderbird
Location: Isle of Wight
Blurb: 2004 Buell Firebolt XB12R, first registered in 2005. 11,400 miles on the clock. Very nice condition, with numerous important modifications, roughly £1500 spent whilst in my posession, with receipts for more in the records of previous owners. Bike is also fitted with a Corbin seat. Since October the bike has had:

New genuine Buell drivebelt

New Free Spirits sprung belt tensioner

Stealth Engineering S/S Exhaust with a beautiful mellow tone at the low end with a stunning bellow at the top

Adjustable shorty levers in black/gold colours

Erik Buell Racing 6mm finned front disk matched with EBC HH sintered pads, Dot 5.1 fluid and EBR mounting kit.

Full 10,000 mile service up at Just Buells in Manchester (see photos) in which most of the rolling chassis bearings were replaced in the bike apart from the rear wheel bearings which were deemed to be in good condition. Even the belt wheel had the bearings punched out and replaced. Steering head bearings replaced, swingarm bearings replaced, forks rebuilt and refilled, suspension set up for my weight (circa 14st in full riding gear), bike remapped, new oil pressure sender, oil and filter, new K&N air filter, lube plug mod on the belt pulley bearing, crankcase breather mod, and more I can't remember off the top of my head.

All work carried out by :maz: . Despite not likeing the XB series of Buells that much (well documented on here lOl ), he described this particular bike as quite nice, that is a compliment I was very happy with. Service takes 2 days of labour and cost £875, was a nice journey up and down too :lol:

Bike has two issues that were brought up in the service. The clutch cable could do with replacing as the holder is the old style type and it has cut through the cover allowing water into the cable assembly and rust to form. The other issue is that when the bike was being run after the remap it revealed an issue with a lazy lambda sensor, could do with changing whenever the rear header is accessible next, both issues are not particularly urgent though.

Bike has a few marks on it here and there, has after all done 11k miles. Other than that bike is MOT'd till may and I see no reason it wouldn't just fly through the next MOT. Tax is good till november this year. Also has personal registration 'R12XBR' which will go with bike.

Also with this bike is a spare key, original owners manual, ECU link cable, ECM spy software (if you feel like fiddling with the fuel maps), all previous MOTs, V5 document, recepits and bills of work carried out etc.

Selling because a bike has come up I really need to buy, and the riding position on this bike is quite brutal. I had a big crash 4 years a go and it left me with injuries that this bike aggravates, so it's this one that has to go!

Looking for £4,000 ONO. Price is negotiable, not really looking for part-exs as I'm going to try and track down a CCM FT35S.

Bike is located on the Isle of Wight however will travel to the big mainland to make a sale.


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Photos (recent, as in 07/02/2012):

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PostPosted: 07 Feb 2012 20:51 
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Thats lovely :yup:

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PostPosted: 08 Feb 2012 10:59 
Nicely presented. :yup:

(...but that coffee mug could do with a wash ..)


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PostPosted: 08 Feb 2012 12:24 
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good choice the CCM FT35S ;) great bike if you can find one....

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PostPosted: 08 Feb 2012 23:28 
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Joined: 16 Oct 2011 20:52
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Current ride: Triumph Thunderbird
Location: Isle of Wight
Digger wrote:
Nicely presented. :yup:

(...but that coffee mug could do with a wash ..)


The coffee mug is yellow on the inside. :D

But thank you very much.


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PostPosted: 09 Feb 2012 18:02 
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Current ride: Triumph Thunderbird
Location: Isle of Wight
*Snip*

£3,500

Needs to gooooo.


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