This part of the crank is not a taper.

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Just emphasising how little work a Woodruff key should do, cos they'll shear as soon as look at you if the clutch works loose on a Brit bike

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If your dreams don't scare you, they are not big enough.

Does this affect X1s? Now shitting myself.....

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Buell X1 lightning 2001 in white

Yes.

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Mithered ta death.
92 MB
96 S2T
98 S1W
00 M2
01 X1
03 P3
10 CR

Tick Tock...

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Checked the oil pump drive gear during oil change today.
Rotated the engine to get a 360 deg view of the gear and looks fine.
Bike 03 XB9S 21,000 miles.
Will check again at 25,000 miles.

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Better late than never.

This guy was not so lucky...

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/251031201324? ... 1423.l2649

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Very honest though

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Wear the fox hat

I wonder if the drive stripped first or if it was a problem like Muffin suffered a few years ago when the oil pump jammed due to a small piece of valve spring getting into the pump return port?

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2001 X1 2009 1125CR 2006 Uly X3 2010 Uly a fully Maz'd S1 and a 1991 RS1200 Westwind.

ok shesss running, my bro asked me if buell engines are normaly this noisy...well yes i think..iv only had the one to compaire. but dont think they run as smooth as a jap bike and its running on a thin oil to flush....... we seem to have a bit left over ...as you do, may be off the bike or fell in from the bench....any idears????

Seems like a two pence coin to me.

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"It is often said that before you die your life passes before your eyes. It is in fact true. It's called living."
Terry Pratchett

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Valencia Orange XB12Scg - serviced by Maz 2018
Black P3 Blast - serviced by Maz and fixed by Maz in 2019

As Gunter says, but the other bit used to point to the 2p coin looks like a gear change shaft, and one that has been chatting to the Titanic...

If it is from the Buell you will have a hole on the primary side of the engine and you have broken the actuator off the end, but it doesn't look like it came from the Buell for a number of reasons...

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thanks for all your help guys ,
well we have that pin and 2 screws left over... not bad for a man build .
I took the bike for a ride and it ran verry lumpy ,after about 5 miles it seemed to get worst,
almost like a plug bracking down ,there wasn't any metallic sound coming from the engine and I could seem to fine a position on the throttle where it ran fine, so im thinking it may need setting up,
Can any one point me to a post on setting the bike up?

Have a look in the How To section for TPS reset.

Look in the manual to check static timing.

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