I topped up the oil in the swing arm with 4T20/50, this is where it goes? I can do a full oil change in about 500 miles time. Just need to change the engine oil (swing arm) right and not the transmission oil?

Yes it is and that is fine. No problem.

you mean change the gaskets?


I have torx bits but now realise I need the allen key type!

They may not be needed but, given the problem of changing the headers on an XB, is cheaper in the long run. I would myself.



They may have changed them to the "Allen-type" head on the new bikes. Even if they have I would have thought it would be in the tool kit as mine are for this size. Are you sure this is the case. They can look/feel the same and you may need to take out the battery and/or fuse box.

Suspected electrical problems.....and an alarm fitted......hmmmmm

Personally I'd remove the alarm and return the bike to stock electrically and see if you still have the problem.

Eric.

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'09 XB12XT
'02 Beta Alp 200
'82 + '83 CX500 euroSports's
'83 CX650 Custom
Green "4 Legged" SUV

Problem occurred before alarm fitted I'm afraid.

I'd go back to basics then...checking plugs, ht cables, earth points etc. Any worn or pinched cables etc. Check any connections you can find, open them rub with fine emery paper and put back with dielectric grease.

Have you any air leaks around the injectors ? Spray wd 40 while running around this area.

I've seen simple problems stump good mechanics but they usually find the problem by going though everything.

Sorry no magic answers - I'm not a mechanic !!

Also if the problem is not there now you cant troubleshoot it unless you find one of the above issues thats causing intermittant problems. Wobble cables connection when bike running (an expert on here might say dont do this with a Buell - I dont know !!!)

Does water/rain bring on the issues ??

Eric.

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'09 XB12XT
'02 Beta Alp 200
'82 + '83 CX500 euroSports's
'83 CX650 Custom
Green "4 Legged" SUV

WATER/RAIN

It failed on me last Saturday, it was a bit damp. But there again it has mostly failed when dry and hot which is when I tend to ride it. Like I've mentioned before, it seems to run well from cold, then I stop and restart after a coffee/tea and then it can restart in a bad mood! Lumpy, poor idle etc.

Never seems to fail when I have my camera with me

Don't get it??

I took my new 2010 XB12SX out yesterday for its first 40 mile run, and yes.....the fan comes in at around 18mph and stays on all the time until the speed drops below this.
It was freezing cold, and TBH I did not expect the fan to come on at all....whats the point?

The whole idea of this sounds daft. Maybe the ECU has something in it that will change the "fan-run-time" with miles on the bike.

Apart from anything else the old way of doing it is fine once you got some miles, 4K plus and a R/H scoop, on the bike.

Wierd, cos I have the same bike and having done 500 miles, the bikes' fan is definately not speed related as I have posted previously. Those 'IN THE KNOW' told me that this would change after the first service

Thanks guys.....it is definately speed related.

Funny thing is, when you slow down in traffic it stops.....right when you would expect it to start up.

BTW the 2010 sx has a right hand side air scoop fitted as standard

With my exhaust I doubt if the R/H air scoop would fit? Instead I run my bike without the plastic trim in place (where the R/H scoop would go) and I would expect this increases airflow also.

So, do they come from the factory like this, the MY10s, or is it changed post 1st service. My Bristolian brain is getting confused..........

p.s. mine doesn't.