In your travels you have probably heard that Harley engines shake. That is a fact. You have probably also heard that Buell XBikes have Harley-Davidson based engines. They do. At idle the turn signals on my XB will jump around like they are trying to pick up broads at the club.

The engine in this bad boy will shake absolutely every single nut and bolt loose on this motorcycle if you let it.

Yesterday, while on a ride with some others, OTB and I switched bikes. As he pulled out of the parking lot a head of me I noticed the left rear turn signal dangling. :wtf: I think to myself. Upon inspection I notice both signals have worked loose. No biggie...as I the nuts are inside the tail section...so they weren't lost along the road. Lost a reflector...but who needs those. :panic:

Here is a step by step recount of how the turn signals were fixed.



Step 1. Put bike on rear stand.

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Step 2. Remove cowl.

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Step 3. Remove seat.

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Step 4. Remove rear body work.

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Step 5. Locate problem.

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Step 6. Apply Lock-Tite so problem doesn't come back. Also applied to every bolt that could fall out.

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Step 7. Reassemble and polish away finger prints. Job done.

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Tools used:
Screw driver with TORX bit.

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Also dialed in a little more preload while the seat was off.

I also likes to keep my shit clean...so I wiped down the subframe while the body work was off.

u sure the ol blue loc-tite will handle the vibrations? I woulda thought the factory, knowing the vibration would cause issues, would have used rubber or lock washers to prevent the situation.

Blue seems to work. Nothing has fallen out since I've put it one.

I've always used blue and had no problems. Good write up Marko :dthumb:

Thanks.

You might want to apply some of that blue lock-tite to your teeth so those don't fall out.

How the ol Corsa III's wearing for ya?

harley keychain = homorrific

I noticed that shit too...it disappoints me greatly

But it is a HD!!! Sorry boys!!

Got the same one on the sporty.

Marko... good pics. Blue loctite is your friend and red too on the heavy duty stuff.

I took mine off, cause it is not.

They are wearing pretty well. Better than I initially thought. I'll put another set on when they are out.


And get over the Harley keychain, ladies. They are sold at Harley dealers afterall. I realize you guys are afraid to ride Harley's....you might like them. Then what would you bash?

And for the record...they are not Harleys.

Overpriced pieces of crap and for the record I am not afraid to ride cruisers. PC still probably has pics of me on the rebel. I'll ride anything with two wheels including scooters, well maybe not the big futuristic lookin scootics. I'd rock a vespa at the gap.

If they aren't Harley's, why not get a new keychain?

Check your chin fairing bolts... the two in front that mount to the muffler. I washed my XB one day and noticed they were gone... completely gone with less than 3k miles on the damn bike. Luckily the other bolts hold it all together just fine, but those little bastards worked their way out pretty quickly.

Thats kinda what I was getting at when I noticed it. I realize HD owns them, but its not a HD. Thatd be like riding an MV and having a Harley keychain on it to.

Mine... aren't.

I'm estimating a bit over 6K on the front, a touch over 3K on the (2nd) rear.

Should have PP's on it shortly after ebbs leaves ND.

heck i steal my friend's gpz250 all the time....and then i discovered that i could ride it from the passenger seat and made gixxer1k lean over the tank and shift with his hands lol

He's not Lying...We have proof.

Gixxxer1k has way to big a Smile with another Man at his Backdoor...

http://thumb10.webshots.net/t/71/71/...0JDjCSi_th.jpg

And why not...One of the J Lo Booty...I Fucking LOVE My Color.

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i demo'ed a firebolt 2 years ago and i must say that thing vibrated 2x worse than either of my harleys ever have. i think it actaully rearranged my internal organs a bit. i haven't felt quite right since. :lol:

One is already gone. I put loc tite on the other. It's still there.

You would think hed wear a helmet just so that people cant see the face of a man getting ass raped while riding. That pic is definitely :gayk:

That's homo to the highest degree.

Lol...I know, the pic make sit look like there flying there really going like 10 MPH.

and I agree its mad Homo!

SHASHASHHAAAKKKEE IT UUUUUUUPPPPPPPPP. (in my best Scott Ferrall voice)

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