| Author | Message | ||
     Williamscottrobertson |
Ok guys, I am trying new suspension adjustments on my 09 XB9SX. I have downloaded the service manual for the 03 XB9R. Lots of things have been very similar so far but, the front fork suspension preload apparently isn't. The manual gives a chart for rider weight and the number of lines that should be showing under the nut on the top of the fork. My fork has no lines showing, and when I crank on the nut, nothing seems to happen. How do you adjust the fork preload on newer models? | ||
| Andymnelson |
I bet if you bought a legit manual you would get 2 significant benefits: 1) you would have one written for your year and model, and 2) it would give you the settings and techniques you desire....for your bike. Seriously man, $60 for that thing is about the biggest bargain you'll ever find. | ||
| Zatco81 |
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Buell-2009-XB-Servi ce-Manual-99490-09Y_W0QQitemZ200274599186QQcmdZVie wItemQQptZMotors_Manuals_Literature?hash=item2ea14 bdd12&_trksid=p4506.m20.l1116 | ||
| Pdccd |
Careful. That ebay link takes you to the electrical diagnostics manual. Not the shop service manual. I guess in 08' Buell changed it's literature structure. You used to buy a manual that covered a specific bike that was all inclusive. Now you buy a service manual and it covers the whole line. Then you still need to by the diognostic manual to help with trouble codes and the such. Then there's the part's manual i believe. From what i figure you now have to spend nearly $150 to get the entire collection for your bike. Pete | ||
| Froggy |
1, get the real manual, 2, the stuff you want is in the owners manual that came with your bike, and is also on Buell.com | ||
| Andymnelson |
I don't know how much college education exists amongst our users...but text books usually cost $150 to as much as $400 each (and I'm sure in some fields, much more). When you think about what goes into publishing a set of manuals like that, even $150 is a great deal. | ||
| Court |
>>>but text books usually cost $150 to as much as $400 I'd say an average of about $263 based on my last semester. | ||
| Court |
By the way . . . my R. S. Means Construction Estimating books run from $150 to $368 and my L.E.E.D. study guide for my AP Certs were $200. The good thing about my Buell manuals (and the entire parts, service and electrical for the Ulysses is under $150) is that the 2008 books always work for the 2008 bike . . . my law, construction cost, safety and LEED books have to be updated annually. | ||
| Pdccd |
I wasn't bemoaning the economics, merely stating the reality.  I've heard many people stating in various posts "spend the $60 you cheap bastard" (paraphrasing)when someone asks these sorts of questions. The cost exceeds that. As for the fiscal value of any text, I imagine there is a substantial markup and therefore excessive profit margin made. But that's speculative opinion. As a college student your required to purchase the text, therefore, they can charge what they want for it. I wish I could tell you how many times I was able to find a relationship either between the publisher and the institution, or the professor and the author. Once, i even had to buy a $50 paperback written by the professor, that we never even opened. It isn't about education, but profit. But that was an education on it's own wasn't it? my .02 | ||
| Froggy |
Pdccd, the cost dosen't exceed the $60 for most situations. Just about everything you want is in the normal service manual. On the newer models, if you need to do electrical stuff, then you get the electrical book. Then there is the parts book, which is to just make your life easier, assuming your dealer can type in the part numbers you give correctly. (One near me can't.) Anyway, like I stated before, all the info he currently needs is in the free owners manual that came with the bike, or on Buell.com  | ||
| Corporatemonkey |
To answer the original posters question. You do not need the service manual to adjust the suspension. The owners manual is perfectly fine. The owners manuals are available from buell.com Just click on profile at the top. edit: opps I didn't fully read Froggy's post above (Message edited by CorporateMonkey on June 10, 2009) | ||
| Rsh |
The 09 forks are different than the early model XB forks. Here is a link to the 09 models, scroll down to the suspension section for the XB9SX. http://www.buell.com/om/99474-09Y_en/file-5.asp#hd topic000667 | ||
| Saratoga |
Get the 09 manuals. Ahhh, the glory of textbook price pains. You think buying Means res & commercial guides every year are expensive? Try the CSI Project Resource Manual... that's a $400 book needed for the CDT exam. Nice to see someone else studying for their LEED-AP also. | ||
| Petebueller |
http://buell2.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/buell2.cfg/php/ enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=283&p_created=11166207 49&p_sid=xgh6gVii&p_lva=&p_sp=cF9zcmNoPSZwX3NvcnRf Ynk9JnBfZ3JpZHNvcnQ9JnBfcm93X2NudD05MiZwX3Byb2RzPS ZwX2NhdHM9JnBfcHY9JnBfY3Y9JnBfc2VhcmNoX3R5cGU9YW5z d2Vycy5zZWFyY2hfbmwmcF9wYWdlPTE The one is from Buell. The 2006 Lightning manual should be a good start |
