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Gater
Posted on Sunday, July 01, 2012 - 10:45 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Long story short my brother red-lined my XB12S and spun a bearing. Where should I have the motor rebuilt?
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Ericz
Posted on Monday, July 02, 2012 - 08:04 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Where are you and which bearing?
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Gater
Posted on Monday, July 02, 2012 - 11:11 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

I'm in Northern Virginia. I'm not sure what bearing.

It makes a lot of noise in the lower. I told a 40 year HD police mechanic what was going on and without looking at it he said he over revved it. He did the same thing to his 06 ULY 2yrs ago. He had a rocker box gasket leaking Instead of having someone rebuild the motor for him he sent the pistons and heads off to have them ported and polished and tried to rebuild it himself. When he put it back together he messed it up and blew the motor when he hit the rev-limiter.
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Ericz
Posted on Tuesday, July 03, 2012 - 07:28 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

It's pretty hard to over-rev the XBs since their rev limiter is so effective. The 12 motors don't fail at the factory set 6800rpm limit unless something else is wrong. How many miles on the bike? Have you changed the engine oil and checked for metal flakes in the oil? It may look like silver glitter in the oil.
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Gater
Posted on Tuesday, July 03, 2012 - 06:39 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

I haven't changed the oil. The bike only has 8700 miles on it. My brother said he red lined it.
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No_rice
Posted on Thursday, July 05, 2012 - 07:32 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

mine has been redlined for 25,000 + miles
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Stretchman
Posted on Thursday, July 05, 2012 - 09:39 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Did he do it in neutral?
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Gater
Posted on Thursday, July 05, 2012 - 09:53 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

He could not tell me what happened at the time. All he told me is when he hit the rev-limiter is when it snapped. I'm taking it to Skip's in Winchester this weekend. Skip's family owns Groves HD. Below is a link to is web site.

http://www.skipscycles.com/
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