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Author Message   Shadowracerx1 Posted on Friday, July 04, 2014 - 04:13 pm:        The piston on my 2003 XB9 has decided to disintegrate. I am having a hard time tracking down replacement pistons (XB12 pistons are plentiful). Can anyone point me in the right direction? Thanx.   Cataract2 Posted on Friday, July 04, 2014 - 05:22 pm:        I'm guessing you have tried the dealership and they show none available. Have you tried http://www.buellsterparts.com/ they might have some used ones available. I don't know if American Sportbike would have them. If all of that fails then you're only option I can think of might be the 1050 kit upgrade. Although I don't know if you want to deal with the tuning involved for that along with a fairly expensive route.   Glitch Posted on Friday, July 04, 2014 - 09:18 pm:        Give Pammy a call over at http://www.cycle-rama.com I'd bet money, they can help you out. Tell the Queen of the Universe, Glitch sent ya.   Greg_e Posted on Saturday, July 05, 2014 - 11:05 am:        Big bore kit. You probably need to do the cylinder too so you are half way there.   Natexlh1000 Posted on Saturday, July 05, 2014 - 10:18 pm:        Did the disintegration mess up the bottom end with kibbles and bits? My old Suzuki RM125 did that.   Shadowracerx1 Posted on Sunday, July 06, 2014 - 03:41 pm:        So far it just looks like on top of the pistons... nothing made it to the case (That I have found)   Greg_e Posted on Sunday, July 06, 2014 - 09:23 pm:        Getting a bunch of pinging ripping the tops of the pistons apart?   Shadowracerx1 Posted on Thursday, July 10, 2014 - 10:42 am:        Actually... not that I had noticed. I assume it was running lean. It had a race kit when I purchased it. I added a Micron exhaust system. I s'pose I should have had it tuned after that but tuners are hard to come by in SE Michigan.   Natexlh1000 Posted on Friday, July 11, 2014 - 07:04 am:        If you already had the race brain in there, It should have been able to richen it up enough to avoid damage. Both pistons ruined? scary stuff.   Shadowracerx1 Posted on Friday, July 11, 2014 - 09:00 am:        Yeah... I think the phrase I've heard was "kibbles and bits". I've found an outfit that sells stock size 9r pistons.   Nillaice Posted on Wednesday, July 16, 2014 - 04:20 am:        Please share the name of the outfit. Not that I need 9 pistons (knock on wood), but it'd be a good reference to have the name in this thread for the next guy.   Shadowracerx1 Posted on Sunday, July 20, 2014 - 03:45 pm:        Revperf.com   Briz31 Posted on Tuesday, July 22, 2014 - 01:25 pm:        I did the BigBore upgrade on a 2003 XB9s, with the Revolution Performance. 1050 Kit. also had the heads ported and swapped out the pushrods.. I posted some photos here back in 2011. I had the existing cylinder/pistons etc removed and placed in storage, they're in exec. condition. Sadly located in Australia. (I'm currently working in Sth America)

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