| Author | Message | ||
     Dick |
Ok people I love my Lightning long but my daily rides and commute has changed from mostly open 2 lane road and interstate 50 - 70 mph to town and stop & go traffic jams the 12ss is jerk jerk jerk in first gear at 15-20 mph looking at a few local city X 9 bikes for sale and want to keep the 12ss but is there really that much difference ? | ||
| Froggy |
Before doing something as drastic as getting a new bike, I would look into getting the XB9 primary drive. http://americansportbike.com/newdir/Item/A17150 It shortens your overall gearing by 11% making it more manageable at lower speeds. | ||
| Holleywood |
I concur. This is the performance upgrade! Much cheaper than buying a new bike. And, you can swap back if you need to in the future. | ||
| Holleywood |
http://www.buellxb.com/Buell-XB-Forum/Buell-Firebo lt-XB12-XB9/Race-Kits/swapping-primary-gears-xb12- to-xb9 | ||
| Reepicheep |
Its basically like being one gear lower. | ||
| Dualsportdad |
What year as do you have? I had a xb9sx and it was a great city bike. Smooth running and way less heat. I know have a 06 Ulysses and I'm still using it for in town duty. The jerking on the 12 engine is aweful. I ended up putting a race kit on my bike and that helped but in the end I tuned the bike and its pretty smooth now. If your bike is a 06-07 and you have the race kit I can send you my map to try and see of that helps. If not I say get the 9, they are a much more enjoyable bike to commute on. | ||
| Dick |
I have a 06 SS long with a drummer exhaust so bought the XB 9 primary chain and sprocket will do that first and the reset the TPS go from there see what happens and have a Buell race kit ECM new in the box if I need it Thanks for the info I will keep in touch. (Message edited by Dick on July 14, 2014) | ||
| Fotoguzzi |
is your primary chain in spec? my XT has no problem in city traffic slow and go is smooth since I adjusted primary. |
