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Buell10blue
Posted on Friday, June 18, 2004 - 06:24 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Am about to purchase a 2003 Lightning XB9S. Require some help with a technical question. Namely, the bike I will be getting is (originally) a low-rider version. As tall as I am I prefer the less cramped regular height version. Because the only regular height bike they have is a demo that's been laid down they are taking the seat from the regular size demo and putting it on the lowered bike (apparently the seats are different between the two--this adds to the height). Further, they are going to raise the suspension on the brand new (originally lower)bike. Can anyone see any problems with this? They say it'll still be covered under the original warranty and that those are the only two differences between the low-rider XB9S and the regular height XB9S. Is this true? Will this somehow negatively affect the integrity of the bike or is it a simple swap? Thanks in advance.
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Spooky
Posted on Friday, June 18, 2004 - 06:26 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

You will need the forks and shock off the demo bike also to have a true XB9S. The forks and shock on the XB9SL are shorter.
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Daves
Posted on Friday, June 18, 2004 - 06:47 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

So their answer is to crank up the preload and change seats?
What a great dealer you have there!

Ride to the edge!
Dave
daves@h-dappleton.com
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R1DynaSquid
Posted on Friday, June 18, 2004 - 06:51 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Are the forks actually shorter or is it just shorter internal springs to drop the front down?
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Fullpower
Posted on Friday, June 18, 2004 - 08:34 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

sorry i left my parts book at home. will check and report back on the parts differance....
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Darthane
Posted on Friday, June 18, 2004 - 09:09 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Just in case you missed it, that was sarcasm on Dave's part.

To make it into a XB9S versus an XB9SL, you need to do a complete swap of the FULL SUSPENSION as well as the seat. 'Raising the suspension' most likely will have negative consequences, not to mention being a sad cop-out on the dealer's part.
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Buell10blue
Posted on Sunday, June 20, 2004 - 07:06 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Turns out they did swap the full suspension. I now have the bike in my garage and it's oh soooo sweet!
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