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    Senior Member BambamXB12r's Avatar
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    The nine hour drive was definitely worth it. She has 5,500 miles on her and the full luggage set up. Night and day from my firebolt but going to be amazing for the long rides. Needs some TLC on the headers and a better muffler. Much too quiet for my taste.

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    I have an '09 too. Do you know if we have dual or triple bearings in the rear wheel

    single bearing on both left and right side.

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    ^^^ Like john said 2 bearings but i upgraded and fitted the 3 bearing wheel!

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    On the 09 Uly XB12X the 3 bearing rear wheel came with a different axle and a thin spacer on the disk brake side. I always check to make sure the thin spacer is on there when I get tire work done, and always remind the tire shop it is there. Not sure if that is the same for the other models, but the original 2 bearing axle had no spacers, or at least I do not have them?
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    Looks like the one I had all set up to buy from a guy in Oklahoma. Oddly enough, exact same mileage. That was probably the only time I had actually agreed on a price and had a pickup date set for the next weekend since he wouldn't let me show up late on Sunday to get it. Texted to confirm on Tuesday, prick sold it out from under me.

    Looked again at your pics, it's not the same bike. The one I was looking at had the ztl2 front caliper.

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    Nice looking bike!

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    That sucks Dean. Happened to me years ago and I still haven't forgotten. People can be real a-holes.

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    Hey Dean, same thing happened to me over a triumph Thunderbird sport but, then I bought my uly all in the last couple of weeks, **** happens, things will get better.

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    I ended up picking up a different one last month for considerably less $$. No hard bags, needed a bunch of normal maintenance stuff done (tires, bearings, etc.) and obviously a new exhaust for it. Not my color of choice, but for the price and mileage, I thought it was a good enough deal to go ahead and get it.

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    Thanks for the compliment Tbone, my uly is my road horse, I ride it on every long highway trip I can. Sorry about the bad deal on the other bike Dean, I like to think that karma has a way of getting back at people like that. Glad you ended up with a bike you are happy with.

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