Just picked up a 1999 Buell X1 with 20,000 KMS or 12,000 Miles. The previous owner didn't strike me as too handy so I thought I would check for some common updates. For the price of $2.50 I thought it would be wise to review the oil pump pinion drive gear. The gear looks like new and from what I have read on the various tuber posts it should be ok to leave it but to monitor it. It sounds like the oil pump on the early XBs was relocated and they do not experience the problem of imploding oil pumps at the same rate as the tuber. Check out my video. I think at the end I banged my head off the handle grips. Sorry for being shaky, its hard to hold the camera still and rotate the rear wheel.

As a precaution I am replacing the Primary Chain Adjuster. The bike has the original (thin) adjuster.

I don't plan on abusing the bike or doing any performance upgrades. Is there any other gotcha's i should check while I have the heads off to fix leaky rocker box gaskets and leaky base gaskets.

I plan on replacing
- head gaskets
- rocker box gaskets
- base gaskets
- intake and exhaust gaskets

Any input would be appreciated.

https://youtu.be/yBQeWFT_ACE