Hey everybody, just wanted to say hello and show off my new to me -but otherwise old- '03 XB9SL.

I picked her up over the winter for what I felt was a very good price, although there were some items that needed attention.

This is what she looked like when I got her:


This bike has had at least two previous owners, and I think that meant two different rounds of customizing. Some stuff, like most of the carbon fiber and the tail tidy was nicely done. Other stuff like the pegs, turn signals, and blacked out taillight just screamed Squid! to me. It also had a melted headlight lens and a broken clutch lever end from a garage tip-over.

So the headlight got replaced with a new stock "Worldwide" unit, the clutch lever got replaced, and a set of factory Buell lowering pegs went on to help my tall ass actually fit on this tiny bike. Old mismatched tires got replaced with Bridgestone S21's.

Oh, and I ****ing hate yellow. So that had to go.









Cosmetically she's nearly done. New turn signals, black clutch lever, maybe have the seat recovered. Little stuff. Not sure about the belly pan because I'm not sure what I'm going to do exhaust wise yet.

But for the most part I've just been riding the piss outta her. Like any relationship, it has it's ups and downs (sometimes me and Neutral don't see each other for days, and the transmission bangs and clanks like a 1920's tractor... falling down an elevator shaft) but for the most part life is good.