essjay
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A few weeks ago I picked up a 2008 (black) XCountry with 20k miles and plan to tidy it up over the winter. At this point I don't know how much of a "rebuild" I'll do but I'm planning the following at least as the bike is quite ratty looking and probably spend a lot of it's life outdoors.
Clutch cover fix
New gear lever
Change wheel bearings
Change swingarm bearings
Change head bearings?
Change hand levers
Replace brake lines with HEL ones
Front master cylinder gasket and cap (it's leaking)
WP forks (they were cheap enough)
Rebuild water pump/replace coolant? (Anyone ever tried an aftermarket electric pump?)
Replace both brake light microswitches (neither brakes switching on brake light)
Service items (oil, oil/air filters, spark plug)
Clean up the radiator (fan coming on within 5 minutes)
Maybe give the engine/starter a lick of paint
Fix the dashboard/clocks (right indicator LED and "SET" button broken)
Any other recommendations to change out while I'm doing the work? Fuel filter, fuel pump, ???? Chain and sprockets look recent so they should be ok. Has a new clutch cable.
Maybe down the line might add....
Windscreen (maybe an R80GS fairing?)
Leo Vince pipe
Hand guards
Rear rack
Aux fuel tank
Rear shock
Center stand
Maybe a LED H4 bulb (hearing good things about the F2 H4 bulbs) and/or replace with a 7" Hella headlight
Heated grips
and so on....
Clutch cover fix
New gear lever
Change wheel bearings
Change swingarm bearings
Change head bearings?
Change hand levers
Replace brake lines with HEL ones
Front master cylinder gasket and cap (it's leaking)
WP forks (they were cheap enough)
Rebuild water pump/replace coolant? (Anyone ever tried an aftermarket electric pump?)
Replace both brake light microswitches (neither brakes switching on brake light)
Service items (oil, oil/air filters, spark plug)
Clean up the radiator (fan coming on within 5 minutes)
Maybe give the engine/starter a lick of paint
Fix the dashboard/clocks (right indicator LED and "SET" button broken)
Any other recommendations to change out while I'm doing the work? Fuel filter, fuel pump, ???? Chain and sprockets look recent so they should be ok. Has a new clutch cable.
Maybe down the line might add....
Windscreen (maybe an R80GS fairing?)
Leo Vince pipe
Hand guards
Rear rack
Aux fuel tank
Rear shock
Center stand
Maybe a LED H4 bulb (hearing good things about the F2 H4 bulbs) and/or replace with a 7" Hella headlight
Heated grips
and so on....