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    newb to the forum, but not Buell motorcycles

    hey guys, some here may know me from the BuellXB forum, anyway I'm looking into buying a new 2019 EBR and just recently heard of issues with the front cylinder ...can someone shed some light on this for me?

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    Hello , I see you got some good input from a good source on the BuellXB guys.

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    Quote Originally Posted by EBRRider View Post
    Hello , I see you got some good input from a good source on the BuellXB guys.
    I looked through that, but couldn't find it. Do you have a link?

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    It's just some people freaking out about a super, super rare anomaly and over-engineering an expensive solution.

    If you're gonna modify and race your 'street bike', prepare to have it cost you money.

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    Basically, the tank vent purges to the front cyl. Purge valve fails, cause vac leak on front cyl, goes super lean and cyl goes *pop*.

    Fix is to cap the port to the front cyl, vent the tank to atmosphere, be on your way.

    It's nothing spectacular. I went almost 12k miles before doing it, still runs fine. Others popped their front cyl at 5k. YMMV

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    Wow! This is new to me. Just cap where the tank vent goes to front cylinder! Is it easy to get to?

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    Oh, I thought it was about the guy who threw a rod after adding a pipe, ECM, then racing on the track. FB people jumped all in on needing new cylinders or something on every EBR sold. IMO a little over-zealous, but YMMV.

    The Evap valve can be plugged and won't throw a code. Inside the airbox, right side, on top of the charcoal canister.

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    Well that's easy enough! I'll do it next time I clean my air filter Thanks!!!

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    Oh yeah, THAT. The thought was the cylinder wall was too thin and taking too much stress. The 'fix' was iron-lined cylinders.

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