Had a rear engine mount fail will going down a straight bit of road on a xb12s at moderate speed. Engine fairing hit front wheel, then weaved violently then CRASH.

Wow... Hope you are OK...

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08 Specialized Langster

That looks a bit serious, do peeps have something else to be paranoid about now.
Hope your OK

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I'm a Hornithologist, I get excited by exotic birds.........

I thought the fuellers didn't have a problem here

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Should Have Stuck To making Tubers

What mileage, year etc? Got to be worth contacting Harley about as well.

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Buell S1
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Mount removed & reinstalled after leaving factory?

Lot's of stoppies?

Shame Burt Munro is not around anymore he could have knocked you one up.

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I'm a Hornithologist, I get excited by exotic birds.........

Heck, that's just a bit scary. Good to hear from NZ, by the way.

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Try doing this to yer fueller...........

As far as I know the mount had not been touched from new. The bike had done 16000km from new and had not been crashed up until this happened. Yea, if Burt was still alive I could give him the whole bike, time it came back it would be fixed and go some unreal speed as well. mind you some of the parts would look a little different.

Is that the mount that fits to the rear of the gearbox ?????? can't really picture inmy mind how the XB's mount compared to the tubers.
If so did it break the lugs on the main engine casting? I'd guess that it had probably come loose unnoticed before causing the failure.

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2001 X1 2009 1125CR 2006 Uly X3 2010 Uly a fully Maz'd S1 and a 1991 RS1200 Westwind.

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Be seeing you

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Yes, the mount bolts to the gearbox with 4 cap screws, all the screws were still tightly bolted to the broken remains, Some riders in USA have had the same problem. Possibly due to a flaw in the casting, then vibration would have done the rest.

Wow, that's not funny, hope you are ok.
How old is the bike? see it hasn't done a lot of miles.

andy

I can see a potential market for some billet rear mounts now

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2001 X1 2009 1125CR 2006 Uly X3 2010 Uly a fully Maz'd S1 and a 1991 RS1200 Westwind.

yeah thats if nobody dies in the meantime . glad u ok could av been worse sumit else to worry about . thanks for the shout