Eric Buell Unplugged

[rideboarder589]

i just found this article while looking through cycleworlds website, its a three pt piece on eric buell and just buell in general...pretty cool stuff
http://www.cycleworld.com/article.asp?section_id=43&article_id=2119&page_number=1

 

[polkiejoe]

I love this comment by Erik!

"So, 15% of the time [18 seconds on the track] we have an acceleration advantage. During 18 seconds a lap you can see an acceleration advantage. Plenty of time for a redneck to holler out on the TV show, "Dayum, look at the power of that Hurley-Dayvudson!," or some equally edifying treatise. So we are ahead of the 600s by a percentage of 18 seconds x 7%, or 1.2 seconds, and the Aprilia by about 0.9 seconds. That makes sense. See! Unfair, unfair!"

 

[sk8ace]

Great read!! Thanks for posting

 

[ctmallam]

Reading this article led me to this cool video, sponsored by Kawasaki!

2009 Superbike Shootout

 

[smith2307]

awesome article. Erik is a cool dude.

 

[onelogue]

ctmallam Im gonna start a new thread with that vid! great find.

 

[redliner172]

Too bad that everyone who is anti-Buell anyway don't care about facts...they just want to say its unfair no matter what. You could prove beyond a reasonable doubt and STILL they would say "nope your wrong, you cheat!"

 

[rideboarder589]

yeah i found it awesome that eric shoved cold hard facts into the face of the everyone who called him a cheat...like he said when the jap companys hire your riders after they win on a "cheaters" bike, theres someting to be said about that

 

[acepilot79]

that was a great read!