ever happen to you?

[delta one]

a local guy with a stretched hayabusa with chrome and a 300 rear tire was giving me a hard time last summer
him "how many CC's in that cute little bike of yours?"

me "oh I have the small one (he grins a little)
its only 984cc's

him "holy crap! that little thing is a liter bike!"


I get that a lot, cute girls bike why don't you step off the 250 and buy a Gixxer?

so I start it up and his jaw along with the other hecklers drop to the asphalt.

I know I'm on an XB but its the same story all around nobody can read BUELL or knows what they are about even after all these years.

 

[2nastyn8]

just the other day
me-a pair of plugs for a 2007 Buell XB12S
parts guy- who makes that sounds italian
me-Its american
parts guy-prolly rare, bet u we dont have them

after a few mins talkin to other parts guy

parts guy-that has a harley 1200 engine in it, it is american!

me- imagine that

 

[delta one]

I just had it today, hey is that your Ducati parked out there?

my XB doesn't even have a latter frame.

 

[RT Performance]

Wonder why Buell's Didn't sell.
Because Harley didn't advertise them correctly thats why NOBODY knows what they are..
I gotten Nice bike who makes it.is that Italian or a Duc

Not to mention one of the old guys that runs the bike night i frequent called me a want to be one night.(He Rides a fen Honda) My response. I bet mine is more american than your Honda and most the other bikes here since it is Built in troy Wisconsin and every piece was engineered here .
Why when i did my Frame Decals with Buell in it.
I may look like a rolling billboard and still get how makes that But i don't get accused of riding a Duc. or worse a rice bike

 

[Kole_DeWoody]

I get the what size is your bike 500 or something? a lot, usually from 600 riders. I just reply no. Its a 1200 one of my cyl is big as your engine.

 

[bardo688]

everyone just stares and says WTF but thats western kansas

 

[Alfatango1]

They other day a guy leaving Walmart asks what kind of bike is that? I say Buell! He asks, is that made in Europe? No, Milwaukee (Didn't think he'd know where Troy was)I reply. Oh, I thought it sounded like a Harley (Hawk pipe). He smiles and walks away.

I get the Ducati reference a lot too, although I really can't see why.

 

[fordmoco89]

Personally I love the attention, good and bad. I really never got a second look on my Honda CBR.

I am very suprised how many "Harley Fanboys" don't know what a buell is considering they spend every waking breath inside the dealerships mechandise shop.

 

[Alfatango1]

Wonder why Buell's Didn't sell.
Because Harley didn't advertise them correctly thats why NOBODY knows what they are..
I gotten Nice bike who makes it.is that Italian or a Duc

And to think the idiots bought MV Agusta too.

 

[1stxb9r]

I get the Duc comment alot as well, but to be honest i don't mind it. I would rather people mistake my bike for a Duc than a squidworth Gixxer or CBR. Ducs are in some ways very similar to Buells, they are made with race intentions, some what rare, and in my opinion wonderfully engineered, attractive bikes.

 

[lawdog]

I ride an 09 XB12R and feel so left out. The Harley riders tell me to get a real bike. The sportbike riders snub me cause I ride a Harley. Where is the love! [confused] In my area I have only seen one Buell, a lighting, rolling around. I was working and stopped him at the gas station to ask him questions about it. Ended up going to buy my own bike. The most fun bike I have ever owned!

 

[Bolt]

Most harley riders I run into know what I'm riding.Last time one got off his bike next to my 12R and yelled 'bitchin!' he loved it ,wich amazed me.
People can't beleive there's a 1203 in my girls scg either!
Weather people recognize these bikes or not-they always catch alot of attention.
Lawdog-props to you for being an individual in your area-and riding a REAL bike!

 

[redliner172]

I was at a dealership and a guy asks, "is that GPR for stunting?" and "Why didn't you get a crotch rocket?" I simply said, "What the **** are you talking about?" then stared at him and then continued talking about the body work. Ignorance....pure ingorance.

 

[Bolt]

In this case ignorance ain't bliss-it's missing out!

 

[DoubleD]

I haven't gotten any confusion yet, but there are 2 other Buell guys in our club, and it's a college town so the young folks tend to know their bikes a bit more. Most people have heard of them but haven't really seen one up close.

Last weekend in my hometown I dropped by an old friend's house, who happens to room with another friend of mine. When the other buddy got home after dark he said to me "when I saw it at first I wanted to know who thought it was ok to park a damn rice rocket in my driveway, but then I realized that it was a Buell! you can park that here anytime."

 

[Bolt]

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[Nuage420b]

Lol, I need some "Here's your sign" cards for that damn "who makes it?" question. That or the right to dummy slap people. I had an idea for a bitch slap card, every one in america get's one providing they pass the "I'm not a ******* idiot exam". It will allow you 3 bitch slaps a year, you deliver the blow, the recipient initials off for which ever slap that may of been and you go about your day.

 

[bguinn]

I get the
"What kind of bike is that, is that a Ducati?"
all the time.
One guy had heard of a Buell but never seen one. His comment was "I bet that was expensive, I don't ever see those around."
All I could think was not much more than your CBR 600, but what I said was not as bad as you would think.

 

[redliner172]

I love bike nights cause very few people can figure what I ride. Sure it doesnt look MUCH like an 1125R anymore but you can still tell it is. BUELL FTW!!!!!