ya whats the point of this thread again??
Well I think people are taking issue with the original poster posting what his friend bought in comparison to what he feels are the shortcomings on his bike. Which is the shortcomings on everyone else's Buells. The apples to oranges comparison and the debate that follows gets done about 3 or 4 times a month it seems, whenever a new guy buys a Buell and then gets greased in a race or has a friend buy a faster bike. It's cool if you want to have a comparison thread that people dig up from time to time and post how their bike did on a strip against another maker's and post results or videos..
But do we really need the "Attention: I just discovered our bikes are slower than a Japanese bike!" thread a few times a month. I can understand buyer's remorse... and I must say I am pleasantly surprised at guys that show up here with a Jap bike willing to trade down on power to trade up on Torque, Style and Grunt. It shows that for every kid that wanted to go fast and found out they weren't because their bike doesn't go as fast as someone else's, there are some that don't care, do the research before they buy and know a Buell is exactly what they want.
i really think that sums it up
comparing a buell to a japenese crotch rocket is like comparing dr pepper to jack daniels seriously. everyone ive ever known (no joke everyone) buys a inline four to peg it out on the highway, then they turn around and say "dang dude buells suck ass". why? becuase im not ******* incompetent and peg it at 180 when i pass a cop?? i have two giant forged pistons that redline at about 7000 rpm, you have four tiny little pistons that are smaller so they rev faster and redline at about 14000. you also have a bike that you hvae to throw down about three ******* gears just to pass someone on the highway. in any gear i literally twist the throttle and instantly have the power i need to pull outta the corners. i also have only five gears, for a good reason, keep the rpm higher where the midrange is located. and i have a huge rear sprocket to also keep the rpm high and give me all the bottom end, which is a good match for all the torque. this is in NO WAY SHAPE OR FORM A TOPEND bike and when someone asks me "how fast does it go?" like a dum ****** squid, i pretty much just laugh. although its shaped somewhat like a crotch rocket, and looks somewhat like a crotch rocket, thats not at all what it was meant to be. i don't really give a **** either if some joe shmo's kawi or yamaha has a measly 22 more hp. horses aren't getting their gallop without the torque. which there isn't any. they ride like ****, sound like ****** weedwackers and are just stupid as ****. (yes ive owned a few). if you want a cookie cutter bike, and still want to tell yourself youre "cool" and being "unique" then go down to the local whatever shop and pick you up one of those badboys knowing there is probably about 22million of them in the continental US. and from 1983 to 2009 buell had produced just over 136,000 buells. not just firebolts, not just lightnings, every buell collectively added to 136,000 (roughly).
the easiest way put---if you want a bike to go hit 180 and be stupid (like my old friends i don't even bother riding with anymore) then an inline four is for you. we all like to think we're a casey stoner or a colin edwards when we throw a leg over, but what i always tell the ****** morons "i promise to GOD, regardless of how toughshit you think you are, you won't be getting that bike to 180 on any closed racetrack." EVER. you have an open shot of highway, four lanes wide, you hold the throttle open and duck behind a windscreen. we really should get you a contract with motogp. learn to drag your elbows in the corners then ill be even SLIGHTLY impressed.
if you want a bike that was made for the track, can corner well, and has the bottom end, and is different and doesn't run with the pack then a buell is for you. or if you want to spend the money on a ducati they're not too bad either.
it also just seems like every person i see on one gets younger and younger. just like the iphone craze. bunch of little ******* kids man. everytime i see someone get off a inline four i swear they look like they just stole that **** outta their parents garage and are going to jail if they get pulled over since they probably don't even have a license.
just dont even bother comparing a buell to one, ok, get sick of hearing that ****----------that wasn't what Erik was trying to do
and a friend of mine use to have cbr1000, and he was actually blown away when he noticed the buells have steelbraided brake lines and his honda doesn't. theres plenty of things that make the buells cool in their own way.
a measly 22hp?!? ok if youre racing, ON THE TRACK, you might wanna step your game up and buy the bigbore kit and race cams. but a measly 22hp on the street? damn that guys getting to the local starbucks quicker than me whoa look out!! haha or whoa he's getting to class quicker than me!! lookout!! he's probably flying by right now at 130 on a public highway!! whoa!! somebody put the bigshotta nitrous on the weedwacker!!
i mean sersly, whats another 22hp on my everyday ride around town streetbike??
