Never gets old. Random comments on my bike

[ReadyXB]

As far as the coolness factor, I've had nothing but complements. Granted, most of my associates are middle school students, but hey, I'll take it!

'You've got a headlight out'

That one does get old.

^ Yep. Sometimes I just go ahead and turn on the high beam when I'm pulling into an area where I know people might be watching and would comment.

 

[djs2k2]

How about the famous haters, I know I'm not the only one that's been told before "it's just a sportster". With all the innovation in this bike it irks the **** out of me. I literally get butt hurt and feel like I have to defend the bike. Then I remember I'm trying to please myself not them and say yeah it is a sportster wanna go to the gap and get your Ass handed to you by a " Harley "?

 

[MustangGuy]

My Harley riding friends thought my Firebolt was was just a sport bike of sorts thrown together with extra parts and a Sportster engine shoved into it. Needless to say, they are now educated about the XB's. I always get comments on the fan too. I told one of my riding buddies that I had to add hair dryer fan and motor to keep it cooler. I think he believed me - LOL!

 

[50dro]

I remember my first year at the Gap. I was filling my XB up and a few "stereotypical Harley guys" (ya know...chaps, beard, bandanna, leather vest, patches, etc.) said to me "What is that thing?!?!?!? One'a dem Sportsters?" I replied, "not really" and went on my way... I would have been there all day explaining! LOL

 

[Negative]

"How many cc is it?"

"1200"

"No way that thing must be fast!"

"No."

HAHAHAHA!!! ...

Oddly enough my fan hasn't kicked one ONCE since I put the bigger right side scoop on it ... started worrying about this not too long ago thinking my fan was broken ... but apparently it works every time I run it in the diagnostics page of ECMspy ... *shrug* ... [confused]

 

[turboraven]

Yeah I've heard all the above. One of the perks of having something different.

I get the "is that a ducati?" it doesn't help that I do have a duc front fairing on it though lol

This was an odd one: "Man, your bike looks like the Batman Bike!" Reply: "Uhhhh, have you SEEN the Batman bike!?" That's a bit of a stretch [confused]

 

[wolfo68]

Man, your bike looks like the Batman Bike

lol, I've gotten that one a lot.

 

[Cosworth]

Ive had someone tell me it looks like something batman would ride. Im not saying I am batman im just saying nobody has ever seen batman and I in the same room together.

 

[jetlee]

Someone once told me that my Blast looks like the Duc in the beginning of the Tron remake.

 

[turboraven]

Ive had someone tell me it looks like something batman would ride

Bingo, I would agree with them on that point. Especially given that mine is all flat black and stealthy [cool]

 

[glenn r]

Guy in West Virginia comes up to me and asks if that is one o dem Italian bikes ?no I said !its a buell ,a what !

 

[jetlee]

"Nice Ducati!"
"It's a Buell."
"A what?"
"Buell"
"What?"
"BUELL, B U E L L ... Byoo-wool."
"What's that?"

*facepalm* as I walk off.

 

[go cytocis]

"It's a Buell."
"A what?"

I had the same conversation with the US border patrol as I tried to enter from Canada. I was asked if it was a Canadian-made bike to which I replied "Yes'sir, you can see that the unusually low redline is because the tachometer is in metric!".

 

[jetlee]

the tachometer is in metric!

That had me for a sec, "what's a metric minute?" [confused] lol

 

[go cytocis]

That had me for a sec, "what's a metric minute?" lol

This should explain it...

 

[Cooter]

Pretty funny^^^^

 

[fishxb12]

Rode my bike to work the other day. A guy at work rides and older kawasaki voyager, big cruiser. We are just talking about bikes. He asks what kind is mine, I say buell. He says, is that one of those racing bikes. I said no and explained, basically its a sport bike with a harley based motor with some other stuff done to it. He said oh, someone finally took a harley motor and made it run right. I laughed and said yep something like that .

 

[s0dhi]

I heard most of these but the reception is generally quite positive.

When we hit any of the local cafes during a ride, there's always a group assembled around the bike, awe on their faces, having seen a unicorn... errr... Pegasus.

 

[Bullettooth023]

Got the ducati comment twice last night

 

[DesertDog]

I've heard the ducati thing a few times. Lots of repeating the word Buell, followed by a short description of the company as well. Last week a coworker asked what kind of bike i had. Then when he saw the bike (xb12r) he asked if it was an 1190! I said I wish lol