"Other" motorcycles

[hottoddy69]

Hey all, I just purchased the '07 Blk/Red XB12R.....love it. In an effort to "Break-in"the bike b4 the weekend, I put on 405miles in three days. Before my deployment to the sandbox, I rode an older CBR and a Katana. I have ridden my dads custom choppers. I absolutly LOVE this Firebolt. I am in Kansas, the local Harley dealer sells Kawasaki's, I think I have the only Buell on/around base. I get stopped all the time by ppl wanting to know more about Buells.

 

[crashbuell]

I started on a 1997 Blue Streak M2 cyclone and laid it to rest at 2347 miles (RIP). I had a dumb-ass cager run me off the road going the opposite direction as me through a turn really fast and he/she ran wide and forced me off the road into a large patch of gravel. Destroyed my bike. What didn't outright break off was sandblasted into oblivion. The bike was totalled and when I could move around again, I took my insurance money down to Perry H/D in Kalamazoo and bought a 98' S1W dressed in Molten Orange with a Nuclear Blue Frame. Good times....good times....

 

[fez]

just bought a 2006 xb12s, first bike i have owned in over 10 years. i spent years drooling over Triumph Speed Triples, saw one XB12S and forgot all about Triumph.

previous bikes:
1972 norton commando 750
1971 BMW R75/5
1981 Suzuki GS 850
1986 Honda Interceptor 500
1990 Yamaha FZR 1000

and then, less than a week after getting the Buell, i dumped it. so it's back at the dealer now.

 

[ajax68]

My 04 XB12s has 2500 miles on the clock with no problems what so ever. Just gas and go. And I have been looking to change some things on the bike and noticed that the parts I was looking at were cheep compared to my sporster. I love my bike[up]

Small dirt bikes as a kid
84 Honda Ascot 500
04 Sportster 1200R
04 Buell XB12s

 

[flyboy]

I was looking at the triple,after selling my 06 1200 roadster,the 1200 never gave me any problems the other 13 bikes were mostly naked bikes.I started checking the buell out and knew it was for me,but after my 100 mile ride home I called back about the engine low rpm problems,but after finding this website I know its nature of the beast.I just love the way the buell handles.

 

[vroom]

My last dirt bike was a 1988 CR80 that I got rid of when I was 16. Then a couple weeks after I turned 28, I got my XB12Ss. I was never interested in street bikes, 'til I saw the Buell.

 

[Pockets]

Holy cobwebbed thread Batman! Good find though Vroom.
First bike was a '95 FZR 600, second was a '03 636(stolen) then a '06 636. Sold that and my Tiburon to get my Chevelle. Now I've got my XB9SX and have NO plans of giving it up!

 

[icepop77]

1993 Sportster. Sold it to get my XB12s.

 

[Midnight82]

My sporty with homemade exhaust which shot flames (AWESOME):

My Electra Glide heavily modified:

My Buell:

 

[pur pony]

before my buell....

1981 Yamaha Maxim 650
1997 Harley Softail
2003 Yamaha R1

 

[80rs427]

First bike: 1972 Kawasaki H2 750 triple

Other street bikes: 1982 Honda CB900F, 1979 Yamaha XS650, 1986 Honda GL1200, 1983 Suzuki GS750E, 2000 Triumph Sprint ST 955, 1972 HD XLCH 1000, 1983 HD XLX 1000

Other dirt bikes: 1972 Honda XL250, 1974 Suzuki TS250, 1979 Suzuki RM125, 1978 Suzuki PE175, 1979 Suzuki PE250, 1986 Honda CR500, 1988 Honda CR125

Buells: 1996 S1, 1996 S1 race bike, 1998 S1 twin tail, 1998 S1W, 1999 M2, 2002 M2L, 2003 XB9R, 2004 XB12R, 2007 XB9R

 

[konarider94]

i used to have a suzuki sp 200 dual sport. it was my first bike that i got in 7th grade. i had been riding other peoples bikes before then though. kind of had a sportster 883 for a summer in high school, first street bike experience.

 

[BuddhaBuell]

first street bike was a 1977 Honda 400/4
'81 Yam 650 Heritage Special
'84 Kaw KZ 550
'81 Kaw GPZ 1100
'86 Yam FZ 750
'90 Yam FZR 1000
and then finally my pride and joy,
my boy BamBam '06 XB9sx

 

[garyphantom222]

Before my buell also....

1971 Yamaha 200cs3
1978 Suzuki Gs550
1984 Honda nighthawk 700sc

 

[50dro]

Rode a 1997 Honda Magna 750 for 7 years. It was my first bike and suited me well.

But then it was time for more torque!! So I picked up my 2004 XB12S.

 

[07Bolt]

1st was numerous dirty-bikes

then a Vulcan KN750 (traded a '94 3.0L ranger for it lol)

THEN,,,

was thinkin bout pickin this up,,,

 

[tuneport67ss]

My first bike was my baby a fully custom 82 Wide Glide. It was the shiznit. I built a few choppers after that and ended up wanting to try the sport bike scene and got my 08 12r. I absolutely love this thing. I get just as many looks and questions as I did on my choppers. I still got 2 choppers hanging around for cruising with the wife, but my 12r is my everyday driver.

 

[kokomochandler]

my list in order

1978 kawasaki kz 750
1998 cbr f3
2001 gsxr 600
2002 gsxr 1000
2004 sv1000
1999 bandit 1200
1969 triumph t100r
1989 vfr 7??
2002 cbr 954

i still own these
2002 crf450zx
2005 xb12scg
2009 1125cr

 

[fwkapaun]

I started on a '71 Bultaco Sherpa, then moved on to a '77 Ironhead Sportster made by the bowling ball people (AMF). It was a POS and was so bad it got me out of biking for over 20 years. Since getting back into biking I've had a '94 Sportster 883, '99 Roadking Cop Bike, '04 Nighttrain, '06 Electra Glide Standard and currently own an '09 Electra Glide Standard and an '07 Buell Lightning. By far, the Buell is the most fun.

 

[RiderX]

i don't have the huge list of bikes that some have, but i still have some time

mid 70's mini bike 5 hp...tore the hell out of mom's yard, had to remount the muffler after i burned the s*** out of my leg on the first ride.
late 70's yamaha 125 enduro...still tore the hell out of mom's yard and spent many miles pushing to the trails near the house (sometimes riding if mom wasn't looking).
87' yamaha FZ700...bought that with graduation money mom was PISSED, but now her yard was safe.
08' Buell XB12Ss, fell in love with the Buells in the early 90's, just loved the design of them, but new family and mortgages put it off until recently. very glad to be back in the saddle.