Shouts of compliments to my Buell from strangers on the road
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Had a dude in a Vette yesterday almost break his neck looking at my bike when he drove by. Just now had a guy slow down and had his head 180 degrees checking out my bike. I need a disclaimer stating I am not responsible for neck injuries from looking at my bike.
The thing i love most about my bike is the reaction i get from little kids around town. They LOVE the bright yellow paintjob, all the stickers, and the super loud pipes. I pretty much live in a cornfield so around here, it's all diesels, trucks, lift kits, budlight, and combine harvesters, so naturally, louder IS better (it's a redneck thing). I always have little 4 and 5 year old kids parading down the street to watch me park my bike away in the driveway 
Last year, some guy had a little boy so young, he couldn't even talk yet, but he liked my bike and his dad asked to get a pic with the little kid on my bike so that he could show him when he's older. The Ducati thing gets real old with me because honestly, i could have afforded a Duc before i bought my buell, but i wanted to buy American and in all honesty, i see a LOT more Duc's around where i live than Buells. There's one other guy at school who has a white and black XB12R, but i've never been around to chat with him when he leaves. I thing the Buell is a lot more unique bike and doesn't have the "pretentious douche canoe" stigma behind it. The thing that gets the most annoying is ricers on like Ninja 250s talking **** to me about my bike at the pumps, saying "i have a friend with a 'gixxer' 600 that will smoke that bike." I just say "oh really? cool..." and flip my shades down in my helmet, fire the bike up, set off 4 or 5 car alarms, and be off on my way.
I left school right at noon today and didn't even manage to leave the parking lot until about 12:30 because i had three people come up to me simultaneously to ask "derppp is that a kawasaki???" Now THAT'S f*cking annoying...
Last year, some guy had a little boy so young, he couldn't even talk yet, but he liked my bike and his dad asked to get a pic with the little kid on my bike so that he could show him when he's older. The Ducati thing gets real old with me because honestly, i could have afforded a Duc before i bought my buell, but i wanted to buy American and in all honesty, i see a LOT more Duc's around where i live than Buells. There's one other guy at school who has a white and black XB12R, but i've never been around to chat with him when he leaves. I thing the Buell is a lot more unique bike and doesn't have the "pretentious douche canoe" stigma behind it. The thing that gets the most annoying is ricers on like Ninja 250s talking **** to me about my bike at the pumps, saying "i have a friend with a 'gixxer' 600 that will smoke that bike." I just say "oh really? cool..." and flip my shades down in my helmet, fire the bike up, set off 4 or 5 car alarms, and be off on my way.
I left school right at noon today and didn't even manage to leave the parking lot until about 12:30 because i had three people come up to me simultaneously to ask "derppp is that a kawasaki???" Now THAT'S f*cking annoying...
Zeroflat24
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Had a group of 3 younger guys in a honda civic today compliment my bike, saying it was "bitchin."
Passenger - Is that Ducati?
Me - No its a Buell
Passenger - A what?
Me - A Buell
Passenger - Well it is ******* cool as hell
Me - Yeah its different for sure
Passenger - You sold me dude i am going to get one
Me - Keep your eyes peeled they dont make them anymore and dont pop up for sale very often
Passenger - Cool man have fun.
Passenger - Is that Ducati?
Me - No its a Buell
Passenger - A what?
Me - A Buell
Passenger - Well it is ******* cool as hell
Me - Yeah its different for sure
Passenger - You sold me dude i am going to get one
Me - Keep your eyes peeled they dont make them anymore and dont pop up for sale very often
Passenger - Cool man have fun.
bbletterin
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I've had many inquiries about my Uly, it's really different from other bikes, untill recently.Now Ducati,Honda,even Moto Gusie(spelled wrong) all have similar looking bikes. If I ride with my son who has GSXR 750,the crowd looks over my bike cause it's not a "sport bike", but his frinds that ride with us are impressed with it's get up an go. Hell I leave them in short runs (with the front wheel in the air) so I get some respect. I also corner with most of them. Great All around Bike, I love it!
Was at a local bagel place eating breakfast this morning, sitting inside watching the bike. Older lady walks past it once and stops to look at it. Five minutes later she comes out of a nearby store and does another pass, lingering for 30-40 seconds to look it over a second time. Couple of guys hanging around a few shops down walk over and take a look.
As I left one of the guys comes over along with one of the bagel shop employees:
Employee: "What kind of bike is that?"
Me: "It's a Buell"
Guy#2: "It's an 1125?"
Me: "Ya:
Guy#2: "Oh that's right, it used to be an R1 right?"
Me: "No, it's a Buell 1125R, made by Buell."
Guy#2: "Oh sweet. I forgot those tanks are air boxes, totally cool. It's a twin right, I heard the pipes as you came in. Made my day man."
Employee: "That bike is sick as f&*#! man!"
Me: "Thanks."
They liked the translucent air box cover and the Keda pipe.
As I left one of the guys comes over along with one of the bagel shop employees:
Employee: "What kind of bike is that?"
Me: "It's a Buell"
Guy#2: "It's an 1125?"
Me: "Ya:
Guy#2: "Oh that's right, it used to be an R1 right?"
Me: "No, it's a Buell 1125R, made by Buell."
Guy#2: "Oh sweet. I forgot those tanks are air boxes, totally cool. It's a twin right, I heard the pipes as you came in. Made my day man."
Employee: "That bike is sick as f&*#! man!"
Me: "Thanks."
They liked the translucent air box cover and the Keda pipe.
Internet Annoyance
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Some people get it, some dont, I get really tired of so called experts who have their own opinions and repeat them as fact about the Buells, One of the more common ones is that Buell is dead and gone. Umm, no, theres a new company by the same guy making them again, and hopefully it grows and they move past limited production.
Then there the parts aren't available story's.
Most of the comments i hear are from friends who worry that i wont work on vintage bikes anymore and just play with that "modern Buell stuff" which is funny to me, I also have 2 Italian bikes but they dont seem as worried about them.
So my suggestion is that when someone walks up, doesnt listen to facts and is generally annoying and dumb, then help them down that road and tell them massive whoppers, Tell them they come in 4 cylinders next year, but only special order, tell them theres a new chopper version coming out made by some dude in Switzerland named Tolle, Tell them Australian Hells Angels prefer these Buells over those slow baggers, Tell them theres a optional Supercharger you can buy thats belt driven off the primary and actuated by a electromechanical clutch and a button the dash and it puts out over 180hp made by Druin. Tell them Keunea Reeves just bought the company and is coming out with all new ones next year but needs help crowdfunding, if they log in now, you get a free single cylinder version as a stage 1 investor,. Tell them that Buells were outlawed by the national traffic safety administration because women riders would lose control of the bikes, seems the vibration causes Orgasms between 60-80mph and women would convulse and go off the road or crash, just not safe,,if they say,, "No way,," offer them a ride, but insist on a towell on the seat or they take their shirts off, or come up with your own crazy storys.
Then there the parts aren't available story's.
Most of the comments i hear are from friends who worry that i wont work on vintage bikes anymore and just play with that "modern Buell stuff" which is funny to me, I also have 2 Italian bikes but they dont seem as worried about them.
So my suggestion is that when someone walks up, doesnt listen to facts and is generally annoying and dumb, then help them down that road and tell them massive whoppers, Tell them they come in 4 cylinders next year, but only special order, tell them theres a new chopper version coming out made by some dude in Switzerland named Tolle, Tell them Australian Hells Angels prefer these Buells over those slow baggers, Tell them theres a optional Supercharger you can buy thats belt driven off the primary and actuated by a electromechanical clutch and a button the dash and it puts out over 180hp made by Druin. Tell them Keunea Reeves just bought the company and is coming out with all new ones next year but needs help crowdfunding, if they log in now, you get a free single cylinder version as a stage 1 investor,. Tell them that Buells were outlawed by the national traffic safety administration because women riders would lose control of the bikes, seems the vibration causes Orgasms between 60-80mph and women would convulse and go off the road or crash, just not safe,,if they say,, "No way,," offer them a ride, but insist on a towell on the seat or they take their shirts off, or come up with your own crazy storys.
BuddhaBuell
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^^^that's some funny ****
of the few times I've had passenger pegs on and took my wife for a ride she can attest that indeed....
texasroadranger
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OMG!! Im game!! I could probably come up with some good ones that REALLY sound good to those who don't know,lol. Hell, I bet I, oh wait, no WE (as a forum) could REALLY jumpstart the EBR name.
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Today coming home from work I pulled up to a light and some kids pulled up next to me in some kind of Honda Turbo piece of ****. The light just turned yellow so I slowed and stopped there for the light was gonna be red for a few minutes...... and its open highway after that..... hope I'm not giving away my story lol
Anyway the kid in the backseat yells out what the hell is that thing..... so I flipped up my visor (black tinted) and said its a buell cause my tank bag was blocking my emblems. And the kid in the passenger seat says that's those things are junk that's why they don't make them anymore...... I got pissed and out my visor back down...... so the driver proceeds to say yeah that's one of those hybrid harleys...... can't decide if it wants to be a sport bike or a Harley...... well they all started laughing then...... the driver says wanna run? I nodded my head ...... he other direction is now starting to change yellow so I knew the green was coming..... he revs it up you know the ricer fart can sound and I crack my throttle..... and look over the kid in the back seat is shaking his head...... I proceed to bring my idle up to around 2000 rpms..... light turns green ..... I hunch over tank and did the best I could to launch as hard as possible and keep the front end down..... he stayed with me till I hit second and I was gone.......
3 miles up the road there is one more light..... it took him 30 to 40 seconds to get there after I did...... and he wouldn't even pull up next to me..... I pulled out slow and made them drive by...... not a single one would look at me..... I flipped visor up and said piece of **** huh?
Boy did that make my day!
Anyway the kid in the backseat yells out what the hell is that thing..... so I flipped up my visor (black tinted) and said its a buell cause my tank bag was blocking my emblems. And the kid in the passenger seat says that's those things are junk that's why they don't make them anymore...... I got pissed and out my visor back down...... so the driver proceeds to say yeah that's one of those hybrid harleys...... can't decide if it wants to be a sport bike or a Harley...... well they all started laughing then...... the driver says wanna run? I nodded my head ...... he other direction is now starting to change yellow so I knew the green was coming..... he revs it up you know the ricer fart can sound and I crack my throttle..... and look over the kid in the back seat is shaking his head...... I proceed to bring my idle up to around 2000 rpms..... light turns green ..... I hunch over tank and did the best I could to launch as hard as possible and keep the front end down..... he stayed with me till I hit second and I was gone.......
3 miles up the road there is one more light..... it took him 30 to 40 seconds to get there after I did...... and he wouldn't even pull up next to me..... I pulled out slow and made them drive by...... not a single one would look at me..... I flipped visor up and said piece of **** huh?
Boy did that make my day!
heagachongoose
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Ha! Gotta love those people!
Pulled into a gas station earlier today, pumpin my gas just minding my own, then some guy comes up and asks me what kind of bike it was. I politely explained it was a Buell and he proceeded to ask if it was Honda, Suzuki, Yamaha, or a kawi? Obviously this guy didn't get it so I explained once again that it was an American made BUELL lol. So then he asked me if it was like a busa. At this point I had lost my patience in dealing with this man. I proceeded to finish fueling and while doing so I explained that this bike was actually a limited edition Buell built in 2006 using the traditional Buell frame and a heavily modified helicopter engine specifically designed to compete with the new zx14 in motogp. I also went on to say the air box cover actually hides a patented dual supercharger design. Needless to say he was stunned. Then I put my helmet on, shot him a thumbs up, and took off.
Pulled into a gas station earlier today, pumpin my gas just minding my own, then some guy comes up and asks me what kind of bike it was. I politely explained it was a Buell and he proceeded to ask if it was Honda, Suzuki, Yamaha, or a kawi? Obviously this guy didn't get it so I explained once again that it was an American made BUELL lol. So then he asked me if it was like a busa. At this point I had lost my patience in dealing with this man. I proceeded to finish fueling and while doing so I explained that this bike was actually a limited edition Buell built in 2006 using the traditional Buell frame and a heavily modified helicopter engine specifically designed to compete with the new zx14 in motogp. I also went on to say the air box cover actually hides a patented dual supercharger design. Needless to say he was stunned. Then I put my helmet on, shot him a thumbs up, and took off.
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Dont forget the Flux capacitor and Dilithium Crystals.
and since the power is so high, dealers have installed electromagnetic forcefield reactive regenative braking systems that stores kinetic energy with Kevlar graphite pads that when the brakes are applied, the forcefield generates a ion induced braking effect to slow the machine in a nonlinear fashion.
Watch carefully for the blue aura around the perimeter rotors
Skilled riders can then plug in (point to the oil cooler scoop area) and explain that stores the kinetic energy and often enough power to supply a small home. or shop. Its a true flex fuel machine that produces more energy than it consumes.
You actually reverse global warming each time you ride.
If they argue with you, or keep going "Huh?" then bark at them
"Why do you hate our freedom?" and ride off.
and since the power is so high, dealers have installed electromagnetic forcefield reactive regenative braking systems that stores kinetic energy with Kevlar graphite pads that when the brakes are applied, the forcefield generates a ion induced braking effect to slow the machine in a nonlinear fashion.
Watch carefully for the blue aura around the perimeter rotors
Skilled riders can then plug in (point to the oil cooler scoop area) and explain that stores the kinetic energy and often enough power to supply a small home. or shop. Its a true flex fuel machine that produces more energy than it consumes.
You actually reverse global warming each time you ride.
If they argue with you, or keep going "Huh?" then bark at them
"Why do you hate our freedom?" and ride off.
texasroadranger
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I think we now have an INTERNET HERO, instead of Internet Annoyance!! You sir, Freakn ROCK!!!
Funny thing is that I tell people that my frame holds the fuel, and they say Im full if it,lol. Then I get, 'What kinda person would put the fuel in the frame?' Then I do a nasty burnout at the pumps and ride off,lol.
Funny thing is that I tell people that my frame holds the fuel, and they say Im full if it,lol. Then I get, 'What kinda person would put the fuel in the frame?' Then I do a nasty burnout at the pumps and ride off,lol.
konarider94
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I'm surprised that last story hasn't happened to me yet. Although I try avoid those parts of town. In NJ I can see how you might not have that option.
BuellyBagger
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Wow reconldr what a story...definitely not a fun situation!.
I was a bit nervous when I got one of my bike compliments.
I was riding down the main drag in town on my lunch breakand had been following the same car for a few blocks. I had noticed that everyone in the car (all five rednecks) had been turning around looking at my bike for awhile. So I pull up behind them at a red light (when neb city still had stop lights on main street). And one guy jumps outa the car and comes running up to me. I flipped my helmet open surprised, and he kinda hunches over, looks right in my helmet and, "what kinda bike is that?" Me, sigh "its a buell" him " a wha?" This was on my cyclone so since it was written very largely on my tank Ileaned back a bit poi nted @ the tank, "A BUELLl!" Him, " o! Its f#*kin sweet!. Then he got back in the car and all the rednecks appeared to argue about who was more wrong about what kind of bike it was.
My ulysses usually gets called a bmw. But the only unquestioned compliment was a very cute bank teller who just couldn't get over what a sweet looking and sounding bike it was.
I was a bit nervous when I got one of my bike compliments.
I was riding down the main drag in town on my lunch breakand had been following the same car for a few blocks. I had noticed that everyone in the car (all five rednecks) had been turning around looking at my bike for awhile. So I pull up behind them at a red light (when neb city still had stop lights on main street). And one guy jumps outa the car and comes running up to me. I flipped my helmet open surprised, and he kinda hunches over, looks right in my helmet and, "what kinda bike is that?" Me, sigh "its a buell" him " a wha?" This was on my cyclone so since it was written very largely on my tank Ileaned back a bit poi nted @ the tank, "A BUELLl!" Him, " o! Its f#*kin sweet!. Then he got back in the car and all the rednecks appeared to argue about who was more wrong about what kind of bike it was.
My ulysses usually gets called a bmw. But the only unquestioned compliment was a very cute bank teller who just couldn't get over what a sweet looking and sounding bike it was.
