Shouts of compliments to my Buell from strangers on the road

[BuellyBagger]

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.

 

[seajay]

I have a few. I'm surprised at how many women yell my direction with thumbs up!

My favorite story is when I rolled in for church and a lady walks up and asks, "did you ride that to church?" Nope. I was in the garage when out rolled under me and took me to church! It was a"here's your sign" moment for sure! She proceeded to ask if it was a dirt bike street bike cross... No idea what that is, but I sure appreciated the belly laugh!

 

[Dave A]

Twice my bike has been admired by R1 riders.

 

[wolfo68]

My favorite one was down in the old market in Omaha. I was waiting for a light to change and sitting behind a diesel truck in front of some bars on a Saturday night. There were three guys in the truck all looking back at me or hanging out the window then popping back into the truck and laughing at me. Then the guy revs the crap out of his truck and I get black shit billowed at me. After that I flipped on my airbox light (back when I had the translucent blue airbox) and revved back at him. At the time I had my custom made exhaust on it. I let it roar at him for a few seconds then let off the gas to some massive exhaust popping (sounded sweet and really got their attention), all of them stopped laughing and whipped around to see what it was. I'm guessing they thought another bike was back with me. The two in the front hung out the window and yelled "That's fuckin sweet! What the hell is it?" At that point I looked around to see everyone on the bar patios looking at me, I drove up along side his truck and pointed at the airbox with my middle finger before driving off.

 

[wanta6th2]

Buells are loved or hated. One of my favorite memories is pulling up to a little bar in my town with squid and the people at the bar whispering wow check out those bikes. I actually had one guy who did an awesome red bull theme buell comment how he liked my buell. Have a great one guys and ride safe.

 

[thrstrmech]

always get seconds looks at intersections, dunno if it's the sound or looks of the bike, but one thing you can read on people's faces...puzzled look asking themselves, what it that?

 

[iman501]

 

[wanta6th2]

^

 

[texasroadranger]

[up] Damn, that was a good one!!

 

[konarider94]

So I'm getting some lunch yesterday and I see 3 stereotypical frat guys staring at my bike as they walk into the same place. As they walk in I hear one of them say "yeah, but they eat belts like a snowmobile." Where do people come up with this shit? I guess if your sled gets 20,000+ miles out of a belt then yeah I guess it does. That was also the time they noticed me sitting there with my helmet on the table and they got quiet and stopped talking about motorcycles.

 

[ReconLdr]

I was out this weekend. I stopped at a quickie mart for a Redbull and some gas. A younger guy pulled up across from me at the pump on a 90's era CBR 600 with a chick on the back. They came to a stop just as I was firing up my bike:

Him - Wow, nice bike, what is that? It sounds like a Harley

Me - Buell XB9 Lightning

Him - No, I mean is it a 600???

Me - No, it's pretty close to 1000

Him - Holy shit, that thing must be fast....

Me - Fast enough

Him - My bike flies....It can do 140 with both of us on it...

I just smiled an nodded my head and pulled away. I looked back in time to see his chick watching me ride away and trying to hide her toothless smile...

 

[Sammyzuko]

I've only had my xb12 for a little more than a month, but the amount of attention I've received on it is unlike anything I've ever experienced...unfortunately it's mostly from dudes lol. I know a bit what it feels like to be a celebrity due to random strangers waving and asking questions all the time. I was sitting at an intersection the other day and a mother had to drag her two kids across the street because the idle of my xb was too loud for them. I guess it does sound a bit like it could eat young children[mad]

 

[SEXT9]

I usually hear "that's a really small bike....What is it?"

Then there's the "is that a Ducati?"

My favorite is from the girls though, "I want a ride, but that's a really small seat." My reply is "just stay close and hold on tight."

 

[iman501]

I want a ride

God I loved owning my buell through high school and for the year I was in college!!!

 

[Sammyzuko]

What makes the attention more surprising to me is in the DC region exotic cars rarely get a second glance(probably because many owners are rich d'bags), yet the little, inexpensive, American made Buell has people staring.

Recently my friend on his BMW HP4 and I stopped at a store for snacks. A guy walking by doubled back and said what is that?? I thought for sure he was looking at the HP4, but he walked past it and started inspecting my front brake setup lol.

I think it's cool that you can have a bike that's very simple and unpretentious, yet it still receives more compliments than the current crop of high dollar superbikes.

 

[Xrayron]

Here in FL I was putting gas in at 7/11... I was about to fire her up and a Chrysler 300 on 24's rolls up beside me with a couple black dudes in it... all drooling over my Firebolt. So the dude in back seat leans out window and goes "Is that a 600?" ... I quickly said "1000" (even though its a 984 bla bla) ... He laughed as he was putting his head back in window and loudly said to everyone in car "That ain't no 1000" ...

Right when I heard that I fired her up and flicked the throttle up to 5K... Oh glorious airbox delete and Jardine said "ROOOOAAARRR...ROOOOAAARR"... At the same time they all said to the dude "That's a fu%$$g 1000"

Sometime I ride with Airbox cover off... Talk about a head turner/conversation starter... I'm so getting a Cherry Bomb cover now.

 

[AgateJrXB12S]

I was sitting at a red light and this guy pulls up next to me and says "sick bike man, did you build that thing yourself??" haha

 

[vtech007]

I don't know what model Buell you guys have, but if you had a XB12 with a D&D nobody would mistake it for any 600 [up]

Keep 'em rolling, guys [cool][up]

 

[Negative]

Today I got the, "Hey, is that a Ducati?" ....

Last Thursday I got the, "That thing sounds like a Harley ... did you put that motor in and build that bike up yourself?" ...

Still get lots of attention from bikers and non-bikers alike beings it's literally the only buell in the town I live and hardly anybody has ever even heard of them ... and now that it's painted up, fixed up, and running right (thanks to this awesome forum and it's members) it looks good and sounds/runs great ...

 

[snrusnak]

My father in law thinks I ride a "f*cking harley davidson piece of sh*t" lol. Yet every time he's at the house he admires the bike. I've caught him on his knees checking out the belt tensioner, underslung exhaust, etc. I half expected him to say "oh, I fell" lol.