The New Buell Model

[BuellPartsGuy]

http://www.buell.com/en_us/bikes/lightning/xb12stt/features.asp

check it out. I am not too impressed myself. Shows very little effort to build. Looks just thrown together.......

 

[paperclip]

WOW! They're moving in the right direction with their bikes there! I wouldn't mind having one of them monsters![up]

 

[2Evil4U]

Ditto on the not impressed. It's a Uly with a Lightning shock and tailframe. Trying to cash in on the motard craze I guess.

I could probably build one myself pretty cheap w/parts off eBay.[down]

 

[buellxb]

Looks like they're searching for lawsuits. That looks enough like a moto bike that I'd like to go completely air born. End result - Dead or severely injured. I understand tooling, mold, and other manufacturing processes enough to know that they can't afford a major XB redesign for a few years unless competition demands. Buells are already cutting edge with engineering. I'd only expect engine tweaks, comp tweaks, and cheap plastic add-ons for awhile. I'd ride it.

 

[BuellPartsGuy]

They basically just threw a Uly front fender on a Lightning Long Frame, with Uly forks, and bolted number plates to the mounts for the rear foot pegs. They also took the hump out of the seat and called it a "solo"

still not impressed.....

 

[azsnow]

For once so far, I agree with BuellPartsGuy! I am not a big fan of the Lightning family anyway, but this bike does nothing for me. If you really want to make an offroad bike, change the belt to a chaindrive. Even though the belt is great, it isn't very good when on dirt roads. (Small rocks=broken belt) This would then be in about the same market as the BMW models. It has 2 wheels, so if it were given to me, I would ride it, but I would never buy it.

 

[BuellPartsGuy]

I guess you can enter to win one of these new ones if you can design a custom plastics set. Could turn out pretty cool if you did it right. Get your entries in boys!!


http://www.buell.com/en_us/promos/stt_contest/index.asp

 

[azsnow]

Where do we enter, at the store, or online?

 

[BuellPartsGuy]

online you print out a template to modify with a Photoshop program and then you e-mail it in. all the instructions are on that page once you create a login....

 

[maybebuell]

playing with the idea of a buell...dealers around my way drop the buell line so seeing one or sitting on one has not happened yet....do you think the new stt model will feel bigger then long model....im, 6,1 and would buy either one of the two that fits me best...bigger the better for me....just like the looks of the buell it will be a second bike for myself....I hear a few guys talking about the buell power..guess ill have to ride one to see I have torque and hp now that i would pull a buell pretty good at 300 lbs more....thanks

 

[BuellPartsGuy]

The new TT is an inch higher in the seat height and an inch higher in the ground clearance. Fork angles and rake are slightly different. Lean angles are increased slightly. Wheel base is the same as the long. Final drive ratio is a little higher than the long.

 

[maybebuell]

thanks for info on the long and stt models buellpartsguy...is the shifter and brake levers in the same position on both models,,thanks again...and your right blueing is natural with header pipes..if you start getting into that dark purple color something is wrong..my bikes where always tuned where the pipes have a hint of blue but mostley gold or yellow...but im talking carb motors...

 

[Trill]

Holy cow Im from the future!

 

[JOEL9]

g-damnit trill![mad] here i am looking for the new 2010 bikes, shizz!!(lol)

 

[TMC]

edit nevermind someone resurected a old post