FerrisBuell
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- Oct 21, 2012
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XB newbie here from northwest IL, been lurking around off and on since like September of last year...suppose I'd better say hello finally 
I've been wanting a bike since I was probably 20 or so. Priorities (student loans, mortgage, etc!) sure can get in the way sometimes! I can distinctly remember the first time I laid eyes on a Buell that I had to have, but not for years to come. Was walking into one of the local casinos in probably 2003 or 2004 when I spotted it off to the side up front. I walked up to it and read on the handlebars and thought to myself "Firebolt? Huh, don't think I've ever seen one of those out and about pounding the streets." Before then the only Buells I'd seen around this big town were Blasts, which didn't get me too excited like this beauty did.
Fast forward a good 10 years. Finally squeezed in my MSF basic rider course before the cold mornings of fall came last year and just about aced the license test aside from 2 points for not getting the bike into first gear before my foot came down on the short stop test at speed [sad] Oh well, I did very well and found the course very helpful in getting off on the right foot. Got the M stamp on the ol' license and I'd spent all summer searching for just the right Buell and was ready, cash in hand for my very first bike. Found one about 45 minutes away from me, that I ended up taking home.
Basically stock 2003 XB9R with around 10k on the clock. Needless to say, I never really did winterize the bike, but took it out every nice day this winter that it was a good 40 degrees and snow/salt free roads! Loving it and I haven't even had the chance to ride in beautiful weather yet save for one November day when it was almost 70 out. Not going to go too crazy with modding it I don't think, but would really like to get my old PDA hooked up to it with ECMSpy so I can get an exhaust. Already has a K&N filter on it and I got an extra gutted XB12 muffler with the bike but haven't used it.
-Dave
I've been wanting a bike since I was probably 20 or so. Priorities (student loans, mortgage, etc!) sure can get in the way sometimes! I can distinctly remember the first time I laid eyes on a Buell that I had to have, but not for years to come. Was walking into one of the local casinos in probably 2003 or 2004 when I spotted it off to the side up front. I walked up to it and read on the handlebars and thought to myself "Firebolt? Huh, don't think I've ever seen one of those out and about pounding the streets." Before then the only Buells I'd seen around this big town were Blasts, which didn't get me too excited like this beauty did.
Fast forward a good 10 years. Finally squeezed in my MSF basic rider course before the cold mornings of fall came last year and just about aced the license test aside from 2 points for not getting the bike into first gear before my foot came down on the short stop test at speed [sad] Oh well, I did very well and found the course very helpful in getting off on the right foot. Got the M stamp on the ol' license and I'd spent all summer searching for just the right Buell and was ready, cash in hand for my very first bike. Found one about 45 minutes away from me, that I ended up taking home.
Basically stock 2003 XB9R with around 10k on the clock. Needless to say, I never really did winterize the bike, but took it out every nice day this winter that it was a good 40 degrees and snow/salt free roads! Loving it and I haven't even had the chance to ride in beautiful weather yet save for one November day when it was almost 70 out. Not going to go too crazy with modding it I don't think, but would really like to get my old PDA hooked up to it with ECMSpy so I can get an exhaust. Already has a K&N filter on it and I got an extra gutted XB12 muffler with the bike but haven't used it.
-Dave
