Welp, time to say goodbye for a bit.

[P3_techman]

Agreed, Fatty.

That's exactly why I want to downgrade, because I don't need it. When I bought the thing it was because I had my perfect XB9 taken from me by a retarded Mini Cooper driver that thought the street was a race track and cut to the inside *into on-coming traffic* on a blind corner. Insurance even said it was 80% my fault with a broken back and all. but that is neither here nor there.

What I mean to say is I bought the 1125R purely because I wanted it, and it was available. At the time I defintiely bit off more than I could chew. Hell, it probably still is. Haven't ridden the thing since February. I was riding on the same road that I got hit on and a jacked up F-350 came around the corner right as I was diving in, I was terrified I was going to get hit again and not be so lucky as the last time. So I went wide, and when he passed I no longer had enough pavement to keep turning so I had to lay it down or go off a cliff. Luckily I was fine, But the bike got banged up pretty bad.

So far ~$2000 in parts.
I'll post pics of the repair process and what I had to do to fix that frame tab.

 

[anrkizm95]

This 1125R should never be on anything but a track in my opinion

I defintiely bit off more than I could chew. Hell, it probably still is.

i take it you havent been riding long.
its good to hear your ok with no lasting injuries.
maybe you should re-evaluate your choice of transportation all togeather 4 wheels are much safer but even then it comes down to being able to control it.

 

[Mmjohn]

I sold my xb12r because it sat for 2 years after I bought my 1125r....it's just So much of a better riding, shifting bike than the XB's. You do know you don't have to ride a bike all out to enjoy it.....there is a time and place for going fast.

 

[vtech007]

A bike with "too much power"?

(Sung to the tune of "Dem Bones)

"...the brain bone connected to the, wrist bone..."

 

[P3_techman]

Ha. You guys got me, everything said above is true.

@anrkizm - Not going to stop riding.


So, a friend of mine has just handed me the keys to his gixxer 600. I have been riding it for two days and I am ready to get back on the buell already. Maybe it is because it is tiny and cramped, maybe because I cant stand the noise it makes, maybe because (and this was a new experience for me) the bike moves around with the rotation of the engine and just doesn't for it me like a V-twin.

It's fun, I like it, but not for me. Plus, that stupid. ass. noise.

 

[Negative]

Sooooooooo ..... we're keeping the Buell then?? ...

 

[vtech007]

You should keep the Buell. Just saying.

 

[P3_techman]

Damnit, probably.

Who wants to trade for an XB9SX?