Why you bought your buell?????
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captain13ron
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heres a good story,,,,,,,,,,,
I used to purchase a new bike every year...until 2007, always finding something I didn't like about what I bought. then I seen an ad in cycle world magazine, QUOTE; "test drive a uly and get a free man bag" FREE TEST DRIVE, ....I'm in! so I got to the dealership s fast as I could, being I previously owned some sportsters, I assumed it would be "shaky and slow" I drove it, that bike was smooth as silk, pulled the front wheel up with ease. five days later I bought a STT. lately I have been thinking about buying a street-bob, but every time I hop on my Buell I am comepletely satisfied with the Buell. no compromises, fits like a glove, rides like a beast! I get a rush everythime!
best bike ever!!!!!!! 19K miles..
only mods are the headlight mod, D & D pipe, lowered slightly, 1" bar risers, and a Corbin set (thats a must have)
only repairs, stator, battery, fan, ECM tune.....and many sets of rear tires.
I used to purchase a new bike every year...until 2007, always finding something I didn't like about what I bought. then I seen an ad in cycle world magazine, QUOTE; "test drive a uly and get a free man bag" FREE TEST DRIVE, ....I'm in! so I got to the dealership s fast as I could, being I previously owned some sportsters, I assumed it would be "shaky and slow" I drove it, that bike was smooth as silk, pulled the front wheel up with ease. five days later I bought a STT. lately I have been thinking about buying a street-bob, but every time I hop on my Buell I am comepletely satisfied with the Buell. no compromises, fits like a glove, rides like a beast! I get a rush everythime!
best bike ever!!!!!!! 19K miles..
only mods are the headlight mod, D & D pipe, lowered slightly, 1" bar risers, and a Corbin set (thats a must have)
only repairs, stator, battery, fan, ECM tune.....and many sets of rear tires.
Enemy Zero
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I liked the old S1 white lightnings but when the XB line came out, I instantly fell in love with the look of the XBS model. I could just never get myself to justify the price of them when they were brand new. I've never been a harley guy so the motor wasn't really a draw for me but I LOVED the hooligan look of the bike. My father bought an 1125CR in 2009 and I fell in love with that bike. It reminded me so much of my 2001 Aprilia that I had owned with a more comfortable seating position. The handling and the power were amazing. He sold that bike not long after due to the insurance being too high. I missed that bike a lot and looked around for one. None in my price range and wasn't getting any bites on selling my Kawasaki Versys so I'd have the cash to buy one.
So fast forward a bit. Last year a friend of mine starts getting interested in Buells and asks me about one he saw on craigslist. I say it looks great and to call the guy. Guy shows up at our work and I'm instantly in love with it. Friend buys it and rides it for about 4k miles. I lust after it the whole time. One day he says he want's something faster like a ZX6 or R6 and posts his bike on craigslist. I cry a little on the inside. No one bites so I say, I'll trade my Versys in on his behalf toward a new bike for him. He finds an R6 that he wants, I trade my bike in toward it and he signs over his Buell to me in the parking lot. I couldn't pass up the deal. No money out of pocket and I finally have a bike I've wanted for a long time not to mention one I've lusted over since first sight and I've been loving it ever since. Still have the bug for an 1125 here and there but I love the look and feel of this XB9SX so much I just want to ride it all the time.
Sorry for the long post.
So fast forward a bit. Last year a friend of mine starts getting interested in Buells and asks me about one he saw on craigslist. I say it looks great and to call the guy. Guy shows up at our work and I'm instantly in love with it. Friend buys it and rides it for about 4k miles. I lust after it the whole time. One day he says he want's something faster like a ZX6 or R6 and posts his bike on craigslist. I cry a little on the inside. No one bites so I say, I'll trade my Versys in on his behalf toward a new bike for him. He finds an R6 that he wants, I trade my bike in toward it and he signs over his Buell to me in the parking lot. I couldn't pass up the deal. No money out of pocket and I finally have a bike I've wanted for a long time not to mention one I've lusted over since first sight and I've been loving it ever since. Still have the bug for an 1125 here and there but I love the look and feel of this XB9SX so much I just want to ride it all the time.
Sorry for the long post.
thrstrmech
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something that NOT every Tom, Dick, and Harry powered by rice and covered in plastic has...
looks, American made, v-twin, and naked
looks, American made, v-twin, and naked
I had always wanted a rocket growing up, and rode a few different ones and didn't feel comfortable for me, I'm a shorty stocky fella so the whole leaning way over just didn't do it for me. My buddy had an XB9R, and I just loved the vtwin and the over look of the bike. He let me ride it one day and I bought it a week later [up]. Now I send him pics when I do mods just to make him regret selling it. He's currently looking for another now haha. I just love the head turns you get on the street when people see a rocket that sounds like a Harley. A Victory is still in my future for those longer rides.
I grew up owning different types of bikes. I bought a S1 Lightning because I wanted to do a dropped low, wide tire Redneck chopper conversion. The S1 had the most parts I could use. I tore the bike down and began the conversion process. In the course of researching the bike for the build, I fell for the Buells.
But, there were things I liked and didn't like about each year and model. So I sold off the complete project I was working on. I bought an XB and began changing parts until I'm at this point today.
I love being able to change everything. It allows the bike to be American and still be different. And after 30 years of riding, I cant remember a bike I've enjoyed more.
But, there were things I liked and didn't like about each year and model. So I sold off the complete project I was working on. I bought an XB and began changing parts until I'm at this point today.
I love being able to change everything. It allows the bike to be American and still be different. And after 30 years of riding, I cant remember a bike I've enjoyed more.
Disturbed1
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I have quite a few bikes in my stable, 1989 HD Springer Soft-tail, 2000 Hayabusa, 2006 DRZ 400SM, and assorted quads and dirt bikes. Two years ago I built a 2009 Honda Rebel "Custom Bobber" for my O'Lady to learn / ride on. No power because it was a 250, being on an expressway was outright dangerous. She bitched and complained about not keeping up with me… So I of course I had to make her happy…
Bought the Buell XB9SX Lighting – Lowered for my O'Lady. She is short, like very short, and was the only bike she could touch the ground on that had any power. (She did not want a cruiser.)
Skip forward a couple of months after purchasing and customizing her Buell. She bitched and complained about me always riding her bike. Kick me off of it and told me to buy my own… again I had to make her happy… So I had to buy my own…sniff…[sad]
Bought the Buell XB9SX Lighting – Lowered for my O'Lady. She is short, like very short, and was the only bike she could touch the ground on that had any power. (She did not want a cruiser.)
Skip forward a couple of months after purchasing and customizing her Buell. She bitched and complained about me always riding her bike. Kick me off of it and told me to buy my own… again I had to make her happy… So I had to buy my own…sniff…[sad]
When i was in college i wanted a bike bad but had no idea of what to buy.... Then i went to the motorcycle expo show in Cleveland. I walked around all day and didn't sit on a thing until i hit the Harley booth. I wandered around for a bit and a rep says "Come over here and have a seat." Bam next thing i know im on a brand new lightning and fell in love. But for me college = no money = no bike. All of the reasons that other listed above were great but the most important was MADE IN AMERICA!
Well some time had passed and i didn't but anything. Then i had a moment where my brain **** the bed and i almost bought a CBR500.... But then i regained my senses and walked away.
Fast forward a few years when i have a job and some money. I get board in my hotel room in Secacus NJ and start cruising the inter-webs and find a 2005 XB12Scg about an hour away. i ride to the dealership "just to look" next thing you know im doing paperwork and its getting prepped to sell, no test drive, i didn't even hear it run. guy loads it up and away i go. Hell i even forgot that i took the spare tire out of the bed of my truck and left it sitting in the parking lot.
Now mind you that this is my first bike, i had just got my permit so i could practice on my buddy's bike to test later. So i ride my bike to the BMV to test and the instructor tells me to pull over to the starting point, i put on my helmet and ride over and then shut my machine down because its so loud. I flip up my visor and he says "What in the hell is that!?!?!" from that point on i knew that i would be a Bueller for life.
Well some time had passed and i didn't but anything. Then i had a moment where my brain **** the bed and i almost bought a CBR500.... But then i regained my senses and walked away.
Fast forward a few years when i have a job and some money. I get board in my hotel room in Secacus NJ and start cruising the inter-webs and find a 2005 XB12Scg about an hour away. i ride to the dealership "just to look" next thing you know im doing paperwork and its getting prepped to sell, no test drive, i didn't even hear it run. guy loads it up and away i go. Hell i even forgot that i took the spare tire out of the bed of my truck and left it sitting in the parking lot.
Now mind you that this is my first bike, i had just got my permit so i could practice on my buddy's bike to test later. So i ride my bike to the BMV to test and the instructor tells me to pull over to the starting point, i put on my helmet and ride over and then shut my machine down because its so loud. I flip up my visor and he says "What in the hell is that!?!?!" from that point on i knew that i would be a Bueller for life.
