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Sounds nice.

Is that your Southern Buell I assume? She makes lovely sounds!

GatorGreg wrote:Is that your Southern Buell I assume? She makes lovely sounds!

yes she growls at every thing like my dog. I was thinking to make the same run tonight on the PCX for end of summer fun

Chief say's ... "I would need winds less than 10mph, pin the throttle, tuck under the windscreen, attach my booster rocket and eat a big bowl of beans before merging with Chicago drivers on the Stevenson."

Oh that Sounds sooo perfect!
I was fooled early in the vid, I thought I saw shooting stars racing across your screen Silly me. As this IS homie's screen afterall. Monk would be proud so would Mr. C
But Please, No Beans!!

What's it like to ride then?

Was I wrong, hope so

you you wrote:What's it like to ride then?
Was I wrong, hope so

Well youyou I understand the "shonky" description you initially gave to the Buell. If your intended use of the word was correct you are saying 'to look unfinished', unrefined or of shoddy construction compared to high-end motorbikes. With that comparison and my little experience of sport super bikes I can't really answer. I will just compare to Japanese bikes, Honda, Susuki, Kawasaki, etc. The Buell was all American made and built far superior compared to some other American made vehicles. Yes we don't grind aluminum welds or bother to polish anything to a mirror finish things aren't so complicated with the design or engine. There is exceptional plastics on the Buell, thick glossy plastic body finishes that look like new even after 9 years. As for the ride, it was stiff. So I read the manual and reset both front and rear shocks to factory preload, rebound, compression and dampening. Then calibrated to my weight and that made it as smooth as silk. In the video you can see its very stable and the Stevenson expressway is always less than ideal road conditions. With 5 gears you get a nice cruise speed of 70 with gust up to 100 by dropping a gear and throttling up. In the video you see that one is caught up with anyone doing a 100mph in seconds. Its really easy to mistake the understated growl of the V-twin as needing to go faster, and faster. Slow down homey is difficult because daham bro... RACE BIKE! Turns are intuitive almost too much as you lean it turns and when under 20mph that's a feeling of falling that can be unsettling and needs some getting used to. I can adjust the rake or add dampeners to the steering but I have chosen to adapt first as these are the factory setting for my weight. The seat is hard as a rock even though it's preferred Corbin choice I guess nobody wants to get comfortable on the track. Acceleration is 93hp at your fingertips, no different than at your foot with one exception, fricken hang the hell on because no backrest to compensate. I have tuning hardware and computer software to hook up and dial in the motor and that's pretty cool geek work for this winter, I like to learn new stuff. I will be able to reprogram the ECM anytime and make adjustments because there are several sensors monitoring everything from air temp intake to fuel mixture so this is interesting to me as far as how it burns fuel and how edgy I want the engine or not. For example I don't like that popping one gets on deceleration as much as some Harley riders do. I think there is a happy place for me with my aftermarket exhaust and if not I will seek the original exhaust pipe. There's lots of help out there for Buell enthusiast and plenty of parts to be had both stock and aftermarket plus there is evidence of new product very soon with Eric Buell & EBR http://www.buellxb.com/forum/showthread ... Oct-8-2015

I would love to see Wisconsin make more American made Shonky race bikes and certainly consider a new one someday if they did

A member from the Buell forum posted he was thinking to tune down his Buell because he was getting older.
I politely suggested he not cut the balls off the beast and perhaps consider a Honda PCX for casual errands accompanied by a modest picture of our beloved scooter.

He Replies; "does your skirt blow up when you ride that"

homie wrote:

you you wrote:What's it like to ride then?
Was I wrong, hope so

Well youyou I understand the "shonky" description you initially gave to the Buell. If your intended use of the word was correct you are saying 'to look unfinished', unrefined or of shoddy construction compared to high-end motorbikes. With that comparison and my little experience of sport super bikes I can't really answer. I will just compare to Japanese bikes, Honda, Susuki, Kawasaki, etc. The Buell was all American made and built far superior compared to some other American made vehicles. Yes we don't grind aluminum welds or bother to polish anything to a mirror finish things aren't so complicated with the design or engine. There is exceptional plastics on the Buell, thick glossy plastic body finishes that look like new even after 9 years. As for the ride, it was stiff. So I read the manual and reset both front and rear shocks to factory preload, rebound, compression and dampening. Then calibrated to my weight and that made it as smooth as silk. In the video you can see its very stable and the Stevenson expressway is always less than ideal road conditions. With 5 gears you get a nice cruise speed of 70 with gust up to 100 by dropping a gear and throttling up. In the video you see that one is caught up with anyone doing a 100mph in seconds. Its really easy to mistake the understated growl of the V-twin as needing to go faster, and faster. Slow down homey is difficult because daham bro... RACE BIKE! Turns are intuitive almost too much as you lean it turns and when under 20mph that's a feeling of falling that can be unsettling and needs some getting used to. I can adjust the rake or add dampeners to the steering but I have chosen to adapt first as these are the factory setting for my weight. The seat is hard as a rock even though it's preferred Corbin choice I guess nobody wants to get comfortable on the track. Acceleration is 93hp at your fingertips, no different than at your foot with one exception, fricken hang the hell on because no backrest to compensate. I have tuning hardware and computer software to hook up and dial in the motor and that's pretty cool geek work for this winter, I like to learn new stuff. I will be able to reprogram the ECM anytime and make adjustments because there are several sensors monitoring everything from air temp intake to fuel mixture so this is interesting to me as far as how it burns fuel and how edgy I want the engine or not. For example I don't like that popping one gets on deceleration as much as some Harley riders do. I think there is a happy place for me with my aftermarket exhaust and if not I will seek the original exhaust pipe. There's lots of help out there for Buell enthusiast and plenty of parts to be had both stock and aftermarket plus there is evidence of new product very soon with Eric Buell & EBR http://www.buellxb.com/forum/showthread ... Oct-8-2015

I would love to see Wisconsin make more American made Shonky race bikes and certainly consider a new one someday if they did

Paragraphs dear...

you you wrote: Paragraphs dear...

Oh yea I forgot about those

daylight ride, getting cold fast now...

What balls! Being from Hinsdale originally I found myself at night on the Stevenson occasionally and I was scared in my first car which was a 1970 Pontiac Catalina 400 and a real boat. The drivers (and taxis) there can be ruthless.

tbln930 wrote:What balls! Being from Hinsdale originally I found myself at night on the Stevenson occasionally and I was scared in my first car which was a 1970 Pontiac Catalina 400 and a real boat. The drivers (and taxis) there can be ruthless.

When I had business in the city I would see crazy stuff like broken down beaters in the middle of the highway with people cruising around them doing 70mph. I was once cut off into the center barrier in a minivan by a brother who never even slowed. To this day I wish I could relive that moment just long enough to pit his caddy's quarter panel before I went into the concrete... POS! I still see his nappy head

Been rear ended 4 times in the same car and that was a geo metro, LOVED that peppy little 3 cylinder it had a great AC too! I learned sometime back if you don't drive like they do, best not go out there Now my wife is a more aggressive driver than me as she's not a farm girl from Kansas.

When i first moved to Missouri the speeds downshifted a few gears and initially my wife and others asked me if I was crazy on the road. I explained the Chicago area traffic I grew up with and it probably took me five years to ease back to country living. In the small town where my son lives here they still don't lock their cars or houses and one intersection has no signs.

LOL I saw some poor guy pushing a metropolitan in the emergency lane the other day and I pulled over in my truck offering to help him get out of harms way... he said it was running fine ROFL... just got scared I guess. People are crazy I feel right at home

My daughter-in-law told me one day a car full of strangers (to say it politically correct) pulled into town and they all started calling each other to lock their doors. Small town America still does exist in isolated spots.

homie wrote:People are crazy I feel right at home

Me too

tbln930 wrote:My daughter-in-law told me one day a car full of strangers (to say it politically correct) pulled into town and they all started calling each other to lock their doors. Small town America still does exist in isolated spots.

Was Homie looking at them?

Yes he was. (btw - I wish I had this guy's money)