| Author | Message | ||
     Pdxs3t |
Ferris, You have always had a wonderful way with words! we still believe. we still admire. we still appreciate. and we still ride. a Buell. Ain't that the truth!  | ||
| Bartimus |
Very well spoken, FERRIS ! It echos my feelings towards my S2, which at 148,000 miles, sits in a shop, awaiting to be resurrected. I still have Honda's and Harley's in my riding stable. But the S2 just grabs me by the balls every time I ride it. Soon, I too will have an S1W to ride when I want to give the S2 a rest. Life is good when your on a BUELL!!! Most riders agree, it doesn't matter what you ride, all that matters is THAT you ride. But those of us that ride Buells know, they ARE different in EVERY sense. Thanks for putting in words, what we all feel. Have a Very HAPPY NEW YEAR ! | ||
| Timbo |
Thanks Ferris, Excellent! Very well said! Timbo | ||
| Rocketman |
So Ferris why are you trying to hawk the Thong off to all comers for a miserly 5 gee's - after all that is the one Buell to keep. S2's are for old men in grey pants. Rocket  | ||
| Ferris |
thank you PDX, Bart, and Timbo. Rocket, trying to take care of an obligation. FB | ||
| Dino |
"old men in grey pants." So, Rocket, you've met Ferris, have you?  | ||
| Ferris |
Dino, have i flipped you off lately? hmmmm, yeah, you're right, matter of fact i have. well, ok then, a simple "Bite me!" shall have to do | ||
| Rocketman |
S2's are for old men in grey pants. English humour - a reference to the seriousness of the S2 as a motorcycle. Appealing to those who have enough maturity to wear grey pants and perhaps enough wisdom in years to sport the de rigueur grey beard weird beard too. Me, I prefer the premise of the streetfighter - the hooligan beast - the S1. A pair of Levis then! Rocket | ||
| Ferris |
Rocket, FWIW my S2 has done itself proud against all manner of supposedly more capable streetfighters, finishing on the box in every BattleTrax outing over the years, and displaying equally impressive results on the open road. it does, after all, possess everything important in terms of engine and chassis that an S1 or S1W does, save 15 or 25 horsepower of course, and that particular reality can be overcome, at least to a degree, with prowess and tenacity. and as an added bonus, it's a legitimate touring motorcycle. so no gray pants yet for me, please, Draggin' Jeans continue to work just fine. | ||
| Dino |
Good Morning Ferris. Finish polishing those headers yet? BTW, the Fizzer is resurrected and on the road again (cue the Willie Nelson.) Just rode it up from Fresno to Mariposa Wednesday. The revised ergos with the Ti drag bars and the new sound with the Yosh (street) exhaust give the bike a whole new and different 'tude. Still the same old engine.  | ||
| Ferris |
and good morning Dino. glad to hear your plop-plop-fizz-fizz-mobile is back at it, and i'm betting its (same old, yeah right) R1-based engine sounds deLish with deYosh. hard to believe with all the snow we've had (2-1/2 feet last Sunday at Alta Sierra, measured with my own hands) that you, me, 'n D sat on the veranda here at the 'Dome a mere two weeks ago and worked on our tans. does anybody make chains for a 180/55ZR17??? | ||
| Ferris |
ps: finished headers yesterday, started on SuperTrapp last night. does it ever end? | ||
| Firemanjim |
Quit cher bitchen and get to work,boy,or you'll likely never get done!!!!!  | ||
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| Pdxs3t |
Ferris, I agree with FMJ, get back to work! JC PS- Polish that ST good, I have something for you that will fit nicely on the end of it off my old S1's ST. | ||
| Ferris |
Ferris, I agree with FMJ, get back to work! | ||
| Eeeeek |
Ferris, I've never known when enough was enough. I agree with Vik | ||
| Ferris |
Vik, too much is enough! ok, ok, back to | ||
| Kreinke |
Why do I ride? I ride because I like excitement because I like the speed the windblast the mystery around the next blind curve the feeling that the machine and I are invincible together the feeling that the two of us are vulnerable I ride because I like relaxation the way a good brisk jaunt on a country road makes a rough day at work melt away I ride because want to forget forget the bad day I just had I ride to imagine imagine I’m that other thirty-something named Miguel I’m at Road Atlanta…not some Wisconsin back road I ride because of my senses leaning g-forces feeling the pavement through the bars like I was running my fingers across it the sensation of the machine lifting off the pavement as I crest that little rise the temperature change going from the shade to the sun that chills the spine the smells of freshly cut hay, manure, a stand of jack pines, fresh rain the sound of the machine and its different moods of mellow, busy, and angry the feel of heavy hot summer or crisp fall air filling the helmet I ride to be alone alone with my thoughts alone with the machine I ride to be with others being part of a subculture that waves at total strangers the camaraderie the personalities the other machines I ride because I don’t like sitting still. I ride because it makes me feel I’m alive Karl F. Reinke | ||
| Ebear |
FERRRRISSSS!!!....I like that....Prowess and Tenacity!!...Maybe Draggin' Jeans will comes out with "GREY" jeans this year!!Nice words Rocketman!But sometime soon you need to see the "I LOVE ME" wall Ferris speaks of.It proves the point that someone with the desire , competence and a GREAT piece of American Iron can "WUP" all comers.Having followed your trials and tribulations over the years with your Monster Motor Buell Im very pleased to see you still in the fold and hope some day soon you'll make your way across the pond to SoCal.If you ever do I'll bet we could talk FBaD into showing you some of the finest roads around their neck of the woods(literally!)and maybe a sampling of rival routes down here!!(Mt.Palomar would make ya' hoot and holler!!)And to Ferris,missed ya on the Holidays...Hope yours was swell!!Im sure that fine lady you keep hidden away in that back room made your Christmas Great!Cheryl got me a new one piece(guess what color?)to replace the one you witnessed me shredding last year.Gotta love these girls!!Ping me offline if you get a chance!   Angeles Crest on the way to Newcomb Ranch  Redondo Beach Pier...50 minutes later  Only in California...35 degrees to 75 degrees and I got to experience a 'Busa and an Aprilia on the same day!!!WOOOOHOOO!!!(Thanks to Steve B!!)  } | ||
| Ebear |
Awesome Kreinke!!!! Thanks!} And by the way....HOW YA"DOIN DINO???? I still think I'm in trouble with Ferris after Oktoberfast postings...He dont call me no more!) edited by ebear on January 02, 2004 | ||
| Wyckedflesh |
Big Island of Hawaii...you can Snowboard the Volcano in the morning and surf without a wetsuit in the afternoon all about 45 mins apart. Give or take for finding parking  | ||
| Dino |
Ebear - How'em I doing?...How'em I DOING??? After TWO months of post crash reconstruction I get the Fizzer back Wednesday, just in time for a Four freakin' day weekend here in sunny California - and the long sloping driveway to the house(Yosemite area) is all covered with icy white stuff. How the Hell do ya think I'm doing??? Okay, I'm calm now. Think I'll go play the 2002 WSB Imola tape, again. BTW, thanks to you, FMJ and JC for helpin' me keep FB in line. It's a thankless job (but fun.) BTW2, great pics...wish I was there, rather than in this winter wonderland! Oh well, it's not like there's any good roads around here anyway.  Oh, and don't feel bad...I hardly ever hear from old FB either. Seems he goes out to the garage, slathers Mothers onto one hand, starts workin' the first piece o' tubing that comes to hand and forgets his old friends altogether. To each his own. Dino | ||
| Ebear |
Howdy Dino!!..."Oh, and don't feel bad...I hardly ever hear from old FB either. Seems he goes out to the garage, slathers Mothers onto one hand, starts workin' the first piece o' tubing that comes to hand and forgets his old friends altogether. To each his own." Thats Disgusting!They say that'll make you grow HAIR on your palms!!  | ||
| Ebear |
Hey Wickedflesh....Think we could rig up a rack to carry our Snowboard on one side and the Surfboard on the other??? (I can see the thread this could generate!)  | ||
| Eeeeek |
Don't mind me...just rummaging through old pictures...     Vik | ||
| Ferris |
And to Ferris,missed ya on the Holidays...Hope yours was swell!! the holidays treated me well, EBear, thanks. sorry so slow re: your e-mail, the day it came i lost my hard drive and i'm still playin' catch up. nice pix above, real decent of Steve to let you play with his toys I hardly ever hear from old FB either. Seems he goes out to the garage, slathers Mothers onto one hand, starts workin' the first piece o' tubing that comes to hand... yuk, that's GROSS!!! (but just think what i could do to your FZ1 given half a chance...) | ||
| Philip |
i took my daughter surfing today at surfside, texas. about 60 miles south,southwest of houston. water temp 59, air temp about 70. great waist to chest high waves and the kid surfed circles around me! not a bad day in january! | ||
| Wyckedflesh |
Ebear let me see if I can find an old pic of my Yamaha Zuma...used to carry a 9'4" Noserider longboard on it. twould be NO problem at all | ||
| Dino |
Ferris, You just keep your damn hairy palms off'n my Fizzer. Hey, did Ebear say generate...or degenerate? |
