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     Midknyte |
Page 20 of the current issue of MotorCyclist (someone correct me if wrong) has a writeup on the Kawasaki Ninja 650R with the underslung exhaust. Oposite on page 21 is a full page ad for Buell. I just found it poetic...  | ||
| Perry |
Cycle World also has a review of the new R6 in which they point out that the bulk of the muffler is underneath, with only a portion coming out as a short low-slung side pipe that is visible. the writer says something like "Erik Buell must be smiling somewhere" and I believe they used the term "mass centralization" in the explanation of why the muffler was designed that way.  There are a few pics of the bike in a deep lean angle where you can see the bottom and the underneath muffler hiding beneath the fairing. | ||
| Gearhead998 |
Does anyone else think it is funny how Buell design ideas don't get any cred until the Jap market picks it up??? I guess americans aren't so stupid after all??? | ||
| Xring |
Well, the exhaust on the R6 certainly looks better than having that huge can hung on the side. Ironically, I hated the looks of the underslung exhaust on the XB's for a long time. Now that I have one, everything else looks silly. There are a couple of readers' letters published in the new Cycle World, too. Bill | ||
| Midknyte |
That R6 muffler looks fairly good, but only from that one side. From the other side of the bike it looks like an old car can just hanging under there... | ||
| Vito |
New issue of Cycle World has an interesting letter to the editor regarding a visit to a local H-D/Buell dealership that was none too flattering. | ||
| Jlnance |
Does anyone else think it is funny how Buell design ideas don't get any cred until the Jap market picks it up? Theres a saying in the computer industry: "Nothing exists until Microsoft invents it," which pretty much describes the same phenomina. |
