| Author | Message | ||
     Corporatemonkey |
After doing some reading here. I have an interesting thought on Buell owners, are we ahead of the curve? The reason I ask this is two part. 1) I have only met a few buell owners, but everyone (and from what I have gathered here) seems to be extraordinary people. From what they like, to the hobbies they enjoy. We just are different. 2) The second part involves a recent conversation with a squid that brought an r6 the same day I got my buell. He had not even heard about buells, when I mentioned some of the standout features, like low down torque, short wheel base, low maintenance motors, the belt etc... He came to the conclusion that it just seemed "right" for the street. He said it sounded like a thinking mans bike. That got me thinking. I remember introducing Tivo to my parents in late 99 (long before they were well known). After some explaining on how it worked in the real world, my father mentioned it just seemed "right" Same thing introducing them to apple many years ago. So I was wondering what other cool toy, or hobbies do other Buell owners enjoy. We could be a demographic that could predict what will be cool in a few years. | ||
| Brineusaf |
Sailing...Photography... and Buell Funny, I was just discussing "inventions" with my wife while one a trip to the store yesterday. | ||
| Honu |
If the person who bought the R6 came to the conclusion that the Buell (just seemed right for the street), I would not consider him/her a Squid, but a person with alot of common sense  | ||
| Corporatemonkey |
Honu, I would agree with you now, but it took a bit of a conversation before he realized why a buell was "Right" At first the conversation was all about stats... "My r6 goes this fast" "It revs to x" "It only weights this much" etc... It wasn't until I asked a few simple questions that the light went on. Such as, Where can you ride that fast? Why would you want to rev something that high in town? It wasn't until he realized that he brought his bike for all the wrong reasons. Not to say he doesn't like his bike, it just broadened his horizon. | ||
| Barker |
I work on Apple Computers. For a living (TV/Film Producer) and for fun. I allways wondered how many other Bueller are apple users/fans. Some old taglines, "Different in every sense" Buell "Think different" Apple Apple has changed a little in the past year, going to intel chips, I guess thats like buell going to a I4. | ||
| Jlnance |
I too have been impressed with the high quality of the people I've met via my Buell. Thats actually why I bought Buells for my 2nd and 3rd bikes. I enjoyed the people I'd met. I think it's related to the fact a Buell isn't a status symbol. If you want to impress someone, you get a high dollar chopper, a chromed Harley, a crotch rocket, or an expensive European bike. But you would never get a Buell. I don't enjoy the company of people who are into status, so that acts as a nice filter. You can of course find wonderful people on any brand of bike. And A$$holes as well. Your odds are just better on a Buell. ----- Hmm, I like that. It sounds like a nice slogan: "Your odds are better on a Buell" | ||
| Vanvideo |
Well, I don't think we're ahead of any curve, I won't be so presumptuous. I don't think we're much more different than Ducati, Triumph, BMW and KTM owners. In other words, we've chosen a rather rare and exclusive bike, one you won't find passing you on every street corner. And just like the affor-mentioned brand owners, I think we tend to be a bit older than your typical sport bike rider, with a lot more riding experience than your average biker (and a hell of a lot more than your average harley/chopper rider). We chose not to fit into the "latest, fastest, most powerful" Japanese crotch rocket crowd, although I do own one of those as well. We definitely don't fit into the chaps-wearing, 1,000 miles-per-year cruiser crowd. I do believe we tend to be more independent in our lifestyle and refuse to fit into any pre-existing biker society. In other words, we don't "go with the flow." I'm not bragging or saying we're better than anyone else, but if you're like me, you don't feel totally comfortable with the widely established crotch-rocket and cruiser crowd biker-cliques. I must stay, however, that I definitely prefer hanging with the sport bike crowd, as long as they're mature in their riding habits. The down side of all this is it appears Buell is getting its ownership from a more mature crowd, and not the younger sport bike crowd. Buell needs to recruit more owners from the younger set. The XB is a great street bike - it looks awesome, it can handle with the best of them - unfortunately, it's not the quickest, and I think that's where it will lose the younger ridership. I believe attracting younger riders who will grow with the company is key to establishing a healthy, viable, long-term corporation. And the Buellers I've met -especially at Nick's and Sammie's house - were a great group of people. Oh, and Barker, I am also in the video/film production industry. I use an Apple-based Avid Media Composer, and am hoping to soon go to Final Cut Pro 5 on a quad-processor G5. | ||
| Brucelee |
Hooray for our team, we're better!  |
