| Author | Message | ||
     P47b |
Spiderman got me looking for a euro ad for S3T Buell, and this popped up. I thought it was great. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RW8tAKG4rr0 | ||
| Spiderman |
I haven't seen that one in a long time! | ||
| Acgwolfe |
That was cool | ||
| P47b |
Oh yeah, in the mystery video category, PBS did a special on Buell motor cycles back in 2002 on producing the XB9R. I have yet been able to find that video or anyone that might have a way to get it. I think that was the only video that I kept from that station on TiVo. Some how during a thunderstorm it got erased. | ||
| Cityxslicker |
"Its a really unique motorcycle. Nobody has ever made anything quite like it. The S1 is a pure adventuring bike ... RAW... SIMPLE ... FUN motorcycle. The idea behind the S1 was to have a really fun motorcycle that you could ride anywhere, even maybe into a field or something".... See I am not so crazy  Just a generation off the mark. Just go ride the bike. | ||
| Toona |
Wonder if Erik played the guitar licks in the early part of the video? | ||
| Froggy |
Looks like Erik got that tan on Mars | ||
| Spiderman |
No Erik didn't learn to play till about 2000/2001 when Jay Hawley and a few others got Erik a Strat for homecoming 2000 | ||
| Whatever |
P- I bet Court could help you find that video. I love this, as just saw it on Facebook (thanks Shawn)... it just describes why I love my toober so much... Yesterday was a good day... just ran around on the M2 for a nice four hour ride...  | ||
| Bluzm2 |
It looks like EButch posted it, maybe he has the file? BJ | ||
| F_skinner |
It was actually a promotional video tape and EButch had it converted to digital and was kind enough to post that for the rest of us. | ||
| Carbonfibrebob |
Brings a tear to the eye! | ||
| P47b |
Whatever, I did ask Court, and Erik, about the PBS show and, there was the last race that Erik was in that they had on I think ABC in 1986. They did not know of them or know where to get them. During the last race, they talked about how the rules were being changed and how Erik would not be able to race his bike in the AMA. If I remember that last race was in a heavy rain. I remember not many bikes were on the track by the end of the race and Erik made it to the end. However, where he placed eludes me. I could be wrong, but I remember the rain. Why Erik stood out with me was because he was going against the main manufactures and making his own bike. A couple of years later his bike turned up again. The announcers kept complementing, not degrading, how much faster the Buell’s were compared to the other bikes. That was a long time ago, wow. | ||
| Steveford |
Thanks for posting that. Erik's kind of our version of Arturo Magni, isn't he? Shame he hooked up with such a dunderheaded parent company but oh well. A lot of great bikes came out of his factory despite the roadblocks HarLee put in his path. | ||
| F_skinner |
I remember seeing this on TV and thought they could have spent a lot more time on Buell. | ||
| P47b |
F_skinner. I missed that show. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkDT0oKIRRM&feature =related | ||
| Zac4mac |
Thanks all, that was fun. Zack |
