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Loki
| | Posted on Wednesday, June 26, 2013 - 02:16 pm: | 
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I'm with Rat on this.
My '97 S1 aint going anywhere. When I cant fold myself up and get on it... told the wife its coming in the house as artwork. |
Airbozo
| | Posted on Wednesday, June 26, 2013 - 02:51 pm: |
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Loki,
I'm with you on this, but the SO has other idea's. She feels it would look just fine mounted on the wall out side in the shed I built specifically for my motorcycles.
I've also said it before that I am really disappointed that it took me until last year to own my first Buell (2000 S3T). If I have my way, it won't be my last one either and I will not be selling it.
I park it next to my "other" classic car/truck, my 1975 FJ40. (OK not really parked next to, but they share some space) |
Alfau
| | Posted on Wednesday, June 26, 2013 - 06:48 pm: |
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"Classic Buell failures" is where the word classic fits in without doubt.
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Jolly
| | Posted on Thursday, June 27, 2013 - 09:03 pm: |
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"classic Buell failures"....and yet.... here we all are hanging out exchanging notes, helping each other keep these things alive! ..... CLASSIC!!! |
Kc_zombie
| | Posted on Friday, June 28, 2013 - 04:37 pm: |
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Well said Jolly! |
Old_dog
| | Posted on Saturday, June 29, 2013 - 02:48 am: |
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If Erik Buell had suffered the untimely demise suffered by John Britten, this question would likely not even be a close call. People somehow become more brilliant after they pass. That said, I hope EB lives a good long life. |
Lynrd
| | Posted on Tuesday, July 02, 2013 - 02:06 am: |
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My opinion - All tubers are great bikes, and are desirable. The models up to the S2 and S2T are “Modern Classics” in that they will be considered classics someday, every bit as significant as the BMW R90S or 69 CB750. After the S2, as production numbers went up, a necessary Harlification of the marque took place.
The frame and isolation system are significantly different on what I consider the “Classics’ . Those pretty sideplates the early bikes all sport disappear after the S2, to be replaced by a cheaper-to-manufacture casting incorporated in the frame. Carbon fiber is replaced by plastic, and a lot of cost of goods adjustments start to appear.
This is not to say that the changes were all bad, but the later models are mass produced and feel it. The production numbers went up and there are many more of those later bikes available, and in my opinion, that will leave those models relegated to “That’s a great bike” status, but not a ”Classic” as the handbuilt ones are.
For fun, I looked up the total production numbers for Vincent over the years of manufacture, and, shockingly, there were about as many Vincents built as there were Buells through 1995. The similarity between “classic” Buell and Vincent is really amazing when you consider it - both were handbuilt machines assembled by craftsmen of the best parts available, employing radically different suspension technology and V-twin powerplant. They also both require an owner to have a certain level of mechanical involvement in the machine.
It is my belief that at some point in the future, a Buell RR, RS or S2 will be considered a classic on par with the Vincent Rapide or even Black Shadow - and a RR1000 - well, like a Black Lightning. I think Erik feels the same way, and that, of course, is why the signature plates for that run of S2s - he saw the changes coming.
Oh, and the 1190, well...that one may become "Classic" as well
(Message edited by Lynrd on July 02, 2013) |
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