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Jaimec
Posted on Monday, December 29, 2008 - 10:14 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

They took everything GOOD about a Buell, and threw it out the window!

What a travesty. Might as well have done the same thing to a Sportster, it would've been less work and not nearly as much of an abomination.
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Wolfridgerider
Posted on Monday, December 29, 2008 - 10:29 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)









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Ft_bstrd
Posted on Monday, December 29, 2008 - 10:32 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

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Boney95
Posted on Monday, December 29, 2008 - 10:43 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

I like it. Very retro.
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Mr_grumpy
Posted on Monday, December 29, 2008 - 11:48 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Looks like it was made out of play-doh to me!

Wallis & Grommit's next bike perhaps?
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Ourdee
Posted on Monday, December 29, 2008 - 12:41 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

I could do better than that for the money. Could at least make it look like a 52 Vincent Black Lightning. Wander how much it weighs.
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Old_man
Posted on Monday, December 29, 2008 - 12:53 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Where's the rear cylinder exhaust pipe?
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Swordsman
Posted on Monday, December 29, 2008 - 01:12 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Guess that goes to show ya what a bunch of "Kawasaki-based builders" consider stylish: a black suppository.

~SM
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Zane
Posted on Monday, December 29, 2008 - 02:22 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Blech! Not my ideal of attractive to the eye.

Old man: There is no pipe for the rear cylinder because those Kawasaki boys couldn't tell the difference between a XB9 and a Blast. The front cylinder is only there for looks.

(Message edited by Zane on December 29, 2008)
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Kyrocket
Posted on Monday, December 29, 2008 - 02:38 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

"There’s hardly anything of the donor 2005 bike left, and those parts that remain have been heavily modified."

So technically they could've used any platform to make this bike? Why not just call it a custom if there's nothing left of the original? And at least they used an XB and not a tuber.

As for looks I agree with Ourdee, I could do better with the money. Wait 'til I'm done with mine and we'll compare.
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Not_purple_s2
Posted on Monday, December 29, 2008 - 03:25 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

I really wonder how well the brake works mounted in front of the forks like that.
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Ourdee
Posted on Monday, December 29, 2008 - 04:03 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

The front fairing is a bubble off the anti union er uh security camera at walmart.
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Oldog
Posted on Monday, December 29, 2008 - 04:10 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

The front fairing is a bubble off the anti union er uh security camera at walmart.



the machine looks hodge podge to me.

Y}uuuuuuck
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Hootowl
Posted on Monday, December 29, 2008 - 05:11 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

And I thought custom chopper builders had bad taste.
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Bikerjim99
Posted on Monday, December 29, 2008 - 05:36 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Notice the name on the platform seen on Motorcycle News photos.

"HIDE MOTORCYCLE"

I think that says it all.
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Preybird1
Posted on Monday, December 29, 2008 - 07:26 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

GLORY?? UM NO!! more like wanna be rat!
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Danger_dave
Posted on Monday, December 29, 2008 - 07:33 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

I quite like it.

It doesn't appear to have any rear suspension travel though.
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Guell
Posted on Monday, December 29, 2008 - 08:32 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

I dig it
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Firebolt020283
Posted on Monday, December 29, 2008 - 08:40 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

yuck I have seen much better cafe racer type bikes.
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2008xb12scg
Posted on Monday, December 29, 2008 - 08:46 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

And whats the point of turning a Buell into a Honda or Kawasaki cafe bike? Oh I know they couldn't get the Honda or Kawi to go fast enough....
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