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20xb12s04
Posted on Friday, June 19, 2009 - 08:40 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
http://www.motorcycle.com/events/buell-factory-tou r-88460.html

Cool!
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Court
Posted on Friday, June 19, 2009 - 09:16 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
Sweet
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Gregtonn
Posted on Friday, June 19, 2009 - 09:50 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
I see Reg is still staying in the loop.
I'm looking forward to his take on the 2010 bikes.

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Dragonslayer
Posted on Friday, June 19, 2009 - 09:55 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
Awesome
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Schmitty
Posted on Friday, June 19, 2009 - 10:04 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
That was done by Kevin Duke, he was riding one of the James Gang Racing XB12Rs with Troy Siahaan from Sport Rider at the Road America AMA round in Moto GT2. I was assigned to their pit crew, and they are both great guys to work with. Very Cool!

Schmitty
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Barker
Posted on Friday, June 19, 2009 - 10:18 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
what kinda frame is that on the ground with the forks/wheel.

It does not look XB or 1125 to me.

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Danger_dave
Posted on Friday, June 19, 2009 - 10:25 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
Some sort of in-line fission engine and actuator legs.
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Danger_dave
Posted on Friday, June 19, 2009 - 10:27 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
The ground clamps are way over-engineered for mine. Unsprung mass.
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Barker
Posted on Friday, June 19, 2009 - 10:29 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
Thats what I was figuring too.

Being able see from that angle, one can get a real good look at the dual ancillary proton flangers, a dead give-away.
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Indy_bueller
Posted on Friday, June 19, 2009 - 10:39 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
It's also a unicycle, just as I predicted.
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Danger_dave
Posted on Friday, June 19, 2009 - 10:40 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
Oh - sorry the one lying down?

A prototype 1125WOD
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Bigblock
Posted on Friday, June 19, 2009 - 10:51 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
the front wheel on the prone bike looks suspiciously W I D E
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Gregtonn
Posted on Friday, June 19, 2009 - 11:41 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
"what kinda frame is that on the ground with the forks/wheel."

Sorry to kill any UBO theories here but the frame on the deck is the same as the one on the stand. Just closer to the lens.

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Froggy
Posted on Saturday, June 20, 2009 - 12:09 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
Larger version of the above pic
http://www.motorcycle.com/gallery/gallery.php/d/19 7094-2/Buell_Tour_BJN21723.jpg
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Danger_dave
Posted on Saturday, June 20, 2009 - 12:30 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
Twin fission pod banks! I know where this is going.

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Toona
Posted on Saturday, June 20, 2009 - 12:33 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
The article said the frame laying down was undergoing a frame flex test.

I thought they were just demonstrating the new lower lean angle....
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Gregtonn
Posted on Saturday, June 20, 2009 - 12:41 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
"the front wheel on the prone bike looks suspiciously W I D E"

And the fork travel on the upright frame is extremely limited.

G
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20xb12s04
Posted on Saturday, June 20, 2009 - 06:29 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
So far I've seen this article, and the one from Gabe Ets-Hokin. Anybody know who else was there from the press?
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Schmitty
Posted on Saturday, June 20, 2009 - 06:38 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
Troy Siahaan from Sport Rider was there too.

Schmitty
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Jaimec
Posted on Saturday, June 20, 2009 - 08:27 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
Judging from the photo with Reg Kittrelle, I think this is also the same event Rider magazine was attending during Road America...
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