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Bluey
Posted on Saturday, July 31, 2004 - 12:45 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
Wave bye-bye Sporty...Hello Lightning!!!
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Coolice
Posted on Saturday, July 31, 2004 - 04:10 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
Welcome to the Buell family! You'll love it the more you ride it! Enjoy!!
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Djkaplan
Posted on Saturday, July 31, 2004 - 04:37 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
That's funny..., I've been thinking about getting a Sportster to keep my Buell company.
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Mfell2112
Posted on Saturday, July 31, 2004 - 08:14 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
Congrats.:-) You have the ultimate Sporty now.

Mike
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Shky_jake
Posted on Sunday, August 01, 2004 - 01:38 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
Welcome to the Buell family. Nothing like them in the world. Some try but just can not get it right.
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Impulse_101
Posted on Sunday, August 01, 2004 - 02:43 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
Just like the sporty except that it accelerates, handles, turns and brakes. Congrats!

JT
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Fullpower
Posted on Thursday, August 05, 2004 - 04:10 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
i have a bunch of fun on my XB12, but i AM keeping the sportster for when i need a dose of acceleration to scare the ______ out of me. i know if i ever sold the sporty i would regret it for the rest of my days.
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Fullpower
Posted on Thursday, August 05, 2004 - 04:12 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
with a 52 inch wheelbase, it would be physically impossible for the buell to accelerate close to the rate of the sportster.
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Bluey
Posted on Thursday, August 05, 2004 - 05:09 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
You gotta be kidding me??? My last 2 bikes were Sportsters and they don't compare to the power and acceleration and handling my XB has!! I have no regrets trading in my latest 2003 Sportster 1200C for my buell! They suck in every way compared to this bike!!
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Davefl
Posted on Thursday, August 05, 2004 - 05:13 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
If his Sportster accelerates faster than his XB then it is not a stock Sportster. His profile mentions a 89ci Sportster.
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Josh_
Posted on Thursday, August 05, 2004 - 05:38 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
>with a 52 inch wheelbase, it would be physically impossible for the buell to accelerate close to the rate of the sportster

And wheelbase has what (directly) to do with acceleration?

All of my v-twin buells will out-accelerate either of my previous sportsters.
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Bluey
Posted on Thursday, August 05, 2004 - 05:45 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
My ignition coil melted in 2 places on my latest sportster...hadda get towed...The thingy that retards the spark in the carb went....hadda get towed...Anytime you past 70 the vibration was enough to loosen lotsta stuff! The damn bike was only a year old!! Regretted getting rid of my
CBR but really wanted a V-Twin....Got a Buell....Happier than a pig in 5h1t now!! Stupid Sporty....
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R1DynaSquid
Posted on Thursday, August 05, 2004 - 06:46 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
And wheelbase has what (directly) to do with acceleration?

Come on Josh, you dont need a lesson in physics do you? I guess those guys with the Busas that have lengthened swingarms & race at the strip obviously just wasted their money?
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Phillyblast
Posted on Thursday, August 05, 2004 - 06:57 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
Aha, the semantics game. I'm good at this - the lengthened wheelbase will give a more stable launch, what with weight shift and other math thrown in, wheelies, and stuff, allowing the bike to use more of the available horsepower earlier from a standing start, but that's different than just plain old acceleration : )
Do I get a cookie?
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Court
Posted on Friday, August 06, 2004 - 05:02 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
I've owned 9 Buells and a ton of Sportsters (including an XR1000 and XLCR) and have never ridden a Sportster that coudl touch a Buell.

Well...there was the one, but I find the claim in conflcit with my experience.

Just my $0.02.
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