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Socalbuellriders
Posted on Tuesday, June 16, 2009 - 04:10 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)
The fine folks at Buell filed a patent application with the US patent office. In that application, is the intriguing drawing below:



Is Buell REALLY going to build it this time?

More details at http://socalbuellriders.blogspot.com/2009/06/buell -patent-application-leaks-dirtbike.html
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Court
Posted on Tuesday, June 16, 2009 - 04:20 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)
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A search of patent filings at the US Patent office found an intriguing image buried in an application for a patent for what is described as "A motorcycle frame having integral fuel tank and airbox." While that might ring familiar with owners of any recent Buell offering, the really juicy part comes when you go to the trouble of downloading an applet to view the accompanying images/drawings that come with that patent application.



Of course . . . if you'd searched in 1986 you would have found the fuel in the frame and a host of other things that appeared on Buell MANY years later.

I always joke that the "fuel in frame" is one of the few patents I am aware of (I'm sure there are plenty more) that nearly expired before it went into production.
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Jlnance
Posted on Tuesday, June 16, 2009 - 05:07 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)
Hey, that bike has no brakes. : )
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Froggy
Posted on Tuesday, June 16, 2009 - 05:48 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)
Jlnance, you obviously didn't see the brake-n-frame patent! : )
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Mike_dinger
Posted on Tuesday, June 16, 2009 - 05:54 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)
I would rock this SM in a heartbeat! They'd have to use the 9 instead of the 12 though. The 12 would be much to heavy for a supermoto. I like the undertail exhaust, and the color scheme is pretty nice too, although the beak looks pretty similar to the Ducati Hypermotard. The seat looks comfy!

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Mike_dinger
Posted on Tuesday, June 16, 2009 - 05:56 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)
^^^^ Of course, I know it's just a photoshop. : (


But we can dream, can't we?
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Froggy
Posted on Tuesday, June 16, 2009 - 07:13 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)
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They'd have to use the 9 instead of the 12 though. The 12 would be much to heavy for a supermoto.



The xb12 pistons weigh more than the 9? Last time I checked the XB9R and XB12R had the same curb weight.
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Mike_dinger
Posted on Tuesday, June 16, 2009 - 07:35 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)
ok, I'll go crawl back under my rock from which i came. Good day.
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Greenman44
Posted on Tuesday, June 16, 2009 - 09:14 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)
I drove the 1125cr yesterday and had dreams of a Buell 1125 Quad... just saying I think it would haul butt.. anyone know of a crashed one laying around?

A thought....
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Ourdee
Posted on Tuesday, June 16, 2009 - 09:36 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)
Hey, watch this.
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Svh
Posted on Tuesday, June 16, 2009 - 09:38 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)
I like how this topic never dies. I think it is just to torment cityxslicker.
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Hemibee
Posted on Wednesday, June 17, 2009 - 07:48 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)
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Hey, that bike has no brakes.



Brakes are over rated, they are known to slow most bikes down.
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