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     Eweaver |
Here is a link to some photos I took last weekend at the International Motorcycle Show: http://gallery.me.com/earwig01#100047&view=mosaic& bgcolor=ltgrey&sel=0 This bike was showcasing some race parts. Nice looking carbon fiber. This is not the cheap stuff. The Buell booth was really nice this year and drawing lots of attention. There was a Buell racing compilation video playing on a large screen flanked by a James Gang XB and a Bruce Rossmeyer 1125R. My wife and I enjoyed chatting with our friends Sunny & Steve Slaughter who were working the booth. Paul James & Mike Kirkpatrick from James Gang Racing were also there working the show; these are really some friendly and stand-up guys. (Message edited by eweaver on December 11, 2008) | ||
| Mikellyjo |
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| Funktron |
ok....I too was at the show. Nice ride up with some friends from San Diego (minus the shelving unit in the middle of the freeway)........ show was pretty big, lots of bikes to sit on, yadda yadda. I went to the Buell booth and saw the fiber work on this ride. Looked pretty damned good. The bike was a black on black and had custom rear sets, chain drive conversion, custom swingarm, and some SUPER shiny tires. What I noticed was the fiber did not replace, but rather covered the stock pods...in essence adding weight? Nobody at the booth had any idea who made the carbon fiber rig. The rep I talked to asked me if I was ready for a Buell and I informed him that I have a 2008 1125. He said "Oh, an '08 huh? Did you get the R or the CR?" I looked at him like a deer in headlights thinking "Did he really just ask me that?". Needless to say...I didn't stick around for very long. I'd rather surf this forum for knowledge. Love you guys...even the grouchy ones. | ||
| Fresnobuell |
Eric, you are ruining it for me. I'm going to San Mateo IMS in a couple weekends. J/K. That bike looks sick. | ||
| Nxtr |
Looks nice, I don’t like the full fairing look like everyone else thing though. Side note; I would have wiped off the residual that looks like a leak before someone asked about it... V/R, Nick | ||
| Zac4mac |
Take pix, Harlan and enjoy the show for those of us that can't. Eweaver - thanks for the shots and the full size d/l. Hope it doesn't p/o His Steveness with the bandwidth.  Zack | ||
| Fresnobuell |
That C/F has to cost a MINT. | ||
| Khill |
Where are the footpegs from? Ken | ||
| Slaughter |
We were told that everything on the display 1125R was going to be available through Buell racing... I'd assume that'd hold true for the rigid pegs too. That being said, the threads are most likely standard threads for rigid pegs (6mm?) if so, you should be able to buy replacements anywhere. | ||
| Eweaver |
Funktron, I'm sorry you didn't get a good vibe from a rep at the Buell booth. I assure you that there were VERY knowledgeable people there with lots of GOOD information (the kind that makes you wonder if you are even allowed to repeat it!). There were successful Buell racers and crew chiefs in the midst, some of which are frequent informative posters on Badweb. Again, I'm sorry you didn't talk to the people I did, cuz they made me feel like a kid in a candy store. | ||
| D_buckle |
thats obviously not a race prep'd 1125r the bikes used for racing are almost all using trev's (flexiglass) farings. The bikes were all over heating before trev desgined the forced air side pods with removal of the cooling fans. i see no advantage of running that CF faring except looks. and i have a hard time beliving anyone is racing this bike with the stock exhaust. it just is too heavy. Darren James and Steve Crevier were using a saron, but after they kept falling apart they moved on to a different exhaust....... | ||
| Bobup |
Al at American Sportbike has those very footpegs http://www.americansportbike.com/shoponline/ccp0-p rodshow/16066.html | ||
| Adoogie3 |
That carbon body kit looks sick  they nailed it on the head. They need to make a street legal version and it would sell like pancakes | ||
| Eweaver |
This obviously isn't a race bike (it doesn't have a fluid catching belly pan), but it does have some of the Buell race parts on it. Ex: swingarm/chain kit, reverse shift pattern, quick release front brake line. | ||
| Elvis |
I was wondering about the belly pan, because it looks like the back end is open so anything that falls into the pan will run right out the back. . . . but it can't be for a street-bike either because there are no headlights.  It just seems to raise more questions than it answers. I'll agree though that it looks absolutely GREAT. I'd buy a street legal 1125RR with a variation of that fairing in a heartbeat.   | ||
| Slaughter |
They are still working on developing/testing a racing exhaust. The racing exhaust WILL clear the rear with plenty of room - allowing a true bellypan. That one on display was just cut to clear the stock muffler. You are right - as displayed, it would not be allowed in any race organization. | ||
| Elvis |
Thanks Slaughter. Great info! I was looking at the photo and thinking it looked like it might have been cut off at the rear. Your explanation makes a lot of sense and gives us some cool things to look forward to. | ||
| Slaughter |
I THINK that you can take that fairing and bellypan and mount it to your existing upper. If you remember, the fairing sides were fastened to the nose by 3 fasteners... and though I can't confirm, the shape of that nose piece is exactly the same as the stocker... meaning that you should be able to mount the side pieces and bellypan to your stock streetbike. The nice thing is the "race" parts can still be sold to the street rider IF they do not affect EPA stuff - you could buy bodywork, chain conversion, rear-sets for example but you just can't buy race intake/exhaust/ECM. I wish they'd sell fiberglass parts to the street riders instead of the high quality graphite like they had on display. Save a CHUNK of change in exchange for a couple pounds of weight. | ||
| Jmr1283 |
Grandstand designs Full Fairing is much better lookin. They way buell actually made the pods look bigger isnt for me. I dont like the way it ties into the upper fairing either, but its not horrible. Maybe im lost on it. but i must say its really good luckin stuff. i love carbon fiber. Im thinkin of using some cf vinyl to cover up my blue frame. rock on buell | ||
| Zac4mac |
I agree the CF is gorgeous. But, after falling down on Loretta, I have a new appreciation for Buell's direction on design. If I already had the RevB clutch cover, recovery would have been almost free. I bought a clutch cover and a pod; the bar-end and the slider cleaned up in the lathe. I still haven't bothered to change out the pod or the cover. I sanded and polished the gouges out and I'm OK with the look. The Service dept is going to put the cover on when they fix the clutch leak on warranty. Z | ||
| Slaughter |
For those of you who attended the show - the RMR racing (Rossmeyer MotoST) bike had the FlexiGlass bodywork on it - same as what Grandstand sells. Shoot Pete at Grandstand Designs a note and ask him how it mounts up. When we mounted it on another bike, we re-located the radiators and removed the fans. Not sure if you can do the Flexiglass without removing the fans - but for sure, ask Pete at Grandstand. He'll know for sure if it'll work for a streetbike. | ||
| Duggram |
The Flexiglass side panels not only look good they also save your engine side covers. I mounted the Flexiglass side panels and kept everything stock under neither it. Because the bike had been low-sided on the left and high-sided (actually the front end tucked off track) on the right scratching up the right engine cover so the "gills" were mostly held on with gorilla tape by the time I finally got around to mounting the side panels. The first weekend out with the new glass I went off track in the same turn, this time I almost saved it in the desert, but the front end tucked at about 10 mph and I went over the bars again. Please no grief I'm an aggressive rookie. The great thing about this was that there was no damage to the engine side cover. The panels only need a little fiberglass gel. On the track I've not noticed any over heating, but then I do still have the fans. | ||
| Fresnobuell |
So what is the cost of the flexiglass vs. the engine side cover? That's what I would look at. anyway, I know you don't any grief, but consider dialing it down a notch. Expert road racing skills come from years of honing one's skills and, at a more advanced age, it won't come any easier. One of these times you won't be able to walk away from it... |
