| Author | Message | ||
     Gschuette |
Hey 1125R owners. I defended you guys in a letter to Sport Rider and they printed it. I'm not sure they grasped my point. I realized the KTM is slightly better on the spec sheet but not $7503 better. Anyways check it out in the January Sport Rider. I hate that magazine but it's like a car crash. I have to watch. Well they did give the CR a pretty good review. | ||
| Carbonbigfoot |
Good for you!!! Keep fighting the good fight! My wife got me a subscription to SR, and while there is some good info it caters to the cliche (sp?). They really like the hondakawayamazuki. R | ||
| 4cammer |
You are just another disillusioned Buell owner.  Only reason I get SR is that it costs like 11.00 a year. At least good for one session "at the office". | ||
| Gschuette |
In your opinions do things like Moto ST results lend any validity to the superiority of the Buell product? I thought about race results but decided not to bring them up. How are semi-pro racers getting around the track faster on the Buell if it is slower and worse handling than the KTM. I still don't get it. | ||
| Ezblast |
Reliability | ||
| Fresnobuell |
EZblast is right. In a 3-hour endurance race, most of the time the winners are those that don't crash and don't break down. There is alot of luck involved. Also, remember that Moto-ST has a HP limit for each of the classes and at about 120 for the SST class, the Buell had to be de-tuned. That definitely makes it hard to draw conclusions of faster/slower from Moto-ST. I don't think that the RC-8 was around to participate in the series last spring/summer. | ||
| Gschuette |
What class am I thinking of when the Buell and KTM raced against each other? | ||
| Xl1200r |
Bench? | ||
| Fresnobuell |
I believe there were some KTMs and Buells going head to head in some European racing circles. | ||
| Pwest |
One of the races had the factory KTM Supermoto team race a SuperDuke R and were way ahead of second place when a crash knocked them out. It was the first time ether rider was in a roadrace. | ||
| Gschuette |
Bench?  Naturally! I think Fresno is right. A European series sounds right. I only stick my head in the racng forum every so often. I'm not very well versed in Buell racing results.} | ||
| Fireboltwillie |
wasn't that the hockenheim 1000k? | ||
| Fresnobuell |
wILLIE--You are correct! http://www.1000km-hockenheim.de/pdf/KLASSE4_ERGEBN IS_2008.pdf |
