| Author | Message | ||
     José_Quiñones |
HD had a 60 degree V engine back in 1979...... | ||
| Ocbueller |
The center of the Buell Universe has shifted from Wisconsin to Colorado. Has anyone got some real estate info. Oh, never mind, it snows in Colorado doesn't it. | ||
| Lake_Bueller |
Yeah but... 1) The roads are great 2) It doesn't get too cold (usually) 3) The roads are great 4) Snow is fun 5) The roads are great I used to live in Vail. If it wasn't so ungodly expensive, I'd still be there. | ||
| Court |
>>>>If it wasn't so ungodly expensive, I'd still be there. Try moving to NYC, home of the $3,500/month studio apt, THEN moving to Vail......  | ||
| Lake_Bueller |
Good point Court! And at $3,500 you don't get any twisty roads, clean air & mountain vistas  | ||
| Grndskpr |
But you do get, better sea food new england(merit parkway) close to DC baltimore beach fire island china town that rocks little italy, and its bigger than 1 block and a city you could spend a life time in and never see it all out side of the sea food, almost as good as chicago, just a little to big for me Roger | ||
| Ferris |
hmmmmmm, there's much between the lines begging to be read, it seems to this casual observer. anybody check Buell's website lately, is East Troy relocating to Colorado, too? any of you boys wanna take a minute to talk about any of this? FB | ||
| Ralph |
Bomber, MAP is about perfect. All you need to do is get it hot to normalize it. Quenching is not necessary with aluminum (fun, but not necessary). English wheels are a fantastic plannishing tool and can do a fair amount of shapping once you figure them out. But, you don't "need" one to do good metal forming. It does make a huge difference in the amount of time to make things. They're also really good at pinching fingers. Matter of fact, I can remember one time a nice young lady, who was very, very well endowed, pinched something other than a finger. She was unhappy for some time.  by the way, the body work is for sale, I don't need it anymore. Needs a little bit of finishing bighairyralph | ||
| Shotgun |
BluzM2: it is almost always best to fight the ticket. The difference in your insurance rates for the next several years will pay for the lawyer's advice. There may be a program that will allow your daughter to take a diversion or safety course and get the ticket expunged from her record and keep it off your insurance. | ||
| Roc |
BluzM2, What Shotgun said. I would also write or call and request all evidence the officer has against your daughter. Radar or no, a video tape of the events would be make or break. Going to court could be a good experience for you daughter too, though the lesson may depend on the copper's honesty. Take pictures of everything, the PT included. I wish I had a pictrue of my S1 when I was fighting a ticket. The officer told the judge that it was a "race type motorcycle with a full fairing", it would have been great to creat doubt concerning his story with a picture. | ||
| Fogcity |
Court - Just returned from a trip to NYC: Two martinis = $27. Lunch at a pub (two pints, fish & chips, turkey sandwich, one coffee)= $78. Getting my bags from the taxi to the hotel lobby, then up to my room = $15. (in tips) Stroll through Central Park, hanging in SOHO, amazing things to see everywhere you look, good warm-harted people = priceless. (I'm glad you guys won the chance to host the Olympics) | ||
| Fogcity |
Kerry - regarding your post on 11/6: I knew a guy who had a BMW insignia tattoo on his arm. He also named his dog, "Beemer." | ||
| Jocklandjohn |
Fogcity - was the guy's dog a Boxer? | ||
| Ebear |
Hey , Has anyone got their FUELL yet????Check out the story by FIREMAN JIM about his first trek across America on his S2.NO WONDER he loves those S2's!850 miles in ONE DAY!The guy is made of STEEL!I can just see this now,Ferris will correct me and say I meant LEAD!Good going FMJ but that there picture musta' been a while ago!    | ||
| Court |
>>>>850 miles in ONE DAY! Gads....imagine that ! It's a GREAT story by/about one of Buell's most affable ambassadors! | ||
| Phillyblast |
>>>>850 miles in ONE DAY! Geez, FMJ, did you stop riding at lunchtime?!? hehehe Great story, btw - that's pretty much the route I took on the way back from Aaron's. Every now and then I'd stop and check for a signal on the cell phone, "just in case", and then I'd realize I was on an S2, so I didn't have to worry :-) And love the 75 mph speed limits out there. David | ||
| Bomber |
BigHairy . . . .. thanks for the further info . .. .I kinda like not quenching and finding a handprint in the middle of the sheet . . .. the wheel sounds really cool, as I said, but I'm not lookin to save any time here, just shape this one panel (yeah, like I've ever done one of anything) . .. . first one I did was with a reshaped wooden mallet and a bag of sand-box sand from the h'ware store . . . . if i'da smoothed the mallet better, and taken my time a bit, it would been fine, but I can see improvements to be made in it, so it'll act as a template (yeah, that's what failed projects become, don't they? tmeplates!) bodywork is freakin gorgeous, Ralph . . . . | ||
| Jrh |
Bomber You might want to check out tinmantech.com Lots of tools,info on shaping aluminum,even a questions section i think. John | ||
| Bomber |
John . . .thank you sir . . . .. . great site! which RRC tailsection do you have on yer M2? | ||
| Tavs |
Anybody know the fork diameter on the X1/S3? Thanks! | ||
| Rick_A |
54mm | ||
| Ferris |
any of you boys wanna take a minute to talk about any of this? i believe i just heard... ...a pin drop. FB | ||
| Firemanjim |
E-Bear,why would you say that pic was awhile ago--something about hair color perhaps?I have a teenager now,so there!! Yeah,Court I know 850 is not much to you,but that was right after I got the S-2 after years of Harley's and my iron butt wasn't in shape yet.When Ferris and I went to N.Carolina to play with Henrik and JB2 on the Blue Ridge PWay I had an 1100+ mile day on the way home. | ||
| Dynarider |
Even 850 is a whole lotta miles. The most I have done is a little over 750 in a day. Most for a week was just under 4000. 1100 miles a day & my ass would still be sore. | ||
| Jb2 |
FMJ, my all out record is 1152 miles in about 20 hours. That was our first trip to Bonneville in 2000. We left just east of Denver where we cleaned ice off the bikes to start them and then was chased by the same storm that trapped Aaron and family in Wyoming. We rode for what seemed like endless hours in snow and high winds until finally finding a hole in the weather near St. Louis. We arrived in Hartford City just under 20 hours after leaving. What a freakin' ride. BTW, that was done aboard an S2. JB2 | ||
| Anonymous |
SIGHTING IN SOUTHERN CAL.....THOUGHT TO BE THE ILLUSIVE DR. STEVE !! STAY TUNED....STAY TUNED.....STAY TUNED.....STAY TUNED....STAY TUNED | ||
| Ferris |
dr. Steve? no way. me 'n SLeeZ left him on the side of the road near Cajon Pass two weeks ago with a busted belt on his S3, and i'm sure he's still sitting there, cell phone battery very much toes-up, waiting in vain for the tow truck to arrive. on second thought, maybe it WAS a dr. Steve sighting. i mean, leave to the good doctor to be illusive............. FB | ||
| Mbsween |
JB2/Firemanjim, I did 2 900s goint to/coming from the deal's gap adventure this year. Haven't cracked the 1k mark with the x1 yet. I was on the stock seat, hurt like hell about 1/2 way thru. Question to you ld types, what type of seat mods/aftermarket seats (if any) have you tried and liked? Matt | ||
| Roc |
JB2 - That is moving, particularly when you consider how fatiguing bad weather is. | ||
| José_Quiñones |
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