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M2nc
| | Posted on Thursday, April 02, 2009 - 12:50 am: | 
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Is anyone else noting all the front page Headlines in big letters.
"Buell Wins"
I also am seeing sponsors of RMR advertising their company names and "WE WIN"
With talk on every motorcycle board the joke is truly on the establishment. Those with agendas carry them like a cross. Those with racing experience are shocked the Buell could actually beat the Factory Works 600s. Like the comment earlier about most seeing Buells as a substandard bike, NOT ANY MORE!! Most are excited about the new competition. If the Buells and Aprilias were not there, we would have another year of a few factory works 600s with a double digit lead on the first privateer. Reading other boards you have the typical "Size Matters" whining, but it is dwindling. If you look here as any reference, we have the same typical anti-Buellers who troll here for some reason, but for the most part we are going to be partial. So I went to other boards and I see comments like, "Danny ran a perfect race." "Danny's wheelie was awesome." "Buell has a fast bike that finally competes with the factory 600s."
I see the cracks forming in the Wall.
Cue Pink Floyd. |
Hootowl
| | Posted on Thursday, April 02, 2009 - 09:18 am: |
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Has Buell been guilty all this time? (of making great bikes)
Tear down the wall! |
Liquorwhere
| | Posted on Thursday, April 02, 2009 - 09:49 am: |
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Ferris,
Where did you get that information from? I am trying to find it to read more and have not been able to find it. Thanks. |
Reindog
| | Posted on Thursday, April 02, 2009 - 10:04 am: |
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Look at the date of VonBuellers message.
You've been punked. |
Court
| | Posted on Thursday, April 02, 2009 - 10:17 am: |
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It's a fair and balanced race.
Buell won.
Deal with it. |
Ebear
| | Posted on Thursday, April 02, 2009 - 10:20 am: |
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Hey GUYS......Yesterday was "April Fools Day"..... none of you were "fooled"....right?
Most of you who know me , know that I rarely post ANY politics around here....however....in light of all this press most of the forward thinking people around here already have figured this out.
CHANGE is GOOD!...CHANGE is PROGRESS!
Change may not fit your schedule or agenda , but I for one was SO DAMN TIRED of all the boring racing and infantile crap that Pro-Racing was handing out that I revel in the new light of this series! I only wish DMG had not caved into the factories and kept Superbike so similar to the recent past.I say 4 times a year , re-evalute the HP of the winning bikes and add weight to make them more even....and fun to watch.People will still know whom has the fastest stock bike.....Dealers will still sell bikes. And now it wont look like the "Same old Crap....New Year".....oh well , just my 2 cents....
Flame On.................... |
Liquorwhere
| | Posted on Thursday, April 02, 2009 - 10:54 am: |
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LOL Reindog,
nice one that is good Ferris got me, wasn't even thinking about the day..hehe...nice. And Court, it is not a fair and balanced race, so deal with that. I really wish the best for Buell, I own two of them and I get just as much if not more gruff about them from my friends that don't ride anything but me too bikes, but still this series is BS. Point blank. That bike should be running with the big boys period. So there ya go. A win against the 600 class bikes that by the DMG rule book are only minimally tuned as well, not the highly tuned factory bikes you seem to want to portray, but instead bikes that are similarly as stock as the Buell is barely worth talking about and that is why so many find it a joke. It is a BS arrangement...anyway...I have to go pack for the supercross race this weekend, so have a good one. |
Paint_shaker
| | Posted on Thursday, April 02, 2009 - 12:02 pm: |
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Go Buell Racing!! |
Ebear
| | Posted on Thursday, April 02, 2009 - 12:14 pm: |
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OOPs Tom.....looks like I was still typing while you kept it "SHORT" ....So how was the ride home last night???? |
Liquorwhere
| | Posted on Thursday, April 02, 2009 - 05:50 pm: |
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Buell: Some People Want Special Rules! The Nerve of People Who Want Special Rules!
by staff
Thursday, April 02, 2009
This just in from Buell:
Eslick Looks to Continue Winning Streak at Road Atlanta
Knapp Joins Latus Motors Team on Buell 1125R
East Troy, Wis. (April 2, 2009) Bruce Rossmeyer's Daytona Racing/RMR/GEICO rider Danny Eslick shocked the motorcycle racing community with a double-header sweep of the second and third rounds of the AMA Pro Racing Daytona SportBike class at California Speedway March 20-21 to claim the first major wins in AMA Pro Racing against its Japanese and European competition.
Eslick's historic wins were the first for an American manufacturer in a premier AMA road racing class since Cal Rayborn won an AMA Grand National race at Laguna Seca aboard a Harley-Davidson XR750 in 1972.
Controversy erupted after the race, led by Kawasaki factory rider Jamie Hacking who finished second in both races, but Eslick is not letting critics distract him from his bid to continue the winning streak at Road Atlanta this weekend.
"I like Atlanta. My expectation is to keep winning, but the goal is to stay on the podium and be consistent. We definitely want to go for the championship this season," the 22-year-old Broken Arrow, Okla., rider said.
Message boards and enthusiast websites lit up in the weeks following the races. Some critics dismissed the Buell as an overdog with a displacement advantage, but a post-race laptime analysis released by AMA Pro Racing showed that Eslick's times on his 1125R were only the third fastest posted during the weekend, and his performance significantly outpaced that of other riders on similarly prepared Buells.
"The rules allow [the 1125R] in the class, as well as other brands with large displacement, and our bike passed post-race inspection," Eslick said in an interview following a taped appearance for SPEED's AMA Pro Prime Time television show that will air Saturday night at 10pm ET. "It's not like we have any special parts. We've got the same stuff as the others guys [on Buells.] I've heard a lot of whining, but it just goes in one ear and out the other."
Like his GEICO Powersports/RMR teammate Michael Barnes, the Buell 1125R Eslick raced in the Daytona and Fontana rounds was equipped with a stock crate engine, modified only with an aftermarket muffler and a recalibrated engine computer.
"Some people want rules specifically made for motorcycles that are only produced by four import manufacturers. That's not the American way. In America we embrace diversity. AMA Pro Racing has written rules that allow fair competition among many more brands, and we had six brands in the top eight at Fontana. Some people say we have an unfair displacement advantage, but this class allows bikes like the BMW 1200, the Aprilia 1000, and the KTM 990 to also compete," said Erik Buell, Chairman and Chief Technical Officer of Buell Motorcycle Company.
"The fact is that a privateer racer on a street bike beat the Japanese factories' barely disguised race bikes, and I'm proud of that," Buell said. "As an ex-privateer racer, who personally experienced dealing with never having equipment comparable to what the factory guys had, this is a great moment. It also proves that Buell's American innovations like the ZTL front brake, underslung exhaust, and fuel in the frame work as well on the track as they do on the street."
Road Atlanta also marks the debut of privateer racer Taylor Knapp aboard Latus Motors Racing's 1125R in the Daytona SportBike class. Knapp, who finished in the top ten in both American Superbike races at Fontana on a Suzuki GSX-R1000, tested last week with the team at Talladega Grand Prix and replaces Alan Schmidt, who has left the team.
In the Moto-GT series, Old Glory H-D/Buell joins the action in the Moto-GT2 class with riders Jaycent Gebers and Dennie Huff on a Buell XB12R.
ENDS
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And if you want to go the website to see for yourself, here is the link: http://www.superbikeplanet.com/2009/Apr/090402buel lrelease.htm
It is described in the news section as I quote:" Possibly The Most Priceless Press Release You Will Read In Your Lifetime "
Thought some of you would get a kick out of it.....remember this is not an article written about the Buell, it is a press release from Buell. |
Elvis
| | Posted on Thursday, April 02, 2009 - 10:01 pm: |
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I notice that Chaparral and Joe Rocket both sponsor Superbike planet.
I've bought Joe Rocket Jackets before, and I think I bought at least one through Chaparrel.
No more.
I'm not going to support them if they support that crap, and I'm going to write them a letter telling them that. |
Slaughter
| | Posted on Thursday, April 02, 2009 - 10:05 pm: |
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Yeah but did you READ Stuporbike's title?
They put their spin on the article by titling it the way they did.
Much better to read Roadracing World. At least they aren't writing editorials that they try to pretend are legitimate news articles. |
Not_purple_s2
| | Posted on Thursday, April 02, 2009 - 10:50 pm: |
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They act like Buell took a crap in their punch bowl.
Jeeze! |
Boltrider
| | Posted on Thursday, April 02, 2009 - 11:06 pm: |
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I'm starting to enjoy that fact that some are pissed off about this. |
M2nc
| | Posted on Thursday, April 02, 2009 - 11:14 pm: |
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I am loving the whining!!! This site reminds me of a soap opera. As the Superbike Turns.... |
Rpm4x4
| | Posted on Thursday, April 02, 2009 - 11:16 pm: |
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I am loving the whining!!! This site reminds me of a soap opera. As the Superbike Turns....
Sportbike, They are not whining about Superbike...yet |
Court
| | Posted on Friday, April 03, 2009 - 06:36 am: |
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>>>I'm starting to enjoy that fact that some are pissed off about this.
I am too. It's bringing a lot of crap the Japanese have brought to racing for years into the light of day.
It's about time. |
Brumbear
| | Posted on Friday, April 03, 2009 - 07:58 am: |
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I feel amother Meaning of Buell (Racing) contest with the normal
D.R. Treed & Sons T- Shirt going to the winner
the short sleeve egition
anyone game I will start a new thread |
Kmfw160
| | Posted on Friday, April 03, 2009 - 09:22 am: |
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B00stzx3
| | Posted on Tuesday, April 07, 2009 - 01:48 pm: |
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I know I'm probably not welcome to post on this thread, but, does Buell ever put the 1125R against other literbikes? I know the Gixxer1Ks got a pretty sizeable HP advantage, but I've been told plenty of times there's tracks that vary in the straightaways (like more curves, less straights). Seeing as how well the Buells handle, couldn't it theoretically beat a bike with a HP advantage just by being a better handling bike and having a better rider? I'd love to see 1125R beat a Gixxer1k/Fireblade, etc. |
Froggy
| | Posted on Tuesday, April 07, 2009 - 01:56 pm: |
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B00, you must not be paying attention, Higbee is riding the 1125R in the Superbike class against Honda CBR1000RR, Kawasaki ZX-10, Yamaha R1, Suzuki GSX-R1000, Aprilia RSV1000R, Ducati 1098R. |
Court
| | Posted on Tuesday, April 07, 2009 - 02:35 pm: |
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>>>>I'd love to see 1125R beat a Gixxer1k/Fireblade, etc
Good news . . . it's happening every weekend.
Go to Higbee-Racing.com |
B00stzx3
| | Posted on Tuesday, April 07, 2009 - 02:36 pm: |
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Oh, I'm confused. I was thinking of the AMAs where everyone was whining about the 1125R and 600s..... Yall made my day, possibly my month!! I should be paying attention, I took my Adderrall today... |
Steve_mackay
| | Posted on Tuesday, April 07, 2009 - 04:55 pm: |
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Yup, that 1125R NEVER goes against Gixxer1Ks 
http://thekneeslider.com/archives/2008/05/26/buell -1125r-takes-3rd-in-canadian-superbike-opener/
"So running a week old bike on a DOT rear tire, he placed 3rd. The first place Kawasaki had 173 horsepower at 378 pounds, 2nd place Yamaha, 176 hp at 400 pounds and the 3rd place Buell had 134 hp at 409 pounds." |
Lovedabueller
| | Posted on Tuesday, April 07, 2009 - 05:08 pm: |
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ITS THE RIDER> |
Ferris_von_bueller
| | Posted on Tuesday, April 07, 2009 - 05:56 pm: |
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Steve Crevier will be running an 1125, on selected dates, in Superbike. I don't believe he has participated, yet. Anyone? |
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