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Ulykan
| Posted on Tuesday, September 15, 2009 - 05:08 pm: |
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http://www.vonconcepts.com/wordpress/?p=410 Here is the story and the essay on the guy who won Buell's Adventure Grant Grand Prize. |
Johnboy777
| Posted on Tuesday, September 15, 2009 - 06:55 pm: |
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In hindsight, I probably should've written something similar - instead, mine was about riding from bar to bar, retracing my early travels as a hippie. . |
Ericcogdell
| Posted on Tuesday, September 15, 2009 - 08:47 pm: |
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Sounds like a ride I would love to go on. I wonder if he would like a partner to ride with him. PM me. |
Boixb12
| Posted on Wednesday, September 16, 2009 - 12:39 pm: |
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That does it. I'm buying a Buell and doing this ride! |
Biffdotorg
| Posted on Wednesday, September 16, 2009 - 02:10 pm: |
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They should have taken his picture on a Buell for the website. I think they posted his supplied picture from the entry and he is sitting on some jap sport touring bike. I can't really tell, but it looks like a Concours. I think they pulled the pic for now until they can get a fresh one with him on a Buell. http://www.buell.com/en_us/experience/news/detail. asp?news_id=1487 |
Los5445
| Posted on Wednesday, September 16, 2009 - 06:45 pm: |
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I think the ride sounds great, I don't think his essay was very good. I'm just bitter, but I wasn't impressed. |
Kmartin
| Posted on Wednesday, September 16, 2009 - 10:18 pm: |
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All of mine were better. Now I'm actually going to have to BUY a Uly. |
Froggy
| Posted on Thursday, September 17, 2009 - 07:38 pm: |
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Lucky bastard. |
Wolfridgerider
| Posted on Thursday, September 17, 2009 - 08:32 pm: |
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HA HA!! he got the SLOW orange one!! I feel better now!! I'll just have to do my trip to Alaska on old Whitey.... but I sure could have used the 2500 in cash and 2500 dealer bucks...
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Ourdee
| Posted on Thursday, September 17, 2009 - 09:00 pm: |
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It sure would be sweet to cruse on someone else's nickel. I like whitey. |
Atoms
| Posted on Friday, September 18, 2009 - 12:53 pm: |
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The ride does sound great. I'm glad Buell did this even if I was too lazy to enter anything myself. Buell's print ad I saw in the current issue of Rider magazine really left me feeling as if I don't belong in the Buell family. It is so arrogant, so full of bravdo and macho bluster-crap. The essay thing makes up for that - for now, but I hope Buell will reconsider their current obnoxiousness campaign. |
Smac
| Posted on Friday, September 18, 2009 - 03:41 pm: |
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Great American Adventure?!?! He barely made it out of Montana! A friend and I hit all of the destinations he mentioned (after riding from Michigan) and continued onto northern Cali...then road the coast until we ran into Mexico...then headed back to Michigan. I guess I was just expecting some kind of masterpiece to deserve a free Uly! (Message edited by smac on September 18, 2009) |
Hooper
| Posted on Friday, September 18, 2009 - 03:47 pm: |
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Yeah, I may be a hater, but that was no masterpiece. |
Froggy
| Posted on Friday, September 18, 2009 - 04:09 pm: |
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Smac, thats too long to put in the one paragraph contest, hence why you didn't win! |
Terranx
| Posted on Friday, September 18, 2009 - 04:36 pm: |
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Apparently it was not about the ride, but more about how you made it sound. Hence, the backyard campout won. |
Bikejunky
| Posted on Monday, September 21, 2009 - 10:10 pm: |
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Thats Me in the picture with Carter. He is a really cool guy by the way. I am glad that he won the bike as he was super appreciative and WAY passionate about riding! |
Court
| Posted on Tuesday, September 22, 2009 - 07:11 am: |
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>>>He is a really cool guy by the way. I am glad that he won the bike as he was super appreciative and WAY passionate about riding! Which is really cool. Note all "can I just have the money?" . . "can you just give me the bike and let me get out of here?" . . . winners have been so gracious. It's going to be fun to follow his adventure. We need to get him tuned in on Badweb for updates. |
Kickastro
| Posted on Saturday, September 26, 2009 - 02:12 am: |
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Thank's Nate! Beartooth HD Buell Rocks! You were a huge help and thank you for your time brother. Check out the efficient packing job from my lady. We went two nights three days in all kinds of weather too.
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Bosh
| Posted on Saturday, September 26, 2009 - 06:15 am: |
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Kickastro, Congrats on the new bike! We're Looking forward to your ride report and pics!!! And welcome to the Badweb! |