| Author | Message | ||
     Matteson |
The only buell as usual. She rode strong and pulls like a pit bull cruisin around town in second. I power wheelied in first and almost lost it today too. Came up then down and way up!. I still cant get the 2nd gear wheelie. A guy told me by buell was quiet. Which I thought was odd. The jardine is loud. I have been entertaining the thought of geting a 600 just to see what all the fuss is about with all these guys. Just some random thoughts about my day and am always glad when i ride home knowin i own a buell | ||
| Albert666 |
me and the wife are always the only buells that turn up at local bike meets our closest club seems to be turning into a gsxr club  | ||
| Staggie |
My friend and I show up to local bike nights on my Buell and his Aprilia and we stand out. Most of the younger folk don't have a clue as to what we ride. Glad we stick out lol. | ||
| Nikoff90 |
Funny; I remember when you could be the only one on a GSXR at a sport bike ride, 93-95 at least in Hawaii. Hard to fault a GSXR in my book, still on the fence with my Buell  | ||
| Mikeymike |
If youre entertaining the thought of getting a sportbike, get something bigger than a 600. A 600 will only be about as fast as your 1125 or maybe slightly slower. | ||
| Nikoff90 |
A modern 600 is ample for any road sport duty except for possible out running the police choppers. | ||
| 99buellx1 |
I would recommend nothing bigger than the 600. It's not always that you need something faster, and from the post, i'm gathering that Matteson is not a very experienced rider. A 1000 isn't very friendly to being ham fisted. | ||
| Matteson |
Ive only been ridding for about 3 years. I always wanted to build a bobber and got into vintage and then Buells somehow(long story) But there is a a local gsxr fro 1800. 06 I believe I thought about buying so I can go to Hallet every now and then and learn how to ride better. I don't want to trash the Buell on a track since she is my daily. | ||
| Nvbuell |
Owned an FZ1 and many sizes under that. I will never own anything under a liter anymore. The FZ1 had plenty of power, I did a bunch of modifications to it and it was comfortable to ride. That's my two cents worth. | ||
| Rpm4x4 |
An inline 600 has such a weak low rpm range. The only fun way to ride one is to wring it out. That makes for a bad street bike imho. That's why I ride a twin. The best beginner bike imho is the xb9. Not so little power you get bored of it right away, yet enough that you can still get a thrill. Brakes are not too touchy. You can grab a handful and not go over the bars yet in a panic you could lock it up it you squeezed hard enough. This comes from experience. My first bike was a cbr600. Impossible for me to drive sane. I only owned it for 2000 miles. Years later I bought an XB9. Rode it for 30k | ||
| Matteson |
Had a nine. Loved it. Flickable and quick. Maybe ill get another xb but would rather have the 12 than a nine | ||
| Fluffy282 |
It's just different worlds... Every time I got on my r6 I felt like I needed to be billy badass and wasn't entertained until I was in the triple digits. My 1125 I'm just as happy as can be cruising much closer to the legal limit, with plenty of power to play with any 600 that finds me. Not to mention it's a head turner at meets. | ||
| Rpm4x4 |
I also am much more disciplined on the 1125 than a 600. Knowing that I have ample power on tap and not having to drop a few gears to make a pass is usually enough to keep my self control in check. Besides that I feel the ergonomics of the 1125 with the uly pegs just makes the 1125 a super comfortable bike to ride. I'm rolling up on 30k here in the next week or two. Love this bike even more than my XB, which is hard for even me to believe. | ||
| Rogue_biker |
A 600 has over 100 rwhp on a bike that weighs no more than 420 lbs. soaking wet. Trust me when I say these bikes are plenty fast enough. They only feel slow when you're trying to chase down 1,000's. But then again everything will feel slow if you're trying to chase down liter class bikes. Yes you do have to keep the revs up. But the gearing on 600's is such that it's easy to keep those revs up. It becomes second nature. Compared to the 1125R though with its fat midrange, the 600 will feel a little anemic on corner exits at first. But then it makes up for it with lightning quick reflexes. It's very easy to keep up your pace on a 600 on a twisty mountain road. I've ridden the CBR600RR and that bike was sublime. It NEVER felt slow. Ever. Trust me, it could get up to triple digits in a hurry. | ||
| Nikoff90 |
Going down to a 600 will cost you some tire spinnup at turn exit, which for me was something to get used too. It can be unnerving until you realize you can now go faster through the turns. | ||
| Matteson |
Not interested in a 600 any longer. I rode my buddies 748 Duc. Everything the Buell isn't the Duc is. Everything the Duc isn't the Buell is. The Duc was so smooth and when I sat on it to ride it felt like a glove. No lunging or lurching like the 1125. But it's way down on torque and power from the Buell. I even toyed with the idea of a trade. Buell for Duc. I love and know my Buell inside out though. |
