| Author | Message | ||
     Blake |
Mike, You are THE poster boy for Buell ridin' hooligans. I still recall following you into New Hope, PA as church was letting out. I'm trying to be real soft on the throttle to quite my Borla in respect for the church crowd and civilized people all around us. I see you look over to the sidewalk at a gaggle of fat old church ladies making their way down the sidewalk... the next thing I know my spine is rattling as you proceed to rev your S1 WFO bringing the unbaffled KT exhaust repeatedly to a barbarous ear shattering song. Unfortunately I missed the looks on the church crowd's faces, but I am sure they jumped a good foot in the air. Wish I had that on video. The best I could do is take a pic of the victims...  | ||
| Dhutty |
MikeyP: Oh man, I could've sworn to god that your bike was blue! Sorry, I shouldn't ride stoned. You really did make my day, I was riding down to my wife's office where we were joining friends for a "five boro dive-bar crawl." Quite fun by the way. Anyhow, everyone on the crawl got myriad descriptons of your bikes exhaust note, the wheelie and the fact that "no, man you don't get it - he's on this web-site that's my FAVOURITE, OK? No, I don't have Buell, but, you just don't get it..." Court: You are damn tootin' that a Buell in NYC just simply is "da bomb." I've been a Buell fan for years and years, never owned one and have seen scant few on the roads, but everytime I do, it's the sound that gets me first. The Light of the Full Moon rides makes me want to go hock the cats, sell some plasma and go get a bike right this second. On that, I've got a question about Aluminum rigidity which I'll post over on the quick board. I suspect you will have a good answer. Everyone: I LOVE this web-site. Seriously it is always my first and last stop on a web-surfing day with many stops in-between. It's become a bit of an obsession. God only knows what will happen to me if I ever own one of Eric's creations. David, bicycle lurker. | ||
| Turnagain |
David, ya gotta get you one: would be a Blast! echoing through the concrete canyons.  | ||
| Jerry_haughton |
forgive me for posting "out here", but Alex just called...from Disneyland!!! (i already have visions of the TV commercial when he arrives in St. Johns, Newfoundland: "Alex Prior, you've just ridden your Buell clear across North America, NOW what are you going to do?!?!?" he's with his Mom, Dad, Grandma and Grandpa, and i could barely hear him for all of the noise, but he's definitely amped, and ready to ride. more to come.  Ferris | ||
| Cj_xb |
Keep posting the news about Alex, Ferris and don't ask forgiveness !! CJ | ||
| Charlieboy6649 |
Yea, keep us in. I wanted to ride the first leg and can't make it now. Go Alex! | ||
| Jerry_haughton |
thanks, will do, with luck i finally get to actually MEET him today. FB | ||
| Bomber |
FB -- forgivenss is easier to get than permission, bud -- I'd keep askin if I were you (but then, CJ knows where I live) ;-} | ||
| Loki |
As I wander off the beaten track... Well Donner and Blitz have killed their first mouse! To bad it was the one for my computer.  | ||
| Overload |
Firemanjim, looked at the picture, you have the GP (full) bodywork. The Superbike is the VR1000 looking bodywork. The headlight deal gives me pause. Too bad they dont sell the VR1000 street fairing. thanks, Overload in Colorado | ||
| Mikeyp |
Hee-hee-hee! I forgot about the ride through New Hope Blake. Like Court says, "Loud Pipes Save Lives, but mine...it cures cancer!" It's funny, for those who don't know, i also own a RC 51, and a YSR 50. The Buell just makes me want to pull wheelies away from every stoplight, and smoke the back tire whenever possible. It is the ultimate in hooligan motorcycling. The RC is totally different. Top speed is like, 50 mph more than my S1W, handles much better at higher speeds, and does 100 mph wheelies in second gear! But i look at it this way, we all have more than one pair of shoes, each pair for a specific kind of occasion. Basketball shoes, dress shoes, casual shoes.....etc.. Well, my RC is my track sneakers, and my Buell is my work boots. | ||
| Mikeyp |
David, some people just don't understand it when motorcycling is in your blood so deep, you bleed oil. Get a Buell already! 3 or 4 grand is all ya need... | ||
| Jerry_haughton |
Alex begins his ride tomorrow! phase one: Angeles Crest Highway. see you in the morning, buddy. FB&D | ||
| Moltons3 |
IF and when you guys see or talk to Alex tell him that I said hello! Sounds like a great trip. I was at the dealer today and took a peek at the new city cross anyone else seen it yet? IT looks pretty cool. Also I have been thinking of putting a race kit on my S3 anyone got any pros or cons for me. Thanks Wade | ||
| Jerry_haughton |
Wade, will do. FB | ||
| Josh_ |
Wade, walk don't run to get the full race kit. | ||
| Court |
>>>>we all have more than one pair of shoes What? When did this memo go out? | ||
| Mikej |
MikeyP coined: "my RC is my track sneakers, and my Buell is my work boots" I see a t-shirt with that on it one day. | ||
| Road_thing |
What about boots? Boots are shoes, right?  | ||
| Bartimus |
Ferris, The S1 is dead, looks like I'll be riding the S2 out to 'Vegas to meet you and Alex. I'm quite sore still from last weekend, and I broke a rib at work on Tuesday... I may leave tonight and just hang out 'til you guys get there. Better to ride in the cool of night than the heat of the day.  I'll be wearing Alex's "colors" for the trip... Whoretimus edited by bartimus on July 22, 2004 | ||
| Blake |
Dang Art, a broken rib at work? Details, we want details. If the story ain't real exciting, feel free to augment with tales of scantily clad women and such. | ||
| Ccryder |
Just thought that this board might see the "humor" in this true story: Stupid Things To Do With A Stun Gun My friends are fond of saying that my last words on this earth will be something akin to, "Hey y'all, hold my beer and watch this!" Well, I have outdone myself once again. No doubt you will see this true story chronicled in a LifeTime movie in the near future. Here goes... Last weekend I spied something at Larry's Pistol and Pawn that tickled my fancy. (Note: Keep in mind that my "fancy" is easily tickled. I had gone into the Star Market to pick up some milk yesterday and I bought a Superball in the checkout line--50 cents. What a bargain! It tickled my fancy--still does. That thing bounces soooooo high, and it has provided me with hours of entertainment. It just doesn't get any better than that, now does it?) I'm so easily distracted. That dang Superball is so much fun. So what were we talking about? Oh yeah, I bought something really cool at Larry's Pistol and Pawn last Saturday. The occasion was my 50th birthday and I was looking for a little something extra cool. What I came across was a 100,000 volt, pocket/purse-sized Tazer gun with a clip. For those of you who are not familiar with this product, it is a less-than-lethal stun gun with two metal prongs designed to incapacitate an assailant with a shock of high-voltage, low amperage electricity while you flee to safety. The effects are supposed to be short lived, with no long-term adverse affect on your assailant, but allowing you adequate time to retreat to safety. You simply jab the prongs into your 250 lb. tattooed assailant, push the button, and it will render him a slobbering, goggle-eyed, muscle-twitching, whimpering, pencil-neck geek. If you've never seen one of these things in action, then you're truly missing out--way too cool! Long story short, I bought the device and brought it home. I loaded two triple-a batteries in the darn thing and pushed the button. Nothing! I was so disappointed. Upon reading the directions (we don't need no stinkin' directions), I found much to my chagrin that this particular model would not create an arch between the prongs. How disappointing! I do love fire for effect. I learned that if I pushed the button, however, and pressed it against a metal surface that I'd get the blue arch of electricity darting back and forth between the prongs that I was so looking forward to. I did so. Awesome!!! Sparks, a blue arch of electricity, and a loud pop!!! Yipeeeeee....I'm easily amused. Okay, so I was home alone with this new toy, thinking to myself that it couldn't be all that bad with only two triple-a batteries, etc, etc. There I sat in my recliner, my dog Molly looking on intently (trusting little soul), reading the directions (that would be me, not Molly), and thinking that I really needed to try this thing out on a flesh and blood target. I must admit I thought about zapping Molly for a fraction of a second and thought better of it. She is such a sweet doggy, after all. But, if I was going to use this thing to protect myself against a mugger, I did want some assurance that it would work as advertised. Am I wrong? Was I wrong to think that? Seemed reasonable to me at the time So, there I sat in a pair of shorts and a tank top with my reading glasses perched delicately on the bridge of my nose, directions in one hand, Tazer in another. The directions said that a one-second burst would shock and disorient your assailant; a two-second burst was supposed to cause muscle spasms and a loss of bodily control; a three-second burst would purportedly make your assailant flop on the ground like a fish out of water. All the while I'm looking at this little device (measuring about 5" long, less than 3/4 inch in circumference, pretty cute really, and loaded with two itsy, bitsy triple-a batteries) thinking to myself, "no bloody way!" Bloody way--trust me, but I'm getting ahead of myself. What happened next is almost beyond description, but I'll do my best. Those of you who know me well have got a pretty good idea of what followed. I'm sitting there alone, Molly looking on with her head •••••• to one side as to say, "don't do it daddy," reasoning that a one-second burst from such a tiny lil' ole thing couldn't hurt all that bad (sound, rational thinking under the circumstances, wouldn't you agree?). I decided to give myself a one-second burst just for the heck of it. (Note: You know, a bad decision is like hindsight--always twenty-twenty. It is so obvious that it was a bad decision after the fact, even though it seemed so right at the time. Don't ya hate that?) I touched the prongs to my naked thigh, pushed the button, and Holy #$@&*%&%#@!! I'm pretty sure that Jessie Ventura ran in through the front door, picked me up out of that recliner, then body slammed me on the carpet over and over again. I vaguely recall waking up on my side in the fetal position, nipples on fire, testicles nowhere to be found, soaking wet, with my left arm tucked under my body in the oddest position. Molly was standing over me making whimpering sounds I had never heard before, licking my face, undoubtedly thinking to herself, "do it again daddy, do it again!" (Note: If you ever feel compelled to mug yourself with a Tazer, one note of caution. There is no such thing as a one-second burst when you zap yourself. You're not going to let go of that thing until it is dislodged from your hand by a violent thrashing about on the floor. Then, if you're lucky, you won't dislodge one of the prongs 1/4" deep in your thigh like yours truly.) %^$#@&*%$#! that hurt! A minute or so later (I can't be sure, as time was a relative thing at this point), I collected my wits (what little I had left), sat up and surveyed the landscape. My reading glasses were on the mantel of the fireplace. How did they get there??? My triceps, right thigh and both nipples were still twitching. My face felt like it had been shot up with Novocaine, as my bottom lip weighed 88 lbs. +/- an ounce or two, I'm pretty sure. By the way, has anyone seen my testicles? I think they ran away. I'm offering a reward. They're round, rather large, kinda hairy, and handsome if I must say so myself. Miss 'em...sure would like to get 'em back. BTW, it wasn't me, I've been zapped 1 too many times anyway ;+} BUt it was a fellow motorcyclist Neil S. | ||
| Bartimus |
Ha Ha Ha!!! Sooo funny! Almost made me cry I was laughing so hard! Great story Neil. Blake, My story isn't too exciting, take one 50 year old with weak bones, two big a** Pipe wrenches, and one tough nut. I braced one of the wrenches against my chest and pulled hard on the other with both arms. Next thing I heard was a cracking sound and my chest hurt like hell as I fell to the floor. The rib will heal, but the ego will take awhile... No can I go sulk in the corner? | ||
| Mikeyp |
Next time video tape yourself so you can see the slo mo instant replay later on. Funny as hell read. | ||
| Ponylewis |
Hey guys, I'm working on getting a V&H pipe and a race ECM for my X1. Since I don't have the device to zero the ECM, can I put the pipe on, run it to the dealer (10 miles), and have them put the ECM on and zero it, or do I have to let them put both the pipe and ECM? Thanks in advance. -Chris | ||
| Blake |
Chris, Your plan will work fine. Neil, That is too funny. Sounds like something I would do. | ||
| Jerry_haughton |
Alex and Co. are all safely ensconced here at the ThunderDome. was a marvelous day on the road, doing Angeles Crest, Willow Springs, and the Lion's Trail. tunes are cranked, the beer is cold, and life is good. tomorrow Death Valley, Las Vegas, and Zion Nat'l Park. Bartimus, sorry to hear your news, still looking forward to meeting you tomorrow as planned. ride safe. Ferris | ||
| Court |
Neil: I am dying laughing here and must say that your report, in present company, will be viewed more in the context as a "prodcut test" than a warning...it's just the type of people we are. I, for one, would bet on at least one Badwebber trying to out do you this weekend....I'm sure we'll soon have a "mine has 172,000 volts thread". In addition, I have a story I wrote, which I'd hoped to float here as a reality check. The story of the "Gyro Stabilized, Servo Controled, Gimbel Mounted Fully Transistorized Dual Lens PTZ (pan-tilt-zoom) RPB (residential protection bear) will have to wait. Anyway, MikeyP (who would understand about Italians placing fake styrofoam lions on each side of the front door entry) would likely be the only one here entertained by what I did...."Hello?" . . "who's there" . . "speak into the lion's mouth" . . . "Wrong Lion . . Over here?" I'm not certain I was intended to live in the city that simultaneously offers the world's largest number of theatrical costumer supply AND Radio Shack stores. Great life here..... Thanks again for what I am certain will be the funniest part of my day. Court | ||
| Ryan_young |
I have a body for sale fits 2000 Buell lightning. Customer had two bodies while I was painting one when he blew up the bike, sold it and will not return my calls. We have a ticket for close to a grand for work. It can be seen on Ebay. If it doesnt sell you can contact me at ryany@indocilart.com I am only wanting to get 500 for the body. It has never ben droped he just didnt like the dark green. I am sorry for jumping on your board to sell something but this is a good deal and the amount of buell guys that call my shop is none. here is the link. http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=2485133352&ca tegory=35560&sspagename=WDVW Also this is my site www.indocilart.com | ||
| Cj_xb |
I have a body for sale Is it cute ???!!!  CJ |
