| Author | Message | ||
     Blake  |
Congratulations Alex! I hear that John Deere is a wonderful place to work with real cutting edge technology and good management. You must have done very well to get in there. Way to go! Congratulations on the new motorcycle too.  | ||
| Henrik  |
Congratulations Alex on a successful completion of all your hard work. The best of luck in your new endeavor. Henrik | ||
| Bigdaddy  |
Reepi HELP! I've fought the power for long engough. Switched to Debian for one major reason (you probably already know it too) to get the functionaliity of apt get (really sweet.) I'm having some issues from the kernel mirrors getting a 'good' version of Nessus, NMAP, and 802 interfaces. Jim may know it too -- Buell riding Jim what says you? Come on guys I'm older than you andneed your young brains. I've been doing this since 1981 and it's the rare isnstant when I kind of back up, bang head, try again, then repeat. So, if you been here, done that, I'd be grateful -- plus!!! I'll send you some BRP/Deal's Gap patches. Sorry to go off thread, but there's not many geeks I can go to for this on fellows so please do indulge me just a bit. Thanks. G2 | ||
| Bartimus  |
Congratulations Alex !!!        And a new bike to boot! I hope you hang onto that Cyclone. Lots of memories on that puppy. Hope to see you in the spring! BBB | ||
| Bomber  |
Alex -- Yippee! Deere does some very cool stuff in tech pubs and training, and since those efforts are the tail of the dog, I would imagine that their engineering efforts are similarly cooool! course, now they got YOU! | ||
| Awprior  |
Thanks for the kind words. I've been with Deere as a co-op for the last 4 years, and it's been a great place to work. They are a very diverse company, with a ton of opportunities and have a lot of really neat projects going on right now. One of the good things about being in the midwest is that hopefully I'll be able to get ride around the country a bit more, since I'm right in the middle of it. Bart, The M2 will never ever leave my hands. I think after this summer, we've bonded a little bit. She has many many miles a head of her, but that blue Firebolt just jumped out at me.   | ||
| Tripper  |
THRUST BLUE gives me a .... well never mind. Throw the carbon heel guards on that puppy and it's perfect. Now you'll be able to keep up! | ||
| Aaron |
Congrats, Alex!!! Say hi to Don McCaw if you happen to meet him at Deere. He's a Bueller from waaaaaaay back - owns RR1200 #4. Smart cookie, too. | ||
| Iamike  |
Alex, You say you bought that bike from Dave S? He told me once that he didn't think bikes should be blue. (notice the color of mine) | ||
| T9r  |
Get your LEFT handed bearings here... I wonder if he also sells left handed coffee mugs? http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=10064&item=450 8972985&rd=1 | ||
| Mike71 |
Hello to all this is a nice forum, I'm going to buy a 97 Buell Lightning S1 from a guy and would like to know more about the bike. And how do you start a new tread ?}} | ||
| Bomber |
Mike -- check the Knowledge Vault and the Old School Buell areas -- more than likelyt, you're head will reel from the amount of data, and the need start a new thread will pass for a bit ;-} congrats on the new scoot -- it's a keeper! | ||
| Tripper |
To start a new tread take an exacto knife and your old tire and start carving. | ||
| Awprior |
Tripper, It'll get some accessories. First is the exhaust, it's going to be another loud Buell. I can always keep up, there wasn't a huge need to get tickets or dump the M2 on that trip, I had plenty of miles to go after KC. Aaron, I'll have to look him up once I get back to work. I don't recognize the name, but I'll give him a shout. I have worked with a lot of very talented people at Deere in the past 4 years, and the stuff we come out with gets better and better. Mike, You know the color of my M2 as well, and Dave didn't give me any crap about the color. Two blue bikes? Maybe I'll have to add another to the stable soon, like a Parkway Blue S2. Can't wait to ride with ya again, Mike. | ||
| Kreinke  |
Hey guys, I'm considering using those Pirelli Scorpions that they use on the CITY X on my Beemer. How do they hold up mileage-wise. The magazines seem to like them on you bikes. Thanks in advance. | ||
| Reepicheep  |
FWIW, 2k+ aggressive miles and no obvious wear yet... | ||
| Wyckedflesh  |
Kreinke how much does your beemer weigh? I ask because its been mentioned on another board that bikes that are heavier are eating some of the Pirelli's alive. | ||
| Kreinke |
"Queen Latifah" tips the scales at just over 500 lbs. She steers like a 250cc dirt bike though. Anyhoo...I guess the Scorpions are dual sport tires (am I right or wrong). Currently I have Dunlop D-208's and I've hear that I'll be lucky to get 3k out of a rear one. That's the only reason I'm asking. On my last Beemer (an F650) I had real good luck with Avon Azaro II's for mileage. They gripped real well in the wet as well. Thanks guys. | ||
| Ftd  |
FYI Don't miss MotoGP star Nicky Hayden as he stops in Greg's Garage on his way home from pre-season testing - ONLY on SPEED! Tuesday: 8pm ET/9pm PT | ||
| Wyckedflesh |
Kreinke, the Scorpion Syncs which are what on the CityX are not actually Dual Sports. They are more of a cross between a SuperMotard tire and a street tire per Pirelli's site. They do offer a Dual Sport tire with the Skorpion name but its a different animal that is ment more for Fire roads then total street use. Since your running a 208 now, the I can't see a problem with you running the Syncs. | ||
| Firemanjim  |
Monday night we had our sixth anniversary bash for A.S.B.N.Had over 70 Buell enthusiasts there,reps from Vallejo and Fremont Buell,Reg Kittrelle,---but absolutely no Buell or BRAG presence(come on guys!!!).Talked about racing,AFM,Laguna Moto GP,Daytona,Vallejo Buells new XB racebike--We had tons of goodies for our raffle thanks to the dealers, Dusty from Custom Chrome,and Al Lighton of American Sport Bike all the way up from San Diego for the bash.My buddy,Dave Stochl,won a set of new Michelins for his Buell!! Here is a link to JVV's pics.Ya shoulda been there--- | ||
| Al_lighton  |
Hey FMJ, No link, no joy  6.5 hours to drive up there, but took over 9 hours to drive back (+2.5 hours to catch a few winks in a rest stop in the middle of the night). Some trucker burned his truck to the ground on I5 going up the grapevine grade, shut the whole road down long enough to delay my entrance into LA until peak rush hour. Truly no joy there, LA traffic is unbelievable. The American Sport BikeN meetings are great. Woz, Jack, Rex, Jim, Joe, Dusty, and others do a great job of setting it up and making it all interesting and entertaining. Al | ||
| Turnagain  |
JVV's _A_S_B_N_ pics | ||
| Court |
CONGRATULATIONS on 6 very cool years.... Great pictures and what a crowd! Court | ||
| Reedxb12r |
Hi I have a race muffler that I'm going to be selling it is off of my 04 xb12r looks really good has 5000 miles on it. If anybody is interested you can e-mail me at reedxb12r@yahoo.com I would like to get around $200-250 for it they go for around 350 new so let me know. Thank you | ||
| M1combat  |
Anyone that wants a muffler for that price will buy a Jardine. | ||
| Reepicheep |
Dunno... Given the reputation for breakage at this point, I would probably buy a Buell race exhaust before I bought the Jardine. I know Jardine supposedly just fixed some things, but the Buell part has been good all along. | ||
| M1combat |
You have a point there... | ||
| Mikej  |
Bleustein retiring, CFO taking over: http://www.jsonline.com/bym/news/dec04/282608.asp?format=print  (Message edited by mikej on December 09, 2004) | ||
| Moxnix |
Is that the sugar-coated version? Will Buell survive this diatribe? Should I sell my significant American sportbike and buy a Triumph? |
