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Pinball
| Posted on Monday, November 13, 2006 - 12:40 am: |
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Scroll down a little bit and find the new XB12SX! http://72.14.209.104/search?sourceid=navclient&ie= UTF-8&rls=RNWE,RNWE:2005-12,RNWE:en&q=cache:http%3 A%2F%2Fwww.raptorsandrockets.com%2Fnews.html |
Jackelfox
| Posted on Monday, November 13, 2006 - 12:45 am: |
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KTM orange? |
Thespive
| Posted on Monday, November 13, 2006 - 01:11 am: |
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That was posted a while back Pinball, we are expecting something more. --Sean |
Rocketsprink
| Posted on Monday, November 13, 2006 - 06:03 am: |
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Honest to God, if the come out with a City X 12, they'll be laughed out of the show in Milan. IMHO anything based on the XB platform wouldn't be considered a Motard. Just too bulky. We'll see. But I'd be very disappointed if they just basically shoved in a different engine and renamed the bike. |
Barker
| Posted on Monday, November 13, 2006 - 08:28 am: |
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Pinball, where is the 12sx? All I see is some text about a rumor and some old promo pix of XB9SX's |
Chrisb
| Posted on Monday, November 13, 2006 - 09:06 am: |
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I usually avoid these threads however I'll join in with my SWAG. Std frame Revised swingarm with adjusters (see XBRR) Uly'ish suspension narrower rear wheel 160(expands tire choices) Revised tail section OR All new blast that can be turned into a single cyl track monster. Thats my $.02 First cup of coffee monday morning I just wrote a SQL script from hell guess. |
99buellx1
| Posted on Monday, November 13, 2006 - 04:16 pm: |
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quote:BUELL press confrence 5.00 pm at the Pav. 2 booth I30
Sooo. Where's the info? |
Rocketsprink
| Posted on Monday, November 13, 2006 - 04:25 pm: |
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I believe it's tomorrow. |
Josh_cox
| Posted on Monday, November 13, 2006 - 04:33 pm: |
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It was today. Check out Buell.com tomorrow! It will be up then. |
B18c5
| Posted on Monday, November 13, 2006 - 04:34 pm: |
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New XB12STT due out in january of 2007 (real thing took picture of brochure) 1203 engine 31.4 seat height 5.7" of suspension travel
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Anonymous
| Posted on Monday, November 13, 2006 - 04:35 pm: |
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well-meaning and good-hearted enthusiasts have lost their jobs "over the internet" at both Buell and MoCo, much less the ones that leak. That would be even quicker separation. It's a hellaciously strict policy with almost zero tolerance regardless of intent, but in many ways understandable due to their shareholder interests and liability/risk aversion stance. |
Johnnylunchbox
| Posted on Monday, November 13, 2006 - 04:37 pm: |
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***yawn*** sorry. |
Rocketsprink
| Posted on Monday, November 13, 2006 - 04:40 pm: |
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Looks like a white Uly with a S fly screen and number plates where the passenger brackets were. God, I hope no one looses their job over this. |
B18c5
| Posted on Monday, November 13, 2006 - 04:46 pm: |
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got the brouchure in the mail today I think it releases overseas today |
Ratyson
| Posted on Monday, November 13, 2006 - 04:51 pm: |
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If that is it... um.. boy, that is disappointing (IF in fact, they are tryin to market it as a motard). My vision of a Buell motard would involve the blast motor (with maybe some go fast bits), and a lightweight motard frame with a high stance. |
B18c5
| Posted on Monday, November 13, 2006 - 04:54 pm: |
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MSRP 10,295 Comes in Arctic White and Barricade Orange |
Centurion
| Posted on Monday, November 13, 2006 - 04:58 pm: |
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For us in sunny England how does the MSRP 10,295 compare with your MSRP for the Ulysses & Lightning. |
Humboldtblast
| Posted on Monday, November 13, 2006 - 05:00 pm: |
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thats what all the hub-bub is about? uhhhh |
Tpoppa
| Posted on Monday, November 13, 2006 - 05:22 pm: |
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That really doesn't seen much different from what is already in the XB lineup |
Macbuell
| Posted on Monday, November 13, 2006 - 05:27 pm: |
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Sorry, but that really doesn't do anything for me. I'm looking for the knock your socks off street legal version of the XBRR or a true sport tourer. I guess I'll just have to keep waiting. |
Spatten1
| Posted on Monday, November 13, 2006 - 05:37 pm: |
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This is getting too much like the Chrysler K-car thing. 17 models, one model. Put a better engine in it for crying out loud. |
Rocketsprink
| Posted on Monday, November 13, 2006 - 05:43 pm: |
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Just gave the Buell haters more ammo. Can't wait to read the comments on other boards. |
Lake_bueller
| Posted on Monday, November 13, 2006 - 05:46 pm: |
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looking for the knock your socks off street legal version of the XBRR Don't be suprised to see that when Buell rolls our more bikes at the 2008 dealer's meeting. |
Macbuell
| Posted on Monday, November 13, 2006 - 05:50 pm: |
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Here's what I do not understand. Why do a separate launch from your usual model introductions for something so underwhelming? |
Rocketsprink
| Posted on Monday, November 13, 2006 - 05:50 pm: |
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Can't be any less surprised. Or underwhelmed. |
Jjk
| Posted on Monday, November 13, 2006 - 06:03 pm: |
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Call me crazy, but I like the new bike. I find it funny that everyone seems so disappointed - it's not like Ducati hasn't been practicing the same sort of thing with all the many variations of Monsters over the years. Or H-D itself making seemingly 1000's of versions of the same bike (I can't tell the difference between a lot of them). I honestly think this new bike has the potential to be the 'best' bike Buell makes. XB handling w/a bit more suspension travel will make it devastating on the imperfect back roads I frequent and a demon around town. Okay, it's not a real 'motard' and it ain't the water-cooled hyperbike so many have been clamoring for, but it is still going to be a neat product. |
Percyco
| Posted on Monday, November 13, 2006 - 06:17 pm: |
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I like it...........and it doesn't make my 03 Lightning out-of -date, my savings account is safe !! |
Pwnzor
| Posted on Monday, November 13, 2006 - 06:39 pm: |
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OK... how about something.... NEW???? 6th gear would impress me a lot more than these lackluster offerings. A 1203 City X and a nubbed Uly are hardly "new". Not that I'm knocking it, but I mean, come on now. |
Lllbmanlll
| Posted on Monday, November 13, 2006 - 07:06 pm: |
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I hope that's a photo chopped picture. |
Ft_bstrd
| Posted on Monday, November 13, 2006 - 07:09 pm: |
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I can see it filling a slot for a slightly lower Uly or a taller CityX. Now if you are vertically challenged you have a middle sized choice, larger than the CityX, smaller than the Uly. It's not radical, but it does give a choice. The problem is that now there is yet another nuance not another model. Dealers are already loathe to carry the models available. I would be surprised if it makes it to the floor only at the cost of another model. Seems that most places only put three or four on the floor. The rest get relegated to a dark corner in the back. What are the chances that you would see: Blast XB9R XB12R XB12S XB12SS XB12Scg XB9S XB9SX XB12X and the XB12STT on the showroom floor at the same time in any other dealership other than Dave Stueve's? And we aren't even talking about different colors. |