| Author | Message | ||
     Trojan |
Good news and bad news   We have today sold our Buell XB12 race bike But we have sold it to a team that will run the bike at the Isle of Man 2007 Senior TT race at the 100th anniversary TT meeting This will be the very first Buell to race at the Isle of Man, and we will continue to support the bike and the team with parts and advice The bike will be ridden by Kevin 'Ago' Murphy, an experienced road racer, who will be posting regular updates on his web site at http://www.irishagoracing.info/ | ||
| Skully |
All right Matt! GO BUELL! | ||
| 12r |
Realistically Matt, where do you think it will finish in a sea of R1s, GSX-Rs and Fireblades ? | ||
| Trojan |
Realistically Matt, where do you think it will finish in a sea of R1s, GSX-Rs and Fireblades ? It really doesn't matter where it finishes compared to the other competitors at the Isle of Man, as the major battle is against the clock and the course itself. We know that it can't compete directly with the full on Superbikes etc, especially as they will be clocking nearly 200mph in places on the course! The aim is to finish the race and clock a 100mph+ average lap time. That will be a massive achievement in itself. 6 x 37 mile laps, 2 or 3 fuel stops and two tyre changes will be hard enough  | ||
| 12r |
Good luck - it will be most excellent if a Buell laps at over 100 mph  | ||
| Trojan |
The rider has lapped the TT course at 109mph on a pretty stock VTR1000 a couple of years ago, and this put out similar BHP figures to our bike, but with less torque. Our bike handles better so should be able to post a lap time somewhere close or better than the VTR | ||
| Aeholton |
The bike will be ridden by Kevin 'Ago' Murphy, an experienced road racer, who will be posting regular updates on his web site at http://www.irishagoracing.info/ Let's hope he updates his site a little more in the future. Looks like it hasn't been updated since 1999 or early 2000. Very cool that a Buell will be running the Isle of Man TT!!! | ||
| Court |
>>>That will be a massive achievement in itself. That's an accurate statement. Congratulations on being part of this, it's huge. Let me know if I may be of help in anyway. This is a good year for BUELL RACING. | ||
| Trojan |
Let me know if I may be of help in anyway. Thanks Court, I have e-mailed Erik & Henry about this, but if you happen to speak to anyone who can help then please feel free to mention it. Obviously with the TT celebrating it's 100th anniversary this year the publicity generated would be good, and the crowds support will be massive | ||
| Cityxslicker |
We have a TT island course out Seattle way, but they limit displacement to 500cc to keep the insanity down. I would love to run it on a cafe blast, its always the two evils of budget and time that stop me... damn them  | ||
| Court |
I'll hear from them. This is one of the one's that REALLY piss Erik off. . . I get to do the fun stuff and he has to work! Doesn't bother me one bit! | ||
| Trojan |
Thanks again Court If anyone wants to see just how scary the IOM TT really is, watch this onboard video taken by the late great Dave Jefferies a few years ago (make sure you are sitting down though!) http://kapitalmoto.co.uk/node/235 | ||
| Hogs |
Thats WILD....Hard to believe thats FAST..! Stupid Question,But IS there any way any car could keep up to him on That Course? (Message edited by hogs on March 13, 2007) | ||
| Trojan |
Stupid Question,But IS there any way any car could keep up to him on That Course? I don't think a car would even get close. You would need something like a WRC Rally car to cope with the bumps and jumps, and they wouldn't do the top speeds that the Superbikes do on the Isle of Man. It is amazing to me that people do 190mph+ on parts of this course and the lap record is an astonishing 129.5 mph average for the 37 mile lap. | ||
| Court |
The Isle of Man is the Holy Grail of racing and brings out an inexplicable passion in participants and spectators. There are no "mildly" interested spectators or "mildly" competitive riders. The entire event is BALLS OUT. We have a resident expert in Dave Gess. Court | ||
| Macbuell |
I just think the TT is the coolest thing in the world. I have already convinced a couple of my friends to join me for a trip across the pond one year and they don't even ride. I just need to figure out the schedule and the cash. | ||
| No_rice |
it's odd that this comes up when i was just pricing plane tickets for there last weekend... someone needs to enter some xbrr's also! | ||
| Jaimec |
More importantly, this race has NO runoffs, no air fences, or any other "safety features." It is NOT run on a race track, but on public roads with curbing, pot holes, fire hydrants, street lights, trees, etc. It takes a special kind of lunatic to do 200+ mph on roads like that... God Bless 'Em! | ||
| Terribletim |
...on a Buell!  I still can't imagine the pot holes! hope their roads are better than ours! | ||
| Trojan |
It would be good to see an XBRR there, although the gu riding our (ex) bike already approached Warr's and they weren't interested apparently As they have the only XBRR in the UK that pretty much closed that avenue off. The XBRR may actually be too focussed and highly strung for the TT, whereas a less highly tuned bike should last longer and be less 'skittish' over the jumps and bumps around the course. It is sometines better in an event like the TT to have 100 reliable bhp than 150 uncertain ones. Suspension also needs to be set up a lot softer than for circuit racing. Our bike was tuned for reliability and torque rather than outright bhp, and coupled with the Ulysses frame for greater stability and fuel capacity it should suit the event well. | ||
| No_rice |
i never did catch if yours still had the uly height on was lower now. | ||
| Treadmarks |
It ain't no flat track. Thats fo daayyum sho. http://www.gov.im/tourism/videos/TT_2005_Promo_256 .wmv | ||
| Trojan |
i never did catch if yours still had the uly height on was lower now. Ours has been lowered, although it still stands slightly higher than a stock XB at the rear. Front end is Yamaha R1 and rear is a custom built AST adjustable shock. | ||
| Naustin |
Buell has always said that their bikes are built for real world performance, not race track performance. The TT, being race run in as close to the real world as possible, seems the perfect place to prove it. I'm really excieted to see how this turns out! | ||
| Davegess |
MOST EXCELLANT. Matt, I will help in any way I can. Feel free to pass on my contact info dave at davegess dot com How about team shirts, this guys needs Irish Ago race team shirts. Nice mechanic style ones with sponsor patches and such. Top quality, we could sell them and make him a few bucks. If there is a Buell racing at the TT Erik will be green with envy if he can't go! He is mad for the TT. It will be a challenge for sure, but it is not anything like really riding on the roads. It is a serious test of how well a bike handles though bumpy turns at 140 to 190 mph. Hardly even matters what the bike does below 100 mph as so much of the course is run above that! To stand at the top of Bray Hill was to know that I could NEVER go down that thing at even 100 mph much less WFO in top gear on a superbike. I fellow I know raced there a few years and when he first arrived he asked the taxi driver to take him to the top of Bray Hill. He stood there thinking to himself "What the hell am I doing here?" and it must have shown on his face 'cause the driver said "good, if Bray Hill doesn't scare you, you should not race here." | ||
| Tigerbythetail |
hi.............congratulations. Nice that somebody has the guts to go for the TT with an XB. What the late DJ has shown and others do on the Superbikes is just in a different league. An XB was never build to do this stuff. Power is vital to be fast at this event, but what really counts is to know that track by heart, so lets see how well your guy will do. I hope that the engine takes the beating as well as you guys wish. tiger | ||
| Rocketman |
I'm trying hard to persuade my close friend to take his boat over to the TT. It's the only way anyone will get bikes onto the Island at such short notice now. I'd like to see a Buell doing the TT. What a hoot! Rocket | ||
| M1combat |
"Irish Ago race team shirts" I'd buy two Dave... Probably three even. I've got a couple real good friends that regularly wear the shirts I gave them that I got from Daytona. | ||
| M1combat |
Oh... and they're Irish . | ||
| Hardcorps |
the site was updated in 2006 if you click on the diaries section. |
