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Court
Posted on Monday, June 25, 2007 - 07:05 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

>>>the front fairing bracket on the XB9/12R.

That's an accurate statement.

In fact, I think it'd be fair to say there's a lot more to that bracket than many folks know about.

I see that bracket as quite revolutionary.

Right or wrong?
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Ducxl
Posted on Monday, June 25, 2007 - 08:39 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Right...

There are other processes that might be first choice for a extremely high-performance wheel.

Like my Blackstonetech CF wheels?
too bad they're $1500 each.But if there's a high quality part out there you can bet there are quality people willing to find the cash.Street going Desmosedieci.I was aware of the fairing bracket and just wanted to point out an American manufacturer of high quality wheels.As far as the statement about the Chinese making copies for cheaper,i'll point to the slider argument of a couple weeks ago.I HATE what the Chinese do to us.And i HATE sourcing parts to them.I don't want no stinkin' Chinese parts on my bikes,PERIOD.
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Skully
Posted on Monday, June 25, 2007 - 10:36 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

As far as the statement about the Chinese making copies for cheaper,i'll point to the slider argument of a couple weeks ago.

DarkHorseMoto sliders are made right here in the good ol' USA (in East Texas!).
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Buellinachinashop
Posted on Monday, June 25, 2007 - 11:59 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

......and back on topic.

ram air induction is possibly in the forecast for 08 model air box covers. They should fit the 03-present XBs.

commence arguing.
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2kx1
Posted on Tuesday, June 26, 2007 - 04:00 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

OK,
Back on topic, 1200cc's,water-cooled,
6-speed,3fuel maps,TUBE frame, 5-valve heads,optional ti exhaust, carbon wheels,swedish boingers and a few other things I'm probably forgetting.
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Pushrodpete
Posted on Tuesday, June 26, 2007 - 04:20 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

... and it's a 2-stroke.

How can you forget THAT????
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Pushrodpete
Posted on Tuesday, June 26, 2007 - 04:22 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Oh, and in the entire 700+ threads here, has anyone mentioned COUNTERBALANCING????

Think of the weight savings you could achieve by not having to make everything extra-beefy to withstand the shaking forces....
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Ridrx
Posted on Tuesday, June 26, 2007 - 08:36 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Friction drive...who needs belts and chains?
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Steve_mackay
Posted on Tuesday, June 26, 2007 - 08:40 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

I'm going to be within a couple of block of the Buell factory this morning... Maybe I should bring my camera? : )
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Jaimec
Posted on Tuesday, June 26, 2007 - 08:41 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

http://www.badweatherbikers.com/buell/messages/158 664/287571.html?1182860396
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Slaughter
Posted on Tuesday, June 26, 2007 - 08:43 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

OK,
Back on topic, 1200cc's,water-cooled,
6-speed,3fuel maps,TUBE frame, 5-valve heads,optional ti exhaust, carbon wheels,swedish boingers and a few other things I'm probably forgetting.


Feathers!

(but you didn't get that from me!)
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Dongalonga
Posted on Tuesday, June 26, 2007 - 09:22 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

I really like the looks of this:
http://www.rotax.com/en/Engine/2004/Motorcycle/Eng ine.Models.htm
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Hughlysses
Posted on Tuesday, June 26, 2007 - 09:30 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

It seems to me we have had some major hints dropped:

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Court, posted on 6/6/2007:

">>>anybody heard from the little birdie lately?

Yes.

I think you'll be quite surprised and perhaps a bit stunned. Watch your back . . they may not be coming from where you think."
http://www.badweatherbikers.com/cgibin/discus/show .cgi?tpc=32777&post=902369#POST902369
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Court, posted on 6/6/2007:

"Hehehehe....and of course they'd never do an ooopsy and accidently get a new page up too soon while they are fiddling with it.

Ya gotta love human beings!"
http://www.badweatherbikers.com/cgibin/discus/show .cgi?tpc=32777&post=902413#POST902413
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Court, posted on 6/26/2007:

"Well, there's one thing for sure. It's not a snake . . . if it were, it'd bit ya.

Don't say the good folks at Buell didn't do their part to spill the beans.

Exciting times."
http://www.badweatherbikers.com/cgibin/discus/show .cgi?tpc=158664&post=915660#POST915660
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OK, I'm excited. Is there something sitting right there at Buell.com that we're missing? The only thing I can find is a new Uly photo on the main page. I'm still looking....
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Dongalonga
Posted on Tuesday, June 26, 2007 - 09:39 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

I think it may be an accidental post of a video like with the Uly. that didnt happen until right before the release i believe.
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Dbird29
Posted on Tuesday, June 26, 2007 - 09:41 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

I think Court has a PHD in "remind me to tell you sometime".
I am too stupid to see any clues.
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Hughlysses
Posted on Tuesday, June 26, 2007 - 09:46 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

That Uly "Own all the corners" video was out ~1 month before the bike, which got most of us really wound up before the bike's release. Then DaveS got his "Cycle World" one week early with a full page ad for the thing.

Maybe one of our PhD internet geeks will find something we mere mortals can't.
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Bmonty72
Posted on Tuesday, June 26, 2007 - 10:31 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Court must have been a burlesque dancer in a former life...He just LOVES to hint and leave inuendo(sp?) but never really show you anything...You Court are a big TEASE!!!!!!
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Trojan
Posted on Tuesday, June 26, 2007 - 11:11 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

"Well, there's one thing for sure. It's not a snake . . . if it were, it'd bit ya.

So are we to expect..The Buell Lizard, or the Buell Worm, or maybe the Buell Chameleon? Or just boring old Buell Viper?

they may not be coming from where you think."

Highland 950 V-Twin : ) : ) : )
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Jaimec
Posted on Tuesday, June 26, 2007 - 11:19 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

A 1200cc water-cooled, 4-valve V-Twin homologated for World Superbike...
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Spatten1
Posted on Tuesday, June 26, 2007 - 11:33 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

The salesman at my dealer said it is a high-reving 1100.

I ran into one of the mechanics at the same dealer Sunday. He says it is a 1340 detuned RR putting 120hp to the rear wheel.

He said they already have a list of the bikes that will be delivered. The new Buell is called......."New Model" on his list.
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Spatten1
Posted on Tuesday, June 26, 2007 - 11:34 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Oh yeah, the mechanic also has inside info that next year we will get a 750cc rotax liquid cooled engine........

I'm glad I finally got the real information.
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Court
Posted on Tuesday, June 26, 2007 - 11:49 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

I think Court's full of crap.
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Cheesebeast
Posted on Tuesday, June 26, 2007 - 11:50 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

What about the old Nova V4 engine that Harley mothballed?

http://www.bikerenews.com/AntiqueBikes/CodeNameNov a.htm

The Nova was a V4 (or V2, or V6!) that was water cooled, DOHC, and was touted to make 135hp.

They spent a good bit of money on it. Might Erik Buell and friends have a go with it?
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Kuuud
Posted on Tuesday, June 26, 2007 - 11:56 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Once the rest of us know the secret, the clues will seem quite obvious in hind sight.

Having said that, I have no idea at this point either. I'm sure I have heard some good clues but those 'mushrooms' are buried among all the fertilizer that's been put forth.
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Trojan
Posted on Tuesday, June 26, 2007 - 11:58 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

I think Court's full of crap.

Ahaaa! another clue.....the colour choice will be limited to brown : )
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Hughlysses
Posted on Tuesday, June 26, 2007 - 12:11 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

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Ft_bstrd
Posted on Tuesday, June 26, 2007 - 12:31 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

I think Court's full of crap.


Damn burrito platter!



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Jaimec
Posted on Tuesday, June 26, 2007 - 12:39 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

What? No okra??
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José_quiñones
Posted on Tuesday, June 26, 2007 - 12:42 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Was anybody at Goodwood this past weekend?
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Court
Posted on Tuesday, June 26, 2007 - 12:49 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Okra?

Okay....okay. . . I'll talk!

: )
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