| Author | Message | ||
     Anonymous |
Not only did the pushrod air cooled XBRR win the Pro Twins championship over 1098s, 999's, Milles, etc., with Bruno Destoop riding, Dennis Bouane just won the prestigious Moto Tour event in France for the second year in a row! On an XB12STT, over all brands, including factory supported KTM Super Dukes, BMW HP2, Triumph, Benelli, and factory supported Japanese. Can we have a celebration for truth over hype here? Or will this turn into another Buell-bash bullshit session? The XB12STT deserves so much more respect than the cookie cutter chasers gave it... Here are the top 40 finishers. It was also on the cover of Moto Journal, and on french prime time TV. 1 1 IRC BOUAN Denis BUELL XB Multi 117 46:44.11 3:04.82 49:48.93 49:48.93 2 2 IRC D'ORGEIX Jehan HONDA CBR Multi 2 17 47:01.16 3:09.33 50:10.49 50:10.49 :21.56 3 61 IRC DONISCHAL Philippe KTM SUPERDUKE Multi 3 17 46:58.36 3:13.52 50:11.88 50:11.88 :22.95 4 3 IRC LEJEUNE Frédéric BMW HP2 Multi 4 17 47:08.29 3:04.39 50:12.68 50:12.68 :23.75 5 18 IRC TALLONE Wilfried SUZUKI GSXR Multi 5 17 47:24.03 3:05.25 50:29.28 50:29.28 :40.35 6 15 IRC FLICK François TRIUMPH DAYTONA Multi 6 17 47:47.32 3:13.03 51:00.35 51:00.35 1:11.42 7 24 IRC COLLIAUX Benjamin SUZUKI GSXR Multi 7 17 47:44.81 3:17.33 51:02.14 51:02.14 1:13.21 8 36 IRC DESTOOP Bruno BUELL XB Multi 8 17 47:49.28 3:15.01 51:04.29 51:04.29 1:15.36 9 31 IRC STEY Bertrand HONDA CBRRR Multi 9 17 47:50.27 3:19.50 51:09.77 51:09.77 1:20.84 10 7 IRC AYRTON Nick BENELLI TNT Multi 10 17 48:48.37 3:25.69 52:14.06 52:14.06 2:25.13 11 22 IRC ROUSSELIN Philippe YAMAHA R1 Multi 11 17 48:29.13 3:16.48 51:45.61 00:30 52:15.61 2:26.68 12 27 IRC SAKELLARIDES Jean-L SUZUKI TLS Multi 12 17 48:59.94 3:17.09 52:17.03 52:17.03 2:28.10 13 4 IRC CURTAT Patrick TRIUMPH TIGER Multi 13 17 49:20.30 3:14.74 52:35.04 52:35.04 2:46.11 14 19 IRC HAQUIN Christian KTM SUPERDUKE Multi 14 17 49:07.14 3:30.18 52:37.32 52:37.32 2:48.39 15 6 IRC PARRET Florent BMW HP2 Multi 15 17 49:47.25 3:18.78 53:06.03 53:06.03 3:17.10 16 40 IRC BOURNISIEN Patrick TRIUMPH SPEED TRIPLE Multi-Prom 117 49:54.26 3:17.33 53:11.59 00:15 53:26.59 3:37.66 17 26 IRC JOCTEUR Stéphane YAMAHA FZ6 Multi 16 17 50:14.46 3:19.69 53:34.15 53:34.15 3:45.22 18 10 IRC TASSART Philippe KAWASAKI ZXR Multi 17 17 51:14.97 3:38.87 54:53.84 54:53.84 5:04.91 19 11 IRC SOL Didier SUZUKI GSXR Multi 18 17 51:43.47 3:33.23 55:16.70 55:16.70 5:27.77 20 63 IRC VEDILLE Marcel TRIUMPH DAYTONA Multi 19 17 52:07.73 3:36.31 55:44.04 55:44.04 5:55.11 21 8 IRC TROUSSARD Marc DUCATI B1 Multi 20 17 52:49.67 3:15.74 56:05.41 56:05.41 6:16.48 22 39 IRC PONCET Didier KTM SUPERMOTO Multi-Prom 2 17 52:58.05 3:19.26 56:17.31 56:17.31 6:28.38 23 29 IRC BONNEAU Michel SUZUKI GSXR Multi-Prom 3 17 52:51.50 3:32.54 56:24.04 56:24.04 6:35.11 24 25 IRC LEJEUNE Laurent Yamaha STEEL FIGHTER Multi 21 17 52:51.72 3:33.81 56:25.53 56:25.53 6:36.60 25 14 IRC DETOURNAY Marc MORINI CORSARO Multi 22 17 52:55.41 3:32.74 56:28.15 56:28.15 6:39.22 26 12 IRC CLEMENT Jean-Pierre KTM SUPERMOTO Mono 117 54:08.56 3:33.58 57:42.14 57:42.14 7:53.21 27 51 IRC BOINET Jean-Paul KAWASAKI GODIER GENO Classic 117 54:07.95 3:35.49 57:43.44 57:43.44 7:54.51 28 43 IRC LAGAIN Thierry HONDA CB Multi 23 17 49:11.76 3:29.96 52:41.72 05:15 57:56.72 8:07.79 29 45 IRC DUCLAUD Bruno YAMAHA R1 Multi 24 17 54:49.10 3:38.56 58:27.66 58:27.66 8:38.73 30 37 IRC SERE Didier KAWASAKI ER6 Multi-Prom 4 17 55:28.26 3:46.77 59:15.03 59:15.03 9:26.10 31 64 IRC COULMIERS Laurent MORINI CORSARO Multi 25 17 56:19.82 3:43.83 1:00:03.65 1:00:03.65 10:14.72 32 54 IRC ROLLAND Gérard YAMAHA RDLC Classic 2 17 54:58.00 3:30.29 58:28.29 03:15 1:01:43.29 11:54.36 33 28 IRC FOLLOPE Christian KTM 990SD Multi 26 17 56:11.42 3:41.00 59:52.42 02:15 1:02:07.42 12:18.49 34 57 IRC MARTIN Luc BMW R / GS Classic 3 17 58:57.71 3:41.60 1:02:39.31 1:02:39.31 12:50.38 35 53 IRC SECONDO Pierre KAWASAKI Z1 Classic 4 17 1:00:02.10 3:42.61 1:03:44.71 1:03:44.71 13:55.78 36 41 IRC PINCHEDEZ Philippe DUCATI LCD Multi 27 17 1:00:05.14 3:12.53 1:03:17.67 00:30 1:03:47.67 13:58.74 37 52 IRC PLANCHON TOURLY G KAWASAKI GODIER GENO Classic 5 17 1:00:27.40 4:17.98 1:04:45.38 1:04:45.38 14:56.45 38 42 IRC TOURNIER Philippe YAMAHA MT 03 Mono-Prom 117 1:03:22.82 3:57.24 1:07:20.06 1:07:20.06 17:31.13 39 56 IRC MARTIN Eric YAMAHA XJ Classic 6 17 1:05:52.41 4:03.75 1:09:56.16 1:09:56.16 20:07.23 40 35 IRC MAIRE Michel MV AGUSTA BRUTALE Multi-Prom 5 17 58:39.85 3:46.22 1:02:26.07 5h03:00 6:05:26.07 15:37.14 | ||
| New12r |
SWEEET! | ||
| Anonymous |
Thanks, New12... | ||
| Gfc55 |
COOL!!! I know I've been feeling like a better rider since I got my STT in May. I've owned a bunch of bikes over the last 30+ years, but the STT is the most fun corner-carver I've ever owned. George | ||
| Neb25 |
Nice! | ||
| M1combat |
Bloody Brilliant  . Can we get a pic? | ||
| Rubberdown |
Cool! | ||
| Glitch |
Success is the best revenge ever! | ||
| M2nc |
Fantastic. Way to go. Go Buell!! | ||
| Nevrenuf |
after testing the tt, i think it's the closest that comes to the m2. it is a fun bike and that is way to cool anony. | ||
| Metalstorm |
WOOOOOHOOOOOOOO!!!!! Totally Awesome! Fantastic! Great! And dare I say it.....Really GOOD! Maybe I get a little too excited when I see stuff like this | ||
| Unibear12r |
Love It!!! Go Buell!!! | ||
| Coal400 |
Thumbs up! | ||
| Diablobrian |
That's great! having 2 Buells in the top 10 of the Moto Tour would be amazing in itself, but to have won.........WOW! Congrats to the teams in the pro twins too! Good Show guys! Buell has a lot to crow about this year and the future looks very bright for Buell Racing, and us as Buell riders. | ||
| Skully |
Woohoo! Go Buell!! Keith CMRA 211 | ||
| Smoke |
FANTASTIC!!!! | ||
| Blake |
YEEEEEE HAAAWWWW!   | ||
| Blake |
I may have to go out and get a bottle of good French wine to celebrate. | ||
| Strato9r |
EXXXXCELLENT!!!!!!!! | ||
| Anonymous |
Thank you all so much for the positif support; it was a lot of good work by the rider and the whole team. I have some photos and even a video (great riding clips), but no idea how to connect them up to here. Will try to find out how. If not maybe you can find MotoJournal's web site to get at least the cover photo with a big wheelie? | ||
| Court |
That is way cool . . . that's what they call the "proof in the putting" . . . as in putting the rider atop the podium. This is excellent news! | ||
| Gentleman_jon |
Here are some visuals: The Moto Journal cover:  Link to the video: http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x384vy_moto-tour-2007-denis-bouan_sport | ||
| Reepicheep |
Congratulations! My only problem with the TT had nothing to do with the TT... it's the perfect bike for me. The problem is that my 9sx is *such* a great bike also, and it was first | ||
| Stealthxb |
Congratulations to everyone involved! | ||
| Slaughter |
CONGRATULATIONS to Denis Bouan! OK Anony, you got me chasing articles with Google translating (can't find much info in English) - the following is a Google translation from one French site: http://moto.caradisiac.com/Dark-Dog-Moto-Tour-2007 -Nouvelle-victoire-de-Buell-427 (and to think, he's using the number plates on that TT for ... NUMBERS!)
I have to admit, google translation is a little clunky but it's a useful tool for interpreting European websites! (Besides I work with engineers who are harder to understand!) | ||
| Slaughter |
Do any of our French Speakers - Canadians, eh? know how to shoot Bruno and Denis a congratulatory email? It would be trés cool to let him know that some of us on this side of the pond are enthused! (Message edited by slaughter on October 19, 2007) | ||
| Hexangler |
AWESOME!  Hex | ||
| M1combat |
Yeah... we need Denis and bruno's e-mail addresses . | ||
| Thesmaz |
I met Denis at the Paris moto show earlier in the month. Really nice guy and seemed surprised to hear that there was so much talk about him and his achievements here on BadWeb. I didn't ask for his contact info but I did give him the address for the site but I have a feeling that if he did show up around here he would have a hard time. When I spoke to him we had to find one of the folks at the HD/Buell display area that could speak english. | ||
| Slaughter |
There ARE translation sites (google, freetranslation.com) that are very usable. If BOTH parties know that it is a computer translation, it's NOT BAD!! Send a note in your native language AND the machine translation. It's kind of fun actually. I buy/sell some collectible cameras to Europe through Ebay and it's been great. I'd like to see if there'd be a way to let them know that what they're doing IS being noticed "over here." |
