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Nsbuell
Posted on Saturday, May 14, 2005 - 11:07 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

I made the mistake the other day of challenging a guy in an Acura NSX on the highway. I guess I forgot I was on my 9R and not a screaming Japanese four. He stayed right on my all the way through a 180 km/hr sweeper without a problem so I let him pass after realizing I had bitten off more than I could chew...oh well, I'll stick to embarrassing teenagers in Civics.
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Fogal
Posted on Saturday, May 14, 2005 - 11:14 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

good for you. thanks for letting us know your a loser
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Nsbuell
Posted on Saturday, May 14, 2005 - 11:30 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Oh and you would have magically left him in the dust on a bike that only does 235 km I suppose.
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Fogal
Posted on Saturday, May 14, 2005 - 11:35 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

maybe i would have just let him go past and rode my bike like a normal human not one that thinks hes the king of the road.
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Buellish0
Posted on Saturday, May 14, 2005 - 11:35 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

now thats funny &whats a kmh????????
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Nsbuell
Posted on Saturday, May 14, 2005 - 11:39 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Sorry dad.

And the KM/H...it may come as a surprise but not everyone on this board is American.
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Fogal
Posted on Saturday, May 14, 2005 - 11:42 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

hey maybe you should try an R1 next time, then come back here and tell us all how much of a loser you are
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Buellish0
Posted on Saturday, May 14, 2005 - 11:44 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

lightin up pal its ajoke!!!!!!!
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Anonymous
Posted on Saturday, May 14, 2005 - 11:48 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

whats a kmh????????

a bit faster then NSbuell at full speed

inappropriate use of anonymous feature - user fogal

(Message edited by cj_xb on May 14, 2005)
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Nsbuell
Posted on Saturday, May 14, 2005 - 11:48 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Just sharing a story, but obviously some people don't follow the " if you don't have anything good to say..." philosophy. I imagine most people on this forum have ridden their bikes fast once or twice.
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12bolt
Posted on Saturday, May 14, 2005 - 11:52 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

HEy NSbuell I've seen a few of those tricked little cars that would give just about anybody a run for their money. No worries man.
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Anonymous
Posted on Saturday, May 14, 2005 - 11:53 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

if you don't have anything good to say

you said it, now practice what you preach. bandwidth thief.

inappropriate use of anonymous feature - user fogal

(Message edited by cj_xb on May 14, 2005)
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Nsbuell
Posted on Saturday, May 14, 2005 - 12:04 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

12bolt: it wasn't a run-of-the mill RSX, it was an NSX...about 300 hp out of the box give or take.
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Dcentric
Posted on Saturday, May 14, 2005 - 01:16 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Hey now, can't we all just get along?
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Team
Posted on Saturday, May 14, 2005 - 01:31 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

That's one thing I did like about my Turbo Hayabusa, Race? with who? a cage that's funny. On my XB I would be hesitant to race against any car on a freeway. But from stoplight to stoplight that's a different game.
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Cataract2
Posted on Saturday, May 14, 2005 - 03:29 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

That's one thing I did like about my Turbo Hayabusa, Race? with who? a cage that's funny. On my XB I would be hesitant to race against any car on a freeway. But from stoplight to stoplight that's a different game.

Have to second that. I've destroyed many of cars who thought they could take me (for some reason they thought the Buell was slow. They think twice now.) stop light to stop light.

I do no advocate street racing in any form
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Jasonxb12s
Posted on Saturday, May 14, 2005 - 04:58 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Yeah, I had a moron ask me if my 12 was a 250 the other day at a stoplight..
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Hogs
Posted on Saturday, May 14, 2005 - 05:01 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

HEy JAsonxb12s,... LoL you should have shown the "moron" just abit of the balls your xb250 has!!!
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Buellenator
Posted on Saturday, May 14, 2005 - 05:06 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

I have also learned to treat the Dodge SRT4 with respect....could not catch it on the freeway. Felt realy bad about being unable to catch a Dodge Neon - until I saw the specs on the little car - top speed of 148 MPH.

Although XBs are made for the twisties I'd like a little more top end.
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Hogs
Posted on Saturday, May 14, 2005 - 05:15 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

I do no advocate street racing in any form

:-)
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M1combat
Posted on Saturday, May 14, 2005 - 08:13 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Are you guys forgetting to gear down or something?
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Team
Posted on Saturday, May 14, 2005 - 08:57 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

No M1, I'm talking about on an open highway or freeway. The Car will eventually catch you and pass you. You might downshift and beat them up to 120ish but that's when these things really slow down I think you are looking at 130ish as tops. I know there is a lot of cars and even some pickups that can go faster than that. I keep on thinking how embarrassing it would be getting passed by a Station Wagon,Family Truxter, Dodge Magnum etc... On Freeway I might race a Chevy metro but that might be the only race, I sure would hate to lose face on a Motorcycle.
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Odinbueller
Posted on Saturday, May 14, 2005 - 10:20 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

This is too funny! Reminds me of Mia Wallace in Pulp Fiction. What did she say?

"When you guys get together you're worse than a sewing circle".

I guess next the step is to start peeing on our posts to mark our territory!
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Aesquire
Posted on Saturday, May 14, 2005 - 11:12 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Nsbuell.... lol, I had an old Chevy Pickup walk away from me one day. I was on a '82 GS1100! talk about humbled.

It's good when your ego gets a slap down, without body harm. Ignore the noises from the naysayers, I get the self depreciating humor.
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Xbolt12
Posted on Saturday, May 14, 2005 - 11:20 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

What is it with boards anyway? Seems like someone (Fogal in this case) always just has to be a jerk.
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Richieg150
Posted on Saturday, May 14, 2005 - 11:54 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Most ALL 500CC and up jap bikes or cars and or trucks will outrun our Buells top end at highway speeds.Our bikes were'nt made for top end speeds,we run out of gear.But,we are great from light to light or thru the twisties.If you seem to have the need or desire to outrun others at those speeds,you need to either 1)wake up and get real,2)get a jap bike.
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Vonsliek
Posted on Sunday, May 15, 2005 - 01:40 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

everyone thinks its the length of yer .. but any good woamn wil tell you, its the GIRTH!

what has this to do w. buells? well, girth = torque, in this case.

torque is sophisticated .. horsepower is like horses .. dumb, big, flakey, dangerous animals that look good on paper but stink in the flesh.

don't race cars o highway .. esp. tuner or jap cars .. they are engineered to corner at speed, are generally force-fed air & have 4WD fulltime.

get a ninja zx-10r for that crap.

: )
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Dcmortalcoil
Posted on Sunday, May 15, 2005 - 02:51 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

I have Subaru WRX STI (300 HP). It can handle corners a lot faster than my XB9 (albeit I'm neither a car or motorcycle racer).
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Vonsliek
Posted on Sunday, May 15, 2005 - 03:55 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

you prick! : ) i wanted that car .. but at CA$60k .. i took the bike.

i can honestly say the buell feels a wee bit loose at speed on ROADS .. maybe on smooth track its secure. but then again, cars around one, make cornering at great speed & lean a scary proposition.
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M1combat
Posted on Sunday, May 15, 2005 - 05:05 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

"I have Subaru WRX STI (300 HP). It can handle corners a lot faster than my XB9 "

No it can't.

"i can honestly say the buell feels a wee bit loose at speed on ROADS "

What's your suspension setup like and what tires are you using?
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