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Milar
Posted on Tuesday, July 19, 2005 - 08:55 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

http://www.raptorsandrockets.com/news.html

The Ulysses?

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Whodom
Posted on Tuesday, July 19, 2005 - 09:02 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

If you read the print at the bottom of the ad from Sport Rider that Dave posted, it says "Ulysses XB12X".
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Ryker77
Posted on Tuesday, July 19, 2005 - 09:09 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

does anybody else notice the copy cat bikes trying to look like a buell? Looks like one of the bikes even has an under engine muffler and exhaust exits. Over all some good looking bikes.
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Ryker77
Posted on Tuesday, July 19, 2005 - 09:11 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

http://www.raptorsandrockets.com/images/Kawasaki_er650_e.jpeg

but it is quite obvious the designers has had a close look at Benelli TNT and Buell XB12. Exhaust exits under the engine much the same way as on a Buell and the .....
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Mikej
Posted on Tuesday, July 19, 2005 - 09:16 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

From that raptor link:
"KTM and polaris has just announced they will join forces."
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Ryker77
Posted on Tuesday, July 19, 2005 - 09:17 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Hopefully with these new Buell models.. The parts will be interchangeable. This way people can create the bikes they want and change as they change. Plus all the parts will be wide spread.

I like a naked bike in the summer. But enjoy some wind protection in the winter. I also enjoyed my BMW r1100sa that I could simply spend 1 minute and adjust the shocks to full soft and take it off road.
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Dave
Posted on Tuesday, July 19, 2005 - 12:38 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

WTF?...

"unconfirmed sources some of the US magazines has already tested the bike with BMW R1150 GS and KTM Adventurer. If this is true it is likely the US firm has used the XB12 HD Sportster derived engine."

DAve
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Ryker77
Posted on Tuesday, July 19, 2005 - 03:37 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

is that a good or bad thing?
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