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Rubberdown
Posted on Tuesday, June 20, 2006 - 08:07 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

I want a single seater lightning 12 with a big honking single headlight, adjustable ergos, and an 8k redline.
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Jlnance
Posted on Tuesday, June 20, 2006 - 08:30 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Wait mike, don't you already have that. Of course your V-Twin has sagged a bit.
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Rubberdown
Posted on Tuesday, June 20, 2006 - 08:54 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Jim, nope completely different style of bike for different purposes.
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Buell920
Posted on Tuesday, June 20, 2006 - 09:00 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Buellshyter.

I loved your levers so I ordered a set today. sweet bike you have there.
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Samiam
Posted on Tuesday, June 20, 2006 - 12:13 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

The new Firebolt will have a helicopter jet engine.

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Diablobrian
Posted on Tuesday, June 20, 2006 - 12:20 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

that's what I said earlier!
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Samiam
Posted on Tuesday, June 20, 2006 - 01:02 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Sorry, wasn't paying attention to the rumor mill, I need to work on that...

Firebolts are definitely going to have spoke-less rims next year to further the ZTL technology.

ZTL

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Diablobrian
Posted on Tuesday, June 20, 2006 - 02:39 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

You could reduce unsprung weight by getting rid of the tire too!
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Buellshyter
Posted on Tuesday, June 20, 2006 - 06:56 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

and the rider : )
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M1combat
Posted on Tuesday, June 20, 2006 - 07:09 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

"and the rider"

That's sprung weight ;)... double sprung actually...
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Diablobrian
Posted on Tuesday, June 20, 2006 - 07:48 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Nah ditch the shocks and go with rigid forks too. save a few grams more, then it's all unsprung.
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Samiam
Posted on Wednesday, June 21, 2006 - 03:02 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Ditch the seats, every gram counts!
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Bueaddicted
Posted on Wednesday, June 21, 2006 - 05:52 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Shouldn't it also have heated hand grips?...

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Dwiggs
Posted on Wednesday, June 21, 2006 - 06:56 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Hopefully they'll ditch the D208s in favor of Qualifiers.
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Buellshyter
Posted on Wednesday, June 21, 2006 - 08:27 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

I was being sarcastic about eliminating the rider. We could all just sit around and stare at our bikes.
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Diablobrian
Posted on Wednesday, June 21, 2006 - 09:48 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

I've seen bikes go quite a ways upright and cruising after ditching their rider.

maybe the bikes are becoming self-aware and getting ready to get rid of us!




The sky is falling! It's a cookbook! Soylent green is People! Mass hysteria, Dogs and Cats living together!

Oh wait......................never mind.
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Nutsosane
Posted on Thursday, June 22, 2006 - 10:56 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

I am often torn between wanting acceptance for my Buell and exclusivity. If I have to choose, I'll take the exclusivity and sacrifice seeing my bike winning shootout after comparo in every magazine. For all of those who are looking for reasons not to buy the 2007; here ya go.



The 2007 Firebolt will have...
1.Not enough HP to win the benchracing title (again)
2.Too short wheelbase
3.Clunky transmission(still)
4.Heavy clutch
5.A ton of other excuses for the masses to decide to purchase the newest, lightest, Japanesest IL4 on the planet.

I love my Buell and could care less if it has only 5 gears. Fast&Loose. NUTS
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Exitlandrew
Posted on Thursday, June 22, 2006 - 06:37 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

I like that it has all those things. I want Buell to stay about as popular as it is now. Otherwise Im gonna have to dump a bunch of money into it to make it different than everyone elses bike.
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Jaimec
Posted on Thursday, June 22, 2006 - 07:53 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Have you tried an '06? Clunky transmissions are a thing of the past...
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Buellshyter
Posted on Thursday, June 22, 2006 - 09:04 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Wasn't there a teaser video of the Uly that came out about this time last year
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M1combat
Posted on Thursday, June 22, 2006 - 09:16 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

There was a magazine article shot as I recall... I doubt that any mag has any info right now (except for the ver well trusted ones). I think a little leaking info is good myself... Gets buzz going. I think the BadWeb should be unofficially considered the official leak site...

Anony? Out with it.
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Diablobrian
Posted on Thursday, June 22, 2006 - 09:31 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

I'm sure RRW has a story in the works already.
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Whodom
Posted on Thursday, June 22, 2006 - 10:19 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Wasn't there a teaser video of the Uly that came out about this time last year?

The "own all the corners" video was posted to Buell.com July 8, 2005:

http://www.badweatherbikers.com/buell/messages/4062/126204.html#POST473178
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U4euh
Posted on Thursday, June 22, 2006 - 10:54 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Of course your V-Twin has sagged a bit.




and got all turned sideways!
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Josh_cox
Posted on Thursday, June 22, 2006 - 11:38 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

It won't have Qualifiers. It won't have Dunlops at all. Look for Pirelli rubber on everything for 07.
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Buellin_ri
Posted on Friday, June 23, 2006 - 10:37 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Maybe power window and cruise control?

Better yet OnStar.
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Buckinfuell
Posted on Saturday, June 24, 2006 - 10:17 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

In talking to Erik, I was informed that the '07 models will feature flip-out cup holders that automatically adjust to any size drink, from the McDonald's happy meal cup to the 7-Eleven SUPER big Gulp. Imagine that! And it won't be long before the aftermarket product hounds develop sliders and other enhancements to improve drink stabilization.
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Diablobrian
Posted on Saturday, June 24, 2006 - 11:23 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

ooooh ....gyro stabilized drink holders! What a great idea.
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Samiam
Posted on Sunday, June 25, 2006 - 05:11 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

You forgot to mention the sunroof
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Surveyor
Posted on Sunday, June 25, 2006 - 05:28 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

I can reveal that it has been announced here on the Mainland that the 07 Firebolt will be liquid cooled!
Coolant will be carried in the mirrors allowing max cooling and low liquid volume (plus the mirrors are not much use for anything else)
Front and rear disc brakes are dumped in favour of crank end mounted disks to replace the flywheel (AEB technology - Active Engine Braking)
Gear Shift will utilise a development of Yamaha Fly by Wire technology - TGS (telepathic gear shifting) - as a safety measure daydreaming or thoughts of a questionable nature will result in immediate selection of neutral.
I'll keep you guys posted if I hear more...


Sorry...probably should have posted this in the KV

(Message edited by surveyor on June 25, 2006)
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