| Author | Message | ||
     Chainsaw |
Dyna: I'm guessing you did a tandem jump. Try a static line jump. Comes with 8 odd hours of instruction, and if you screw up, you won't die with another man pancaked on top of you!  | ||
| Brucelee |
How true. Good post Chainsaw! | ||
| Aydenxb9 |
I was kidding about the Darts, absolutely no offense taken! Though it does prove the point about perceptions. Dyna, give me a Swinger and $1,000 and I can dispel that notion that they don't handle well. The problems with those things were all in spring and sway rates(or rather the lack there of in most cases for the latter) not the geometry, it's killer. I'm of the same mind as Brucelee. I haven't a complaint other than the notchy shifting, and even that's no worse than the last 3 Hondas I've been on. | ||
| Dynarider |
Chainsaw, nope I did static line. We had the 8hrs of class....almost passed out during it too. Went with a buddy of mine & his wife, she weighs about 105lbs. We opened the door of the plane & she swung her legs out to step on that tiny little platform & as soon as she reached for the strut...WHOOSH...she was gone. Got sucked right out  And springs on a Dart? The piles I owned had those screwed up torsion bars. Maybe someone with $$$ to blow could get one to handle, but stock they sucked. | ||
| Aydenxb9 |
True, they do Dyna, but a T-bar still has "spring rate", actually a "wheel rate". And as I said before, $1,000 will get one cornering surprisingly well. I know this because it's what I used to do on the side to earn extra money, set up Mopars for HP street handling and oval track racing. Since this isn't about old Dodges and their cornering prowess I'll add this: I like my Buell even better than any, no, most of my old cars! The magazine hacks don't know squat. And lastly for something only remotely related, I'm getting a Drummer! | ||
| Grufflie |
WELCOME to the Drummers Club International!  | ||
| Blake |
Thank you Gruff. | ||
| Dynarider |
back on topic now, is anyone....Blake??...gonna write this lame assed mag & cuss them out? personally I think 24yrs old..thats Starks age..is a bit young & his inexperience shows. | ||
| Rocketman |
Perhaps the writer doesn't want to understand the Buell simply because it offers him nothing superior to his personal preferences wrt other rides other than the quirkyness of a Buell which is probably of no consequence to him. Especially so if he's only 24. At that age I don't think I'd want an XB either. The question is - why would someone older? Answer that and you might understand from where the 24 year old tester might be coming from. JMO. Steve, not to take you to task on anything (not allowed on Badweb  ) It reminds of the Motorcyclist position on the original CBR900RR, where they declared its geometry and small front wheel made it unstable -- while myself and many others found it an amazingly good street sportbike. That was in fact true wrt the 16 inch Blade front wheel even though as you say it was a very well received street sports bike. In the UK the first Blades killed a few riders and that front wheel and the handling there of was blamed. Incidentally those early Blades are quite desirable now - being the rawest and very fast too and given Hondas effort to constantly improve it(less raw). How times change. Rocket  | ||
| Wyckedflesh |
Rocketman at 24 I was trying to come up with the cash to buy a sportster engine to put in the featherbed frame I had gotten ahold of at the time. Ended up trading the featherbed frame for a Rickman framed CB450 twin that needed rebuilding. So that milage may vary from 24 year old to 24 year old. | ||
| Mitchelob |
At age 24 I bought my first "new" bike, an XLCH. I've owned numerous Ducs, Beemers, Triumphs, Hondas, and a Kawi since then. Now, at age 51 I own the one bike that MOST turns me on...XB12S. Go figure... | ||
| Nevco1 |
I like Buells. Therefore, I must be old.  | ||
| Bigdaddy |
Let's just invite Mr. Starks to bring the best motorcycle he's every ridden (he's 24 so that should make it pretty easy for him to decide on a bike) to The Gap and he can show us his superb riding skills. | ||
| Glitch |
he can show us his superb riding skills. YEAH!  | ||
| Bradj |
Perhaps this Stark guy needs to wake up with a Pegasus in his bed  | ||
| Nevco1 |
Ahhh...That would be something akin to the scene from "The Godfather, Part I." LMAO | ||
| Darthane |
'I like Buells. Therefore, I must be old.' LOL...that Stark fellow's got two years on me... ...I like Buells, and most of the time I FEEL old, does that count? Bryan | ||
| Spike |
Woah! What's up with XBs being for "old" people? I'm only 22 and I just bought my XB12R two months ago. Just to stay on topic- Neither SportRider or Motorcyclist will see another dime of my money until they lose this anti-Buell/anti-Harley bias. The least they could do is grow-up and act like a professional magazine. Mike Luddy, Jr. '04 XB12R (handles just fine, thankyouverymuch!) | ||
| Skully |
Do you guys recall the test Cycle World did last year? I don't have the magazine here at work, but I recall they set up a test course a had several bikes involved. The 2003 XB9R was only a couple of hundredths of a second behind the first place Honda CBR600 F4. The XB can't handle that bad. Keith | ||
| Glitch |
The XB can't handle that bad. That's according to who's doin' th' handlin'... | ||
| Joojoo |
I read the whole article last night...whatever. Truth is, I dont want them riding our bikes anyway...They're for us. They're too good for them. They're asses are not worthy of touching the seat of the Buells. And when I hit the throttle, and fire by them while they're waiting for their little 4 bangers to wind up, they can write an article about the unique colour of my girls thong..Itll probably be a better article then the one I read in the mag... Jack | ||
| Rocketman |
So Jack any pic's of your girls thong? Preferably with her in it Rocket | ||
| Joojoo |
Digicam is charging as we speak... Stay tuned... Jack edited by joojoo on December 15, 2003 | ||
| Jmartz |
I'm torn. Can't decide what I like best, the thrill of quick acceleration of my now defunct R1 or the beauty and fun factor of my now retired S1. I seem to believe that 998/999 would likely offer the best of both worlds. Decent low and mid with acceptable top. Too bad 10K will only get me another UJM. | ||
| Blackhat |
Who cares...... Let's see the thong. Blackhat | ||
| José_quiñones |
Motorcyclist certainly treated the Buell harshly, but no more so than some of the Brittish (Bike, Superbike, etc) bike mags when they compared the XB9S to some of these same bikes last year. For example here is one of the comments that appeared in the Superbike February 2003 issue:
Bike magazine also found the handling odd, noting: "Demands total commitment otherwise it feels like the front tire is flat." My favorite part of the Motorcyclist article is the Lincoln quote: "People who like this sort of thing will find this is the sort of thing they like". | ||
| Tripper |
Jmartz: TUONO! Comfy, fast, kinda ugly from the side, but your gonna ride it not look at it. | ||
| Glitch |
Turn to the end of the magazine, and read the first of the last article... | ||
| M1combat |
What does it say Glitch? | ||
| Glitch |
It's by the same guy that bashed the Buell. I don't have the mag with me, but it starts out with him saying he doesn't know how to ride... Then it goes on about him going to wheelie school, or something to that effect. It's just the first sentence or two is funny, cause he says he can't ride (he may be trying to be funny), I haven't read it yet as it just came in the mail last night. |
