| Author | Message | ||
     Drfudd |
I got "that thing is nothing but a giant sex toy, can we move it to the living room?" | ||
| Phwx2 |
middle finger. seen through my mirror. provided by another biker. who I had just passed on a corner. who was on a rice bike. because he kept going up on one wheel at every straight and down to 40 mph at ever corner. I was surprised he took his hand of the grip. | ||
| Brazenbuck |
"Why does it take so long for the turbo to spool down". | ||
| Manimal |
I got pulled over by a cop for going about 10 over when he was on his way back to the station.  so i parked in a lot. He walks up and the first thing he says is. "Where is the exhaust?" i showed him and he had me rev it up a little bit. I'm rolling with a D&D so it is really loud. We chatted for about 15 minutes. He was like "My first bike was an R6 but i ride a Yamaha Road Warrior 1700 now." I said "Oh those a pretty cool bikes." Not a fan but thought i would grease the wheel to get out of a spendy ticket. Got lucky hes a biker too. | ||
| Xb12mel |
From a girl at the stop light riding shotgun in a guys convertible mustang... "That thing shakes like a giant vibrator, can I go for a ride?" Now I know why chicks dig Buells! | ||
| B00stzx3 |
"Holy hell thats the coolest looking Harley I've ever seen"  Couldn't be too mad though, he kept asking what it was. He even asked how to spell it. Maybe there's a 40-something year old dude buying a Buell in Baltimore now! | ||
| Pkforbes87 |
friend on a CBR1k: "your bike looks good, but the engine is kind of old and underpowered isn't it?" me: "yep" ~we had a nice afternoon ride through all the curves we could find~ CBR1k: "man you really disappeared once we found those corners!" me: "yep" I've had a lot of people surprised to hear that my 2000 X1 isn't brand new. That's always flattering!  | ||
| Dynasport |
Not a Buell comment, but something that happens to me all along. Gotta love kids. I was leaving the gym last night on my FXDX and a little girl about 4 or 5 was in the parking lot with her mother. I noticed her as I was leaving because she was standing in the middle of the parking lot smiling from ear to ear and pointing at me and calling to her mother. She watched me all the way past her. Such open enthusiasm and joy. Gotta love that about kids. May see her on her on bike in about a dozen years. That kind of thing actually happens fairly regularly. Little kids love motorcycles. | ||
| Clutchless |
Large man of color shouted to me (I'm talking large man, like more than 250 from the looks) from his lifted chevy truck the one day at the lights we have on my interstate, conversation is as follows.... "buell rumbles....." man of color: "aye! aye man!" I look over through my helmet..... M.O.C. : "that's one bad mother! you know that right?" I nod, givin the thumbs up... M.O.C. : "Oh man!" (*grabs his buddy in the passenger seat by the shirt) "the wheels! look at those gold wheels!" Seeing the need, I give them some pipe music buell: brap,brap,brap M.O.C.: "Awww man! you killin me! bad mutha! bad mutha! makes me wanna lose the busa!" light turns green, I jet out. one of my finer moments, keeping alive the faceless man on a motorcycle tradition, I refuse to open my mouth and ruin the conversation. | ||
| Ekass13 |
I've gotten: What is that a 600cc? Is that the new Ducati? No matter what people say, I always nod my head. Unless I feel they deserve a good answer. Ignorance is bliss... | ||
| Punkid8888 |
A car pulls up beside me at a stop light. Guy "wow what is that..... a scooter?" Me "nope..... a Buell" Guy "is it fast?" Me "yup" Guy "can it go on the Highway?" Me "Yup" Another event. Guy rides by me on the Highway on a R1, brand new. He probably had 10mph on me as I was just cruising. I think nothing of it but he stands on the brakes and drops back right beside me and gives the bike a once over, looks at me and gives me a big Thumbs Up, then takes off. Thought that was pretty cool | ||
| Snojet |
1st, My wife gave the standard, "Honey you have a head light out". 2nd, Step father said the front turn signals are loose. (bike was idling in driveway) 3rd, Riding with a buddy that has a Yamaha cruiser. We were on a straight, I pulled up beside him and downshifted and left him hard, He said that my bike sounded like a airplane taking off.  | ||
| Bishopjb1124 |
1st My 5 year old nephew to my brother-in-law "Daddy why does uncle Jimmys bike sound cooler than your Harley" 2nd At a car show two older guys standing by my bike I got on it fired it up one of them says geez I just shit my pants that little thing makes that big ass sound. 3rd My brother-in-law after riding the 12ss for the first time "Well you should get 20,000 miles on the front tire this is a motherf&#$ing wheelie machine" | ||
| Tf1175 |
today after my first ride with my brother on the buells we got this at the gas station... him - "what is that" me - "A buell" him - "it sounds like a harley but looks like a honda" me - "yup its a buell" at a local motorcycle parts store... guy - "those your bikes?" me - "yup" guy - "those are stunt bikes" me - "nope, not mine" guy - "yeah those are stunt bikes" me - "nope just my buell" | ||
| Thepod |
Best comment I got was a silent thumbs up from a BMW rider. He was following me for a few miles and then pulled up next to me when the road splint into two lanes. He gave the bike a once over, gave me the thumbs up and then dropped back. | ||
| Hotrod427 |
I keep getting the same standard response... "What the hell is that thing??" I just reply- "My little scooter" and then rattle their car windows as I leave the light... | ||
| Skinstains |
I take off all of the Buell signage on my bikes (except for the one in the cluster but that will be done this season). I even grind the Buell off of the forks. I do all this in the hopes that no-one will discover my little secret. If they do ask I tell them it's a Buell, THE American sportbike. By far the most asked question is "do you wash it" I reply, "every time it rains it gets washed. | ||
| Stuntmanryan |
I have been asked if the buttons on top of the shock tubes (the screw adjusters) were nitrous injectors... I have been told it looks and sounds like something out of mad max. | ||
| Jraice |
1st, My wife gave the standard, "Honey you have a head light out". }I loved getting this the other day! I was already sitting on the bike so I pushed in the high beam flash button (turns both lights on) and asked her which side... Hahahahaha} | ||
| Petereid |
"Never seen a BOO ELL before" | ||
| Etennuly |
A good friend of mine who has ridden Honda Shadows for many years, got a new 1100 a few years back. I let him ride my '05 City-X with it's Race Kit. He came back with his eyes stuck wide open and asked "What is the fifth gear for? Wholly Crap!". | ||
| Ramm |
There is a guy that sells flowers on the corner of a street I ride past everyday on my commute to work. The other day I was headed home and got stopped at the traffic light where he is stationed. He walked over and patted me on the back and said "Nice bike, hardly ever see those" Then he walked back. | ||
| Zatco81 |
I've never once gotten a comment about the rotor. There was a kid (maybe 15-16, man I'm getting old) at the gas station that apparently does his homework: Kid: Hey thats that bike with the gas in the frame. Me: Yeah Kid: and the oil in the swingarm? Me: Yeah Kid: (smacks his buddy on the arm) see, I told you. A coworker seen my bike for the first time about a month ago. A few days later he was telling some mutual friends in a sarcastic tone Coworker: Zach's got a little hotrod. Me: Well I could've bought a GSXR like everybody else but...you know. By the way, we should go ride sometime.  (He has a GSXR750) | ||
| Tmall |
My uncle told me he and a buddy were outside while while a friend who has a Crossbones and me on my 12r went tearing by. His friend said, "Wow, that Harley sounded nice." My uncle told him, "That sound was my nephews Buell..." "You're the guy with the little white bike, right?" - Cute redhead. "Hahahahahahahaahah" - My buddies after the cute redhead said it in front of them. | ||
| Spuds |
Cruising into work one day last fall. rumbling through town, guy in car in next lane, practically snaps his neck as he rolls by (as his lane was moving a bit quicker). It wasn't really what he said---couldn't really hear him, but could read his lips. Looked a lot like "holy #*ck, that's nice! Always get the "man that thing sounds great!" from guys who ride with me for the first time, and also from one of the salesguys at the my local HD shop---thanks Odie! | ||
| Chasten |
my favorites came separately, one from an old Harley guy i worked with and one from a friend of mine who doesn't ride. both were unintentionally quoting the man, Mr. Buell: "that thing is nothin but motor and tires!" "holy crap; it's like a 1200cc BMX bike." ...yeah. | ||
| Sparky |
Pulling up to a Greenhorn Road Ride checkpoint on my 96 S1 one year, one of the workers asks, "Is that a kit bike?" | ||
| Its_a_buell |
ive been pulled over numerous times and havent gotten a single ticket yet, most just want to check it out. still freaks me out though. my bud and i were leaving a local bike night on the back tires and both got pulled over only to recieve compliments | ||
| Js_buell |
I'm also told often that I dwarf my bike lol, I'm 5'10" around 220lbs and ride a Scg | ||
| Brumbear |
Not the best comment but a fun one Last night at the quickcheck gas station air pump. Guy says wow nice bike what is it (thinking of hammer I refrain from read the fin tank) a Buell I say. Wow really is it made by ducati hmmph YEP! gotta go |
