| Author | Message | ||
     Xb12s_streetdemon |
yesterday an old man came up to me and asked if it was a full size bike. | ||
| Blacklightning |
Last summer, I got, "nice bike, is that thing electric?" | ||
| Mortarmanmike120 |
I did a patriot ride one time and before we left I was surrounded by about 3 dozen harleys. Lotsa doo-rags, chaps, colors - you know how it is. We were just standing around BS'n before hand and the conversation took this turn: Chopper guy #1: "That bike sounds good. It's kinda cool." Me: I just grin. Chopper guy #1: "Yeah it's nice but just to fkin small. How do you ride something that little?" Chopper guy #2: In a loud voice so everybody hears and points at me, "HE's probably not trying to compensate for something." Everybody laughs except Chopper guy #1 I grin and say nothing. | ||
| Fast1075 |
Best complement I ever heard about my Blast....(from a guy on a Honda 600)..."you came around me on that last corner on THAT???" Me> GRIN < | ||
| Spacecapsule1 |
My buddy and pull up to a light. He's on a gsxr me on my buell. Guy pulls up beside us on an older japanese sport bike in the next lane. The 2 start talking about their bikes, then afterwards he says to me "I'm liking the Buell man! that's effing bad a$$!" The smile on my buddy's face dropped. | ||
| Jdorp_ |
i get alot of questions when i stop and turn my bike off. i usually tell them that it is my turbo cooling and sometimes throw out that it is my jet turbine cooling down. some people look at me strange and others just say...'coool' | ||
| Pkforbes87 |
Here's a bump so I keep getting new posts emailed to me  | ||
| Herobluebuell |
One i got from my buddy who rides a CVO fat bob. "I didn't expect it to sound that good" "man that thing is fast" "I could get used to something like that." | ||
| Zatco81 |
My wife was telling a co-worker about my bike when I bought it. She told her it was a Buell and another guy overheard the conversation and butted in with "a Buell, man those things are wheelie machines." Kinda funny but I wish he hadn't told my wife that.  It took some convincing to her that he obviously didn't know what he was talking about. | ||
| Gunut75 |
Right before I bought my Buell, I was looking at bikes that accommodate 2 up riding for comfort. Her, being pregnant at the time said, "I have NO interest in being on a motorcycle". I thought, GREAT! I've been dreaming about getting a Buell ever since I took one for a test drive 13 years ago. So, I ditched all the old ideas, and bought my 12R. Brought my GF to my shop, (where the bike is parked) she takes one look at it and says "You better be f@#$in careful!" I gave her a well practiced "yes dear". | ||
| Xbgeorge |
Today, while sitting in a training class at work, I got "Nice jacket! What kind of bike do you ride?" I responded "Buell." "Oh, I was wondering what kind of jacket that was." I have the Buell Adventure Jacket. It says Buell in three spots and has three Buell symbols. Later I got "Nice bike! Is that a Kawasaki?" | ||
| Pogue_mahone |
"You better be f@#$in careful!" I gave her a well practiced "yes dear". dudes...cant say it loud enuff there is a danger element get life insurance and disability insurance. your family will thank you for if the worst happens. | ||
| Freezerburn |
I was at the my local ducati dealership with my XB with a micron, etc and started it up for my friend who works there. I told him it sounded great. He was actually momentarily speechless. He couldn't believe how great it sounded. He loved the sound of the all the tractor parts that are in the engine too. Ducati has the dry clutch, we have agriculture technology, baby! | ||
| Tmall |
This happened tonight.. After he looked at my bike for ten minutes, "Man, I love those Bimmers.." | ||
| Herobluebuell |
last night at a gas station. Buell they are European right? I just pointed at the air box While he was looking at my tach. "Whats that the hour gauge?" And last but not least "how do you change the oil?" | ||
| Saratoga |
Thought this was funny- I ended up buying tires from a Honda dealer. The guy at the parts counter asks me what they're for, I tell him an 09 Buell Lightning. "Buells have always been one of my favorite looking bikes." He then went on to say "I've never ridden one of the big Buells." Big Buell, LOL! | ||
| Gunut75 |
You got that right Pogue! With the new kid finally here, my priorities have certainly changed. I'm also very aware that if I would have bought that Cyclone 13 years ago, I would have been riding like a squid! When I was out on the test ride, I stopped at a red light, (my dad behind me on his GS1100), and a LEO pulled up beside me waiting for the light. When the light changed, I went to take off, gave it a little too much throttle and clutch, and almost wheelied. My dad rolled up and told me that the LEO was laughing so hard he almost forgot about the green light. I took the bike back to the dealer, and did'nt buy it because I thought it was a little much for me (being a young buck and all). | ||
| Adrenaline0210 |
wow been a while since I have been on. Best comments. 1) Friend riding next to me for a few miles started pulling in front of me... I sped up next to him. We stop at gas station and he says wtf stay behind me that thing is crazy loud... gotta love loud jardine's. 2) The typical what is it ? from another biker... said its a buell. He says what size motor. 984cc he's like wow in that little thing must be an animal. I smile. 3) buddy buys a brand new 600 we go riding. He sees me taking off and grabbing 2nd lofting the front end by accident. He starts dumping his clutch and saying I can't get my front end up that bike is nuts. I say Im just giving it gas no clutch at all and smile. | ||
| Chasten |
here's another i just remembered... riding with a friend who was on an older UJM, heading uphill on one of the super twisty local highways (hairpins, then some hairpins)... "i can't believe how much torque that thing must have! are you even shifting?? i'm wringing this thing out and changing gears constantly, but all i hear is you rolling in and out of the throttle." | ||
| Vortec57 |
Not a compliment but funny. Yesterday I was heading over to check out a bike I bid a paint job on. Pull up to a light beside a car with a dog in it. Dog absolutely flips out barking and trying to bust out of the car to get me. Snickered and revved it a few times. Then had to watch the dog in the mirror for the light as i was fearing my leg being chewed up once he got out. | ||
| Xbgeorge |
Vortec57, I had the same thing happen last year. This guy's small dog was riding in his lap and absolutely freaking out at a light, with the window open. The guy was laughing and encouraging the dog. His laughter soon faded as I made sure to ride next to him for the next five miles of 30 mph traffic. I might have blipped the throttle every once in a while. The dog just wouldn't stop and was still between the driver and the steering wheel. I could have sped up, but I was having a good time laughing. He even tried rolling up the window and pushing the dog away but it kept jumping back in his lap and biting the glass. (Message edited by xbgeorge on April 16, 2009) | ||
| Pogue_mahone |
george....vortec....ya bastages !! LOL too dang funnay  | ||
| Stephen_nf |
I have (or at least had) the only the only recent buell in the province (there is a guy that has a few older ones). I would always have people staring and asking about her... The best one I have gotten is when I pulled into a coffee shop (after just installing my new jardine), one of the Harley guys looks at the bike, then at me, and says "what the hell is that???" | ||
| Js_buell |
I have (or at least had) the only the only recent buell in the province Yeah I guess they are not on every corners on the Rock lol | ||
| Js_buell |
One of the best answer I heard to the is this a 600? was yeah if I remove the second spark plug | ||
| Unibear12r |
Back when I had the black 12R and black gear I got the unibear title because I was told that I looked "Like a big black bear with a unicycle stuck up it's a$$!" Other than that I've never heard anything but good about my Buells.  | ||
| Unibear12r |
Not something said to me but... Hearing the "turbo/fan" stories reminded me of what happened in New Mexico partway into the 06 Run to the Wall. My buddies and I pulled in to the ride meeting a few minutes late on a crisp cool morning. It's full of about a thousand Harley and Gold Wing riders and about ten N.M. Highway Patrol officers on Bimmers. We putt discreetly to a corner and shut down. As I pull off my helmet and hang it on my Uly I realize all I hear is it's fan that just started. Turning around I find a thousand and ten pairs of eyes on me. Not knowing what to say I borrowed from Badweb and said " Don't worry it's just the turbo spooling down!". And then tried to blend in with all those leather chaps and vests with my black textile suit. Not. Then I noticed all the Patrolmen all over my bike afterwords. I had to wonder if they had never seen a Buell before or if they were looking for that damn noisy turbo. (I wish I had heard of the "Loud Fans Saves Lives" saying at the time, I love that one.) Yep, different in every sense. | ||
| Cringblast |
This eve a dude asked It has fuel in the frame ? Yes it does. So what is where the fuel should be ? Intake, air filter. ahhhhhhh. so I tell him about the oil in the swing arm and the exhaust on the bottom. ahhhhhh he say's. to lower CG I say. ahhhhhh Buell only one that does that? Yes I say. Nice, sweet bike, be careful. Ok u2. C.  | ||
| 46champ |
On my way back from a ride today after dark I pulled up to a stop light next to a guy on a Yamaha FZR 600 (think I got that right). Guy looks over and says "is that a Buell" I told him yes and he said I like that. Things are looking up and I have a 99 M2. | ||
| Macdiver |
When I bought my XB9R last november, I brought it home in the bed of my truck. Next morning my wife goes out to see the bike still in the truck and says " that is not what I expected at all" followed by "you are going to kill yourself on that" to which I respond Yep. So at that point I'm not sure what she really thinks about my bike. We leave to meet friends at the train station to go to NYC for a play. At the station, I hear her tell our friends, "You should see Mark's new bike, It is really cool. It looks like something James Bond would ride". She now refers to my bike as "James Bond's bike" |
