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Stevewauk
Posted on Thursday, June 04, 2009 - 09:59 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

I test dove an XB12XT at one of the local H-D dealerships last week and it was really in a different class from the Harley Sportster I have been riding since last year. Not just the horsepower - the suspension is so much nicer, the engine seems to run smoother and the transmission is less clunky. I feel there is an XT in my future.

I haven't seen a lot about the short Ulys here. Have they been well received so far?

BTW, I am going to the Buell homecoming in East Troy tomorrow.
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Froggy
Posted on Thursday, June 04, 2009 - 10:34 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

If you go to homecoming there is no way you will be leaving without a new Buell in your near future : )

Also, most of us Uly riders hang out in the Big, Bad, and Dirty section.
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Xb9er
Posted on Friday, June 05, 2009 - 07:19 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Your going to homecoming? Oh boy, better bring your check book and a color picked out.
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Itileman
Posted on Saturday, June 06, 2009 - 07:50 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

When you make your deal, demand a set of Scorpion Syncs instead of the Stradas.
Just changed mine out for the Syncs and I like them a lot more as a street tire and there's no comparison once you're off the tarvy.
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Froggy
Posted on Saturday, June 06, 2009 - 08:16 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

I wouldn't do that with the tires. Only difference I noticed with the syncs and stradas is how fast they wear out. The stradas are dual compound and will last longer.
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Itileman
Posted on Saturday, June 06, 2009 - 09:19 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Rear Strada gone at 3k (fast wear and cupping on the sides; replaced under warranty with a Sync)- added the front on my dime. Well worth it for me so far, plus I ride my XT off the tarvy. Stradas are a bit scary on gravel.
One man's opinion, YMMV.
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Froggy
Posted on Saturday, June 06, 2009 - 10:21 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Yep, I normally get well over 10k on each sync, one front was 18k. At about 10k on my strada and clearly more life left than the syncs did.
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