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Dustykat
| | Posted on Monday, February 13, 2006 - 06:44 pm: | 
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You can call any bike "Completely custom". It all comes from some guys head. What you get when you buy the bike is what you call "Stock". What you put on after you buy the bike and take something else off is called "Custom"
I am 6'3" tall and it's perfect. A smaller man may have a bit of a reach but John Reed is 5'7" tall and he built it to fit himself.
As I said Oldog, it's NOT for the Buell crowd. That is why it does not apeal to you. It is for that guy who wants a go fast custom who would not ride a Buell if it was given to them. |
99buellx1
| | Posted on Monday, February 13, 2006 - 06:48 pm: |
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I would say that 98% of the Harley dealers and 98% of the independent shops can get you this bike. It is availalbe in the Custom Chrome catalog.
Picture and article from the CC website:
http://www.customchrome.com/arvstory.html |
Cygnus_x1
| | Posted on Monday, February 13, 2006 - 07:09 pm: |
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Sure, Harleys can be made to perform, but you have to rebuild them from the ground up and by the time that you get any decent performance out of a Harley, you could have bought two or three Japanese bikes for cash. Harley's fastest motorcycle, the Sportster, isn't anywhere near deserving of its name. There is no "sport" to the Sportster, and with a 883cc engine pushing out a meager forty seven horsepower, you have all the makings for a Black Angus set in motion by a mouse fart. As a comparative example, take the 1995 Kawasaki Ninja ZX-6R's 599cc in-line four which makes ninety-seven horsepower. How American is it to be big and slow? How American is it to be outdated and obsolete? More than twice as much power with two hundred cee-cees less displacement! That's sad and embarrassing. If the Harley Sportster made anywhere near what it's displacement could be, it would be a much better motorcycle. As it is, there are some imported single cylinders and some 250cc Japanese sport bikes that put out more horsepower than Harley's 883cc rolling excuse for an entry-level purchase into the whole flock mindset. |
Lowflyer
| | Posted on Monday, February 13, 2006 - 07:25 pm: |
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I'd like to have one of each of the bikes on this thread.  |
Diablobrian
| | Posted on Monday, February 13, 2006 - 07:29 pm: |
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I saw the "V" in Daytona. If there was no Buell Motor Company It would be exactly the kind of bike I'd buy.
It looks much better in person than in the pictures. It is a modern take on the classic Norton feather bed design.
Body work is all Carbon, and as has been mentioned, components are top shelf.
You could think of it as a transition bike to help the Harley faithful come over into our camp. There are a lot of people out
there that would never consider a sportster or a Buell but might consider one of these because it has a "real" harley motor. |
Dustykat
| | Posted on Monday, February 13, 2006 - 07:33 pm: |
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Diablobrian:
Nail.
Head. |
Josh_
| | Posted on Monday, February 13, 2006 - 08:29 pm: |
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Bad mouthing a Sportster is bad, but not as dumb as comparing it's HP output to a in-line four racer-rep.
You do realize tho it still makes as much torque as your beloved 95 ZX-6? |
Josh_
| | Posted on Monday, February 13, 2006 - 08:33 pm: |
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>Body work is all Carbon,
looks to me like the tank, seat section and fairing are not carbon fiber? |
Oldog
| | Posted on Monday, February 13, 2006 - 08:55 pm: |
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Gee whiz there DK I thought I was being nice I wanted one of those to go WITH my Buell,
It is for that guy who wants a go fast custom who would not ride a Buell if it was given to them.
That 'tude is why I will never run with the HARLEY LIFESTYLE CROWD, the engine in MY Buell is a "real HARLEY MOTOR"
If we are going to have a urinating contest please see the us suzuki web site under hiabusa, the Go fast argument ends there. there is no Vtwin motor (us made) that can match the zukes power output.
186 rwhp out of the box 300+ easily obtainable
Me I like My tube frame Buell, because it is different, and in many ways unique, If the crusier crowd wishes to ride a go fast bike with a real motor, I respectfuly remind them that they need to master a new and important skill,
TURNING .........
I think that Kit bike is cool sorry that you mis constrewed,
I resent the chrome and fringes crowd attitude because it has a sportster engine its a "Pu$$y bike" I inivite them to the local dragstrip with their "stock" sleds, less see who gets spanked..} |
Dustykat
| | Posted on Monday, February 13, 2006 - 10:06 pm: |
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Nobody is claiming this thing is a busa, where did you get that idea? Did I ever say it was better than a busa?
I AM A BUELL RIDER!!! I own a very tricked out 2000 X1 race stripe. I AM NOT PUTTING DOWN BUELLS!!! Ask the old timers around here about me and my love of Buells.
I am not having a urinating contest with ANYONE! I said I got mad at people shooting their mouth off who have never ridden or seen the bike in person. That is all |
Roadsurfr
| | Posted on Monday, February 13, 2006 - 10:23 pm: |
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I saw the V bike in a magazine once, and I saw it at Steel Pony in person. I liked the idea. But it doesn't suit my tastes. If some of the space was taken out of the frame, the front wheel pulled back some, a more substantial fuel tank, and that little arch removed from the tail section, I think it would appeal to me more. But over all in person I would have preferred to ride it home rather than my Vulcan or cruiser style bike.  |
No_rice
| | Posted on Monday, February 13, 2006 - 10:23 pm: |
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i want one of every bike ever made(maybe even two) |
Oldog
| | Posted on Monday, February 13, 2006 - 11:19 pm: |
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Dk From above:
Dusty:
I think it looks cool as all get out, the 2tone paint is simple and elegant, I bet in capable hands more than one ricer might get supprised.
the sad thing is that I got a 130 mph street scooter for 10k and I can put 5k in the mill and prolly get the other 20, and definately with a baker6 and motor work, minimal assembly work req'd Vs 20k and "some assembly required"
}still an neat job, I wish I could ride one of those ...
I was not wizzing on the sled, putting it down or any thing, this remark is to a degree understandable but some what inflamitory..
}That is why it does not apeal to you. It is for that guy who wants a go fast custom who would not ride a Buell if it was given to them.
This is inflamitory to me I have heard comments like that, truth the guy that wants to be the go fastest might as well buy the busa and all of the motor work he can get.
The V resided on my desk top for months
the not the real harley and some of the other attitudes I have to live with as I am about the only buell that is street ridden here in Wilmington NC I get sick of it Sorry, I have covered lots of miles on some nice bikes, for fun the Buell can't be beat. I think the V is a cool and different custom, but better than a Buell 10k will buy some serious motor work and paint // other stuff. ride safe O.D.
BTW I have a '01 X1 see pix section
(Message edited by oldog on February 13, 2006) |
Xldevil
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 14, 2006 - 02:44 am: |
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There is no "sport" to the Sportster
Depends on the driver
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Bomber
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 14, 2006 - 09:40 am: |
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dusty -- is it only me, or is it that many folks are perfectly willing to slag someone else's efforts in an attempt to appear knowledgable and worldly?
Joke em, I say -- ask em if they can make anything more complicated than a bowl of cereal in the morning, or finsih a project more challenging than hanging a towel rod in the bathroom.
Sorry (a little) for the rant, hear, the the more of this crap I read the more many on this board sound like the teeny minded HOG members we all love to hate --
good work, Dusty -- and I have some appreciation for what effort it took to create that beast |
Grndskpr
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 14, 2006 - 10:33 am: |
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I want the JMC swingarm on that Dyna
Any sponsors carry JMC swingarms???????
Serious
R |
Hattori_hanzo
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 14, 2006 - 11:10 am: |
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I really like the looks of this Dyna I spotted on Sporttwin.com a couple of years ago. Seems to be well thought out. Almost as if Harley wanted to do a Street Rod version of a Dyna. |
Grndskpr
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 14, 2006 - 11:31 am: |
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That thing needs forks
When you push those sportster forks, they tend to flex, a ton
But i like everything else about it, might even copy parts of it(rims)
I want that swingarm also
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Scooterroid
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 14, 2006 - 02:11 pm: |
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snip...this is why Harley guys should stay away from sportbikes..}..snip
Ignorant statement. Think about it a second; Who built and developed Buells? What was his background? |
Patrickh
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 14, 2006 - 06:01 pm: |
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subtract "Harley" guy and substitute "cruiser" guy and you'll get my meaning. I like Harleys, I'm sure I'll own one someday.
I am not ignorant because you don't agree with me. |
Lowflyer
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 14, 2006 - 07:36 pm: |
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Can we all agree that if someone says something ignorant and someone else says, "Hey, what you said is ignorant" that is not the same as saying "Hey you are ignorant?"????
Xldevil,
That sportster leans like my F-150.  |
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