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Nillaice
Posted on Wednesday, October 27, 2010 - 10:08 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

if he is, id think he's like to stay anonymous ...

i'll check the users list ... unless he clicked the box so his profile is not on the members list
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Greg_e
Posted on Wednesday, October 27, 2010 - 10:09 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

If he's not, you can be certain he will find this and read it. I'm sure they have spiders crawling the web for certain key words. Either that or a group of slaves doing it manually like the rest of us.
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Greg_e
Posted on Wednesday, October 27, 2010 - 10:11 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Is my name really Greg? Can I hide my IP with a proxy?
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Coolice
Posted on Wednesday, October 27, 2010 - 10:12 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Radiators on sides like Flexiglass setup
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Froggy
Posted on Wednesday, October 27, 2010 - 10:28 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)


quote:

obviously a photoshop! Had to be a reason!




The pictured bike was one of the pre production prototypes. I got that same picture here somewhere.

Edit: Here - http://www.davedragon.org/pink/Buell/Large.jpg

(Message edited by froggy on October 27, 2010)
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Americanmadexb
Posted on Wednesday, October 27, 2010 - 10:32 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Froggy, that doesn't explain the brakes!
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Ourdee
Posted on Wednesday, October 27, 2010 - 11:22 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Here ya go: http://www.wisevid.com/play?v=4A_u8bccJc-5
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Toona
Posted on Wednesday, October 27, 2010 - 11:22 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

If you missed the show (like myself) it's on again at midnight EST....
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Reepicheep
Posted on Wednesday, October 27, 2010 - 11:36 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Very cool. Passion and performance is getting face time that HD 20 something marketing geniuses could only dream of...
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Toona
Posted on Wednesday, October 27, 2010 - 11:37 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

http://dsc.discovery.com/videos/mythbusters-tablec loth-chaos/

Here are some individual clips, but not the entire episode.
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Boomerm2
Posted on Thursday, October 28, 2010 - 01:35 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

I agree with Ratbuell, it's a rebuilt 2008. What I really find interesting is that it has the rear brake light, rear turn signals, side reflectors, bar-end mirrors, license plate and tail. However, it has the reverse flow radiators and upper fairing without headlights. Is this a bike that was he's streetbike but is converting over to a track bike or is he going to complete the front end with headlights and turn signals?

Interesting. . . Just glad he seems to be as excited about Buells as we are. This was a great plug for Erik and Erik Buell Racing.
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Rick_a
Posted on Thursday, October 28, 2010 - 02:45 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Damn it, I read the description and skipped it. Maybe I'll catch it on the weekend.
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Needs_o2
Posted on Thursday, October 28, 2010 - 08:12 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Has anyone checked them out on facebook or twitter? Maybe someone could try to ask him if he's a fellow badwebber. I don't use either one of those social wonders and don't plan to!
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Ratbuell
Posted on Thursday, October 28, 2010 - 08:15 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Well if itis Jamies personal bike from a couple seasons ago, it is a street bike with goodies.

My guess from a production standpoint is, they used the upper fairing so the headlights wouldn't spotlight the camera and ruin the frames. And mythbusters fans would write in "your bikes headlights were not on and they are always on when a bike runs so you obviously faked all the shots and didn't turn on your bike..."

That, and the race fairing just looks cool : )
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Ratbuell
Posted on Thursday, October 28, 2010 - 08:18 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

I just love that the bike wasn't just "on" the show. It was placed in the majority of the shots, and they took time to introduce it and talk about it. Usually they cover the dodge or ford logos with gaff tape and ignore vehicles - the bike was not only introduced, but just about every shot had a Buell or Erik Buell Racing logo in clear sight.
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Crackhead
Posted on Thursday, October 28, 2010 - 08:28 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

I love that the bike had the correct sound!!
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Elvis
Posted on Thursday, October 28, 2010 - 08:56 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Here's a link to thank Discovery for featuring the 1125R and ask for more:

http://corporate.discovery.com/contact/viewer-rela tions/

It's a no-brainer to us that we'd rather see more sport-bikes rather than Choppers, but we may need to educate Discovery about that.

I think an actual show about Erik Buell Racing would be beyond cool . . . and I don't see why something like that couldn't happen, but it's much more likely to happen if we ask for it (and again, it's obvious to us that something like that would make a great show, but the top people at Discovery don't know much about these things so we'll have to educate them), so please drop them a line if you haven't already.
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Wolfridgerider
Posted on Thursday, October 28, 2010 - 09:31 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Great show... and a email sent to Discovery
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Xl1200r
Posted on Thursday, October 28, 2010 - 09:39 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)


Jamie says explicitly at 13:24 in that's it's an 1125R DSB spec. That should answer all questions.

Not a street bike with goodies, but a race prepped machine.


(Message edited by xl1200r on October 28, 2010)
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Americanmadexb
Posted on Thursday, October 28, 2010 - 10:52 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

I'm not worried about if its a dsb or street bike. I'm still waiting for someone to explain the BMW rotors and breaks on the bike that whizzed by the screen in the beginning
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Blackm2
Posted on Thursday, October 28, 2010 - 10:56 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

How about Discovery doing a reality show showing the rise of a small American motorcycle company after being squashed by corporate greed?
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Court
Posted on Thursday, October 28, 2010 - 11:08 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

>>>A new wedding tradition for Buell owners! As you ride off for the honeymoon!

It's not a "new" tradition. Erik and I participated in a "Buell Wedding" on the steps of HD headquarters at 3700 Juneau years ago.

: )

We had a particularly fun ride that day as he was on a Diablo prototype sporting a turbo.

Getting there . . . as they say . . . was half the fun!
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Froggy
Posted on Thursday, October 28, 2010 - 11:10 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)


quote:

I'm still waiting for someone to explain the BMW rotors and breaks on the bike that whizzed by the screen in the beginning




It is just a photoshop. There probably is a dozen reasons for it, majority of them being legal reasons. If you look again it was completely debadged including the rider's helmet and jacket.
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Xl1200r
Posted on Thursday, October 28, 2010 - 11:10 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

It was a crude photoshop - not sure why, though. It still has the ZTL2 caliper, and the rear disc is the same size and everything as the front.
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Americanmadexb
Posted on Thursday, October 28, 2010 - 11:33 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

I realize it is a Photoshop and it was debadaged and all the legal mumbo jumbo. My questions is why every thing else is the same except the ZTL braking system?

My guess is the 1190rs wont have the ZTL system at all.
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Spank
Posted on Thursday, October 28, 2010 - 11:39 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Well as of right now the RS test bike has it...
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Froggy
Posted on Thursday, October 28, 2010 - 11:39 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Probably changed it a bit due to legal reasons. Using the picture may violate various Buell copyrights, as it is a picture from Buell. I say "may", because it is a press photo intended for distribution, but copyrights are never simple.

Oh, and you are dead wrong on your second line : )
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Wolfridgerider
Posted on Thursday, October 28, 2010 - 02:23 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

sound like they love the Erik Buell Racing show idea!!!


Dear Viewer,

Thank you for contacting Discovery Channel.

We sincerely appreciate you taking the time to write us with your request
for MythBusters. Please know that we will take your comments under
advisement.

Thank you for expressing your interest in our programming.

Sincerely,

Viewer Relations
Discovery Channel

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Steve_mackay
Posted on Thursday, October 28, 2010 - 03:14 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

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Greg_e
Posted on Thursday, October 28, 2010 - 03:27 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

They should have used a little scooter for the "cheat" at the end.
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