| Author | Message | ||
     Barrick09 |
Whenever i am just out for a ride or with other bikers, IT NEVER FAILS! Someone always says "Is that a Ducati?" This happens at LEAST 10 - 15 times a week from random people! I ride a 99 x1, and im just curious, does this happen to anyone else?? | ||
| Buellathebuzzer |
Not that kind of frequency, but yeah. | ||
| Jolly |
yeah, especially with the x1 with the eurocomponents fairing, looks a little to a lot like a ducati super sport depending on your knowledge.... | ||
| Barrick09 |
well i live in downtown Pittsburgh, from south side to bike night at station square i get this comment ALOT, enough to the point my roommate (2010 R6) and neighbor (2010 gixxer 750) bought OEM Ducati tank stickers and put them on my tank as a joke. When ever someone says "Is that a Ducati?" I like to say "No, it's better, it's a Buell" then ride away in a storm on thunderous exhaust  | ||
| 01x1buell |
yes it happens to me a bunch, not as much as you but it does happen, i kinda like it i never tell them what it is. | ||
| Dom |
I work at Autozone and we had 4 bikers total. We would all park them outside the front door in a line and at least once a day someone would ask who's ducati? One guy on a Harley even asked me if the ducati was mine, just started at him. I ride a 99 m2 in 'ducati' red | ||
| Thejosh |
I've heard it a couple times, I personally think that Buells sound better, handle better, and require less maintenance than a Ducati. | ||
| Buellish |
I get that sometimes.The other day another rider,overhearing me get asked,"what kind of bike is that?" Me,"It's a Buell,made in America" Other rider,"hell,I thought that thing was eyetalyun",you sure it's made here?" I invited him to look at the tank cover. | ||
| Buellistic |
The H-D BIG TWIN think my SILVER GRAY S3T is a "BMW" ??? | ||
| Preybird1 |
It wouldn't happen so much if ducati didn't rip off Erik's Trellis frame designs. If you look back to the 80's Buell was the only naked bikes with a trellis frame. | ||
| Gixxer86g |
I've only had it happen once. | ||
| Jramsey |
"Meet the 1981 Ducati TT2," http://www.european-motorcycle-diaries.com/2012/02 /first-trellis-framed-ducati.html | ||
| Serialk |
I get that question all the time. then i start my bike and wait for the reaction of wtf is that! I love it | ||
| Coxster |
Just tell them the pushrod tubes are the drive shafts for the desmo valve system, and then tell them to google 'desmodromic'. Should keep them busy for a year or two ; ) | ||
| Dave_02_1200 |
"Ducati? Never heard of them. It's a Buell." | ||
| Ducxl |
I get it all the time.Trouble is,my Vanson jacket is covered with Ducati patches/w only one 25th Buell patch.Variety is the SPICE of life.Love my modified Ducati Superbike.AAnnnd my ST2 too! You guys' should be flattered.Ducati is universally accepted as the Ferrari of motorcycling. (Message edited by ducxl on August 20, 2012) | ||
| Jon |
What Ducxl said. I will have a Duc at some point. | ||
| Jon |
No one has ever mistaken my S2 for a Duc however. | ||
| Deanald2pt0 |
I've had a few people ask me what it was, then "whats that" after I say it's a Buell. Once, after telling someone it was a Buell, the guy nodded his head and said "OH" like he understood. There was a pause and he asked "are those made in Italy?" | ||
| Brother_in_buells |
"Ducati? Never heard of them. It's a Buell." Dave ,i like that on  | ||
| Barrick09 |
lol i never thought this tread would get so much attention. I love the responses. I want to get some tank decals but don't really like any of them for the X1 :/ | ||
| Mbsween |
Hey don't forget that Erik raced a Ducati way back in the 70s  I've often thought of the X1 as a 1/4 american V8 stuffed into a ducati-like frame. I see the ducati comparison as a huge compliment. | ||
| S1owner |
I have no badges on my s1 and i get it all the time. I exspecially like this one they walk up and say what is that my reply its a motorcycle dah flip my visor down and drive | ||
| Coxster |
S1owner - thx for the major LOL and Mbsween: I've always considered the Buells a two-wheeled version of the cobra. Mine is even blue with white stripes!  | ||
| Mbsween |
Coxster, That's an even better comparison! Always loved the race stripe models. but....didn't the cobra body/frame come from England ?? | ||
| Xl1200r |
Intersting - I never got that comment on any of the Buells I've owned that I can recall. Plenty of "What IS that?", though! | ||
| Thylacine |
I have often heard very“ knowledgeable“ people tell their non motorcycling friends . That IS a ducati. | ||
| Coxster |
Yes Mbsween the cobra came from England, but it had TUBE FRAME elements | ||
| Sdecp |
When I drive my S1W around New York City, I get asked if my bike is a Ducati. Like the others, my tank has been repainted and the Buell sticker is long gone. If you have a tube frame Buell and need to fish for compliments, come ride with me on the Lower East Side. It is not unusual to have someone sprint across a street or try to flag me down to talk about my bike. The best is when I had a guy come up to me at a light and tell me that my S1W was the best kit bike he had ever seen. Should have seen his face when I told him it was production with very little customization. | ||
| Rick_a |
Back when my S1 was red. Now that it's black/silver I get asked about my "custom Harley." |
