| Author | Message | ||
     Wack01 |
Saw this on ebay I like it  http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ewItem&item=320993103172#ht_500wt_1183 | ||
| Foximus |
hahaha. That is so awesome. I've been wanting a bike to do long trips on, and this definitely would fit the bill. Say what you will about killing another bike, but at least it was done with class.... (it was probably just a s3 anyway... =P) Though a bit high at that price. | ||
| Greg_cifu |
Until 2003, Buell built ONE thing: frames (and the bodywork to fit his frames). The other components were purchased or modified from something else. That bike does not have a Buell frame, therefore, it's no longer a Buell. To call it one is an insult to the man who put his name on them. It's a Harley clone built with parts from an unfortunate Buell part-out. When will this madness end? | ||
| Coxster |
+1 Greg_cifu | ||
| S1owner |
I like it i would own it! That said it should say in small writing on the bags powered by Buell No tank emblems or nothing! | ||
| Hybridmomentspass |
Greg - how many Buells are you buying to keep them from being parted? This was posted on QB recently. No, its not a Buell, but I really like it. I think its a neat bike Hate them mirrors though | ||
| Greg_cifu |
I have four tubers and I'm just flat out of room. I've watched gorgeous S2s and S1Ws cut up for similar abortions. I mean--seriously--doesn't the world have enough butchered Harley customs? I was obviously not alone in my sentiment about that thing. It closed without even a single starting bid at $8K. That's what a perfectly good S3 was chopped up for. Wow. | ||
| Hogluvr |
I have to agree with Greg, it is a Harley bagger with a Buell motor. I literally jumped in and saved two bikes from the chopping block this year, an S1 and an S2. Can't save 'em all, I'm totally broke after buying the RS, but at least I'm happy. | ||
| Thejosh |
It seems like these jokers want Buells for the power plant, in this case the front end as well. I would understand if the pulled the motor off a totalled tuber, but why don't they just build up a sportster motor. I dunno, can a tweaked tuber frame be saved? I would hate to think that there are people hacking up perfectly good Buells. | ||
| Greg_cifu |
As I've posted before, I search Craigslist EVERY night for Buells, from California to somewhere in the midwest before boredom or common sense set in. I realize it sounds like I'm being fanatical but, most of these chopped Buells never get finished or they think they've created some masterpiece (like this one) and think they're going to get rich off of it. They aren't building it for themselves, to keep, they foolishly trash perfectly good motorcycles in a quest to become the next OCC. I see them for sale constantly. Sometimes, they even come with the hacked up remains of the Buell (frame and bodywork, laying in a heap). One guy was very local and if I had wanted another project, I could have rescued a similar S3. He didn't want much more than the cost of the S3 and it came with one of those stupid kit frames. I SOOOO wanted to put that bike back together, then take the chopper frame to a Harley event and smash the hell out of it with a sledge hammer. That's what these frames deserve, not the guts of a former great motorcycle. Or here's a different way to look at it: what if Buell never existed? Now lets say somebody came out with a kit to turn a Sportster into a sport bike? It came with a frame, top-line suspension and brakes, swoopy bodywork slathered in candy and pearl paints, rubber mounted the engine so you didn't get the vibes, an exhaust, intake and other bits that would give it 70% more power than the Sportster the parts came from and all of it would be street legal and DOT compliant? Would THAT bike get cut up and turned into a chopper or would they be coveted and put on the cover of magazines?  In the 1960s and 1970s, we had Rickmans and in the 1990s Erik brought us Buells. In 20 years, nobody will care any more about that bagger than this POS, overpriced Norton turned into a chopper: http://spokane.craigslist.org/mcy/3317295318.html | ||
| Blackm2 |
Greg....  | ||
| Dave_02_1200 |
Greg cifu, Well said. Wish I had a Rickman Triumph too. | ||
| Fasted |
it is plainly a piece of frankenshit that ruined a nice bike.......if you want a bagger, buy one made to be one  | ||
| Zenbiker |
Spot on Greg. Spot on! | ||
| Airbozo |
Hell the 89" Stroker in my sporty would have been a better fit for that mess... (and has the torque for the extra weight...) | ||
| 2003xb9r |
http://www.redneckengineering.com/donor_bikes.htm Makes me feel sick just reading it! | ||
| Jayvee |
What's the lean angle on that bagger? | ||
| Buell_train |
I think the crux of the problem is Harley Davidson. I somehow doubt they are keeping museum quality bikes of the buell line in storage to preserve their history like all the major Japanese manufactures do. As long as there are examples of what Buell was I am happy. I somehow doubt this will be the case. Therefor it is up to us to keep it alive. | ||
| Greg_cifu |
Bwaaaahhhhahahahah!!!!!!!!  Back on ebay with a $13K buy-it-now price! | ||
| Kc_zombie |
Makes me wonder if EB kept some choice examples of his previous creations... Surely... | ||
| 46champ |
Someone has posted pictures of a dealer back east or in the midwest that has about one of every Buell made. Does anyone know if they still have them. | ||
| Thejosh |
I think Froggy has that pic. Whole warehouse of Buells with 0 miles on them. | ||
| Wack01 |
Well this is the way I look at it if not your bike who are you tell someone else what to do with their bike. What done is done and I leave it at that. I have two stock buell s3t which I enjoy riding. I posted this saying I like the bagger, but does that mean I'm going hack away at my bike NO. That being said I would still roll that bagger. It like this when I go to vw car show I sometimes cringe at what someone else has done to their bus or bug. It not my money or effort wasted, but I do like to have a good laugh. To me it would be very boring seeing the same line of anything over and over that's what dealers are for. | ||
| Fasted |
still sucks.......... | ||
| Ustorque |
Someone has posted pictures of a dealer back east or in the midwest that has about one of every Buell made. Does anyone know if they still have them. You'd be referring to Precision HD in RI. I believe they still have all their brand new bikes, which still come with the brand new price from the year they were produced. | ||
| Reducati |
EBR in east troy, has several vintage and new models as you walk in the door! | ||
| Hybridmomentspass |
Buelltrain - the HD Museum has a section for Buells, dont know how extensize it is, and what they keep in the back. But Im sure tehy do keep quite a few of them back there. The dealer in RI sounds great, would love to see that Ukes was really nice with some rare Buells and HDs | ||
| Greg_cifu |
Closed again: $7000 starting bid and not a single taker. So he has now proven that a complete, "Show winning" chopper made out of a kit frame and the remains of a very good motorcycle isn't even worth the cost of the kit and the bike destroyed to create it. |
