| Author | Message | ||
     Newfie_Buell |
You know that you own a Buell when while driving your car you keep bumping into your passenger as you lean into the right turns!!!!!!! | ||
| Spiderman |
When you have been on the same tank of gas in your car for two months. When you don't own one pair of shorts cause you are all ways riding. When your bike is nicer than your car. When you spend more money on your bike than food. When some one insults your bike you feel the need to kick that persons ass six ways from Sunday. When you drive down the street just to set off car alarms. When you have a count down clock to the next Battle Trax event. When you realize the front tire is not filled with helium. When it is getting close to the end of work and beads of sweat run down your brow cause you really know what time it is. | ||
| Joebuell |
When you use so much locktite that you started looking for quart sized containers... | ||
| Sarodude |
When you're always riding / driving something else 'cause you're tinkering with your Buell. | ||
| Duck |
When you're stranded 200 miles from home for the third time and your home dealer tells you it's not their problem........."All we did was replace the base gaskets (for the third time in a year)" | ||
| Firemanjim |
No,its when you buy a second Buell so you can always have one to ride while you are making the other faster/prettier. | ||
| Archer |
When you gather a crowd at gas stations. When the neighbors ask you to go in to work later. When you use your throttle to get attention (who the hell needs a horn?) When everyone wants to race you. And my personal favorite(I actually did this,girlfriend laughed hard) When you're driving in your car and hit the gas real hard and you lean forward expecting the front to come up!  | ||
| Two_Buells |
When every t-shirt you own says Buell. When you drop everything planned for the day a new Battle 2Win arrives in the mail. When you know and ride the most twisty roads to and from anywhere. When your a member of Bad Web When you know Erik is spelled with a "k" When you plan vacations around B.R.A.G. events When you know where East Troy, Wi is When Harley and other sport bike riders don't wave and you don't care When you don't mind being put into a corner | ||
| Court |
This is TOO funny. . . Mike, you've hit it on the head. I am tempted, someday, to count these cases of t-shirts from various Buell events over the years. I've still got unopened "1,000th Buell Made" and XB9R Factory Intro as well as the one's (Howard Kelly wheelying the 1996 S-1) that HD quickly snatched up. You guys are good....VERY good! | ||
| Sarodude |
FMJ- Your much more appropriately discribed disease is one which I hope to be able to succumb to someday. -Saro | ||
| Blackbelt |
When driving down the highway, the people you pass get whiplash trying to catch a glips of what the hell just past them... On the right! (if you are from michigan):-) | ||
| Dynarider |
When you have a count down clock to the next Battle Trax event. When you use your throttle to get attention (who the hell needs a horn?) When you know and ride the most twisty roads to and from anywhere. When you know Erik is spelled with a "k" When you plan vacations around B.R.A.G. events When you know where East Troy, Wi Ok thats scary, I actually do all of these & like em | ||
| Spiderman |
When Erik comes up to you and says hi. | ||
| Rick_A |
You tinker as much as you ride You don't want to know how much you've spent on it Old guys yell at you 'cause you scared their wife  | ||
| Anonymous |
Young guys yell at you because their wives are looking at you. Well, maybe they're looking at the bike. posted anon so I don't get into trouble with the misses | ||
| Dynarider |
I think Erik would say hi to a lampost | ||
| Spiderman |
Ok let me clarify. When Erik comes up to you and says "Hi Spidey" | ||
| Newfie_Buell |
Look what I have started. Thats what happens when I get bored at work. Keep em comming. | ||
| Reepicheep |
You know you own a Buell when.... You look at a state of the art sportbike with razor sharp handling, a 150hp engine, and a sticker price of under $10,000 and think to yourself "what a great bike, besides the fact that it sounds wrong, looks wrong, and doesn't interest me in the slightest". You have every tool in BOTH metric and SAE. You find yourself explaining the strengths and weaknesses of pushrod engine technology to Harley owners. You find yourself being the primary means of communication between the Buell factory representatives and your local Buell dealer. You look at every other bike and think "...but the muffler is in the wrong place". You know all about Deals Gap and are already planning your next trip. You know the difference between the red, blue, and green loktite. You own a torque wrench that can measure 200 foot pounds. You hear somebody complaining about something broken with their import motorcycle and think to yourself "geesh, what a pansy". You actually reminisce fondly about working on your bike when it runs for 6000 miles with no problems. You understand that peak horsepower and area under the curve are two very different qualities. You can tell within 1% the actual octane rating of the gas from your last fillup just by the sound of your bike under hard acceleration. You have ever talked to another bike owner and mentioned metal rocker box gaskets, updated primary chain tensioners, grinding vent bowls in forcewinders, update front exhaust hangers, or anything to do with a 45 slow jet. You plan your weekend joyride to end on the streets "Banke Road, Buell Road, and Canfield Court" (no kidding, these are all within 10 miles of my house). | ||
| Mikej |
You know you own a Buell when... ... you know the name isn't pronounced with a "o" sound. ... you not only have all the part numbers of all the rocker box gasket versions memorized, you also can draw an accurate picture of one on a napkin with the typical failure points noted on the diagram. ... you can tell if a running bike has the new or old or an M6 chain tensioner. ... you regularly carry two short huge wrenches in your pocket for adjusting the shock. ... you know what the plumbing/hardware shop name is of the tool many use for adjusting their shocks. ... you know, well, you just know.  | ||
| S2pengy |
You know not to mention tire patch!!!!! | ||
| Blake |
Mike, you ain't fooling anyone.  | ||
| Djkaplan |
When you're the only one who looks at the fullface helmets at the Harley dealership. You crane your neck everytime you hear the sound of a Harley even though you never owned one and really don't want one. When you don't see yourself coming at yourself on every ride. You feel compelled to wheelie when you see another Buell on the road. You can't understand how someone could live without Allen wrenches and Torx bits. When you blip the throttle so you can see in the mirrors. You can actually bore someone to tears with your incredible knowledge of oils. You secretly think that biker gangs will steal your bike for the heads. You always feel like people are staring at you. You've seen men with their noses pressed against the windows of their cars at stoplights and mouth the word, "Wow". | ||
| Mikej |
You have a T27 in the coin pocket of your jeans. It's raining and you still go for a ride, you have to think about if you want to wear the raingear though. Blake, there's lots of Mikes here abouts, | ||
| Darthane |
Your brand new  only purpose in life is to haul around your  and  Bryan | ||
| Archer |
"You find yourself being the primary means of communication between the Buell factory representatives and your local Buell dealer." I love this one!!! SO TRUE! | ||
| Jdbuellx1 |
When your wife threatens divorce if you mention the words Buell, bike or ride one more time. | ||
| Road_Thing |
"You can't understand how someone could live without Allen wrenches and Torx bits." Sorry, you lost me there. I could EASILY live without those ... things! r-t | ||
| Bcdaum |
When you have enough spare parts from your first Buell, that are stored somewhere, to get a really good start on building another Buell of the same type. Bob | ||
| Spike |
When you dance along with the vibration at idle while putting your gear on. When you have broken things on your motorcycle from dragging them on the ground in corners and are proud of it. When the edges of the soles on your riding boots are so badly beveled that people ask you about it. You have a box in your closet that contains parts that have been removed from the bike. Your car's primary use is to transport parts for your Buell. You encourage everyone to attempt to wheelie everything. You personally have attempted stand-up wheelies on a Dyna Low Rider . . . and succeeded. You were able to convince your girlfriend/wife to ride to dinner on the back of an S1. Your girlfriend/wife is familiar with and uses the terms rockerbox, chickenstrips, and squid. Mike L. '99 Cyclone |
