| Author | Message | ||
     Phatkidwit1eye |
It's finally been nice enough too get my bike out. It always seems when I stop somewhere I always get asked "What do you ride?". Then I tell them "I ride a Buell". Only a few people have any idea what I'm talking about and mostly they just give me a weird look like I have lobsters crawling out of my ears. Then they tell me that they have never heard of a Buell. For the life of me I can never come up with a good description for a Buell that would do the bike justice. I was just wondering what you tell people who have no clue what a Buell is? | ||
| Wceviper |
I bust out my cell phone and show them a picture  Its the backround on my cell phone | ||
| Darthane |
My usual answer to the "What do you ride?" question is, "You've never heard of it." The little old lady at FedEx yesterday wouldn't accept that, though, and insisted on me showing her the Blast parked outside. LOL | ||
| Steveford |
Take a Harley motor, get it to make some power and stick it in a modern chassis and that's a Buell. I get funny looks before, during and after that description but it's probably due to my appearance. | ||
| Ray_maines |
Depending on who I was talking too, I used to say I rode either a Harley or a Ducati. I figure Buell's are on a need to know basis. | ||
| Bomber |
I say "Buell.' They say, "what?" I say, "Hot-rodded Sportster engine in a real motorcycle that does all that good motorcycle stuff like accelerate, handle and stop." They say, "Oh, a Harley." (anything with two wheels and an engine is a Harley round here) I say "Nope, I'm not old enought for two-wheeled Buick yet." | ||
| Spiderman |
"That Blurr that just passed you in a corner." | ||
| Road_thing |
>>"Nope, I'm not old enought for two-wheeled Buick yet." << Cobullshit!ugh! r-t | ||
| Wyckedflesh |
"What do you ride?" "Buell..." "a what?" "The crotch rocket division of Harley Davidson" "Dude that Farking ROCKS! How do you like it?" "I sold my ninja to get it and don't regret it one bit." | ||
| M1combat |
"What's that?" "A Buell" (pointing to the airbox cover) "Who makes it?" "Erik Buell" "Is it Italian?" "Only the frame." (pointing to the airbox cover) "The engine is Harley and the suspension is Japanese." "Do a wheelie when you leave OK?" | ||
| Austinrider |
Them:"What is that?" Me, pointing to my airbox "It is a Buell" Them:"That a like a Ducati?" Me, getting tired of that folow up question, "No, its an American Bike sport bike" Them:"Looks cool, did you know you have a headlight out?" Me:<sigh> | ||
| Aesquire |
I tell them Buell is like the Shelby Cobra of motorcycles. | ||
| Bomber |
Aesquire . . .. good one! I like it Thang -- little spring-time allergies at work there? ;-} | ||
| Wyckedflesh |
"Do you know you have a headlight out?" "Really?" "yup" "are you sure? Why don't you look real close..." blip ""OWWW SHIT!" "oh gee I guess it isn't out is it? Can we say HIGHBEAM? I knew you could." | ||
| Road_thing |
Bomber, just my old BS detector going off... the key word here is old...  r-t | ||
| Bomber |
THang . . . .but I'm NOT! Brook and I discussed it, and we came to the conclusion that I needed to be 65 to have a Harely . . .. . . . . ;-} the thought of a track day on a Wide Load, er, Glide frightens me! and you're not old . . . .hell, you're barely middle aged! | ||
| Sarodude |
Q "What's a Buell?" AQ "Ya know what a Ducati is?" AQA "Yeah." A "Well, think of it as an American Ducati." I don't even mention the Harley thing. It clouds things. If it's brought up then a whole other conversation ensues... -Saro | ||
| Lake_bueller |
Bomber said: I needed to be 65 to have a Harley LOL I was out shopping with the Mrs. yesterday. Looking to upgrade her riding apparel. All she could point out were the friggin' Ultra Classics. I told her we're too young to me riding a "Barcalounger"  The good news is she's starting to look for bikes for herself. Now I just need to get her to take the MSF class. She's leaning towards the Blast or Bandit 600 (once she finally gets to that stage). | ||
| Impulse_101 |
I just tell them that it's an american sportbike with a hotrodded harley engine. That seems to shut them up. JT | ||
| Spiderman |
True story, While at a bike night in Royal Oak, Mi Group talking approach a stoner Stoner "Dude that is a sweet crotch rocket" (voice like Spicoli from Fast times) Spidey "It's a sport bike" Stoner "Whatever dude it is sweeet. How fast is it?" Spidey "Very" (mind you I am not goin to explain riding to this burn out) Stoner "No dude, what the fastests it will go?" Spidey "200" (in a sly develish voice) Stoner "SWEET DUDE" (runs off yellin to his group about the 200 mph bike) Group to Spidey "WTF Buell's will never go 200!" Spidey "He didn't ask MPH or KPH" Laugh had by all. | ||
| Newfie_buell |
Spidey, I have done almost 220 on mine!!!!!!! | ||
| Spiderman |
tehe How do I describe Buell's very sloooowly. LOL | ||
| Crw |
How do you describe a Buell? Don't even try. "If they have to ask, they won't understand." | ||
| Spiderman |
Don't bring that H-D bull kaka here  | ||
| Xbduck |
It's a Buell,(pause) you know a Harley-Davidson on steroids. | ||
| Mfell2112 |
I tell people the Buell is a 60s American muscle car of the motorcycle world. Regards Mike | ||
| Crw |
So this guy walks up to my X-1 and says to his buddy, "This is one of those Buells, it's got the fuel in the frame." I say nothing. His buddy says, "Damn, it doesn't look like there is room enough" They look at gas pump and see I've just pumped 3 gallons. First guy asks me, "How much fuel does it hold?" I reply about "Oh, about 4 gallons." In unison they reply incredulously "Really?!" I say "Yep" and ride off smiling, leaving them standing there scratching their heads. When people ask me to describe a Buell, I say, "It's the bike that always makes me smile when I ride it." | ||
| Newfie_buell |
A good female sportbike riding friend describes my Buell as : "the Saucy Bitch" She likes the way it roars, shakes, etc, etc....tells me its got a personality. | ||
| Pangalactic |
" a Harley that actually goes fast and doesn't leak oil..." I can ride with the cruisers, and keep up with the racers... | ||
| Dyna |
You all have it wrong. Whenever I was asked what the hell it was I was riding, I would lean over a bit & in a slightly toned down voice tell them it was an experimental HD race bike. The looks I got were hilarious. jaws would drop & the guys would hit their wives & tell em to look at the "secret Harley". |
