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Tucsonxb9s
| Posted on Friday, September 17, 2004 - 04:22 pm: |
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Has anyone else seen the commercial for Volvo's new XC90? There's a bit about it's new roll over protection and the guy driving is trying to avoid hitting a motorcycle. Is it just me or is he trying to avoid a Buell? It looks like an X1 or S1...dang...I must watch too much T.V. |
Hootowl
| Posted on Friday, September 17, 2004 - 05:11 pm: |
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Yeah, that's an old one though. I think its an M2. I laugh every time I see it. Like people in Volvos would EVER swerve to miss a motorcycle. That would involve actually paying attention. |
Hootowl
| Posted on Friday, September 17, 2004 - 05:16 pm: |
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There's a MO thread on this too... http://news.motorcycle.com/article.motml?sid=1948 |
Wyckedflesh
| Posted on Friday, September 17, 2004 - 05:26 pm: |
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It has to do with the fact it makes the rider seem irresponsible. |
Newblaster
| Posted on Friday, September 17, 2004 - 06:01 pm: |
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I saw that commercial. Loved the fact that he was on a Buell, wasn't quite so fond of the fact that he seemed squidly... All in all, I think it was like someone on the MO thread said, it's a question of demographics. Obviously, anyone on 2 wheels isn't in the Volvo "target demo", so why not use one of them as the "irresponsible" one? Won't hurt their sales. |
Spiderman
| Posted on Saturday, September 18, 2004 - 09:43 am: |
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It isn't a Buell it is a SV |
Tucsonxb9s
| Posted on Saturday, September 18, 2004 - 10:32 am: |
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You sure? Looked like a Buell flyscreen to me. Either way, those guys on the MO thread were pretty pissed about it. Funny thing was I was more interested in what kind of bike it was than wether or not the rider was acting irresponsibly. The media has always shown motorcyclists as hooligans anyways so I didn't expect anything different. |
Spiderman
| Posted on Saturday, September 18, 2004 - 10:35 am: |
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Unless Buell's have side exhaust I am pretty sure |
Tucsonxb9s
| Posted on Saturday, September 18, 2004 - 02:54 pm: |
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Dang...missed that. |
R1DynaSquid
| Posted on Saturday, September 18, 2004 - 04:31 pm: |
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Buell flyscreen on an SV, I took this pic at Road america.
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