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Rainman
Posted on Monday, April 21, 2008 - 07:40 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Yeah, I understand. I get a lotta crap about my Blast, especially from guys who remember my Gold Wing. I just tell them I have a small bike because I have to make up for other things that are too big.
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Tommy5144
Posted on Monday, April 21, 2008 - 09:10 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

I've never gotten the cute bike comment. People have asked me if its my first bike and if I am going to get something bigger when i learn a little more, and then I tell them its 984 cc's and their jaws drop. As I am leaving I tend to pop it up and wheelie away just for fun
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Xl1200r
Posted on Monday, April 21, 2008 - 09:56 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

I've never gotten a cute comment, and to be honest, the only people to comment on my bike have been folks that know what they are for the most part.

I mostly just get looks, like little kids staring out the minivan windows with their faces pressed aginst the glass. I twist the grip a little for them ; )

Oh, and there was this one old guy doing yard work as I rode by. The look was priceless - a sportbike that sounds like a chopper, and the guy just this, "Huh???" face.

The only bad comment I've gotten was this old crazy guy sitting in his front lawn next to the road with a baseball bat that got up and started yelling something and swinging the bat around as I rode by.
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Swordsman
Posted on Monday, April 21, 2008 - 10:00 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

"The only bad comment I've gotten was this old crazy guy sitting in his front lawn next to the road with a baseball bat that got up and started yelling something and swinging the bat around as I rode by."


Sounds like he was probably drunk.

~SM
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Darthane
Posted on Monday, April 21, 2008 - 03:36 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

"I was asked if mine was a "250". I fired it up and they back away with a "whoa!""
~~~>Skully

Well, to be fair, it almost IS a 250...just with four times the motor. ; )
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Ratyson
Posted on Monday, April 21, 2008 - 04:03 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

At a gas station, this guy walks up and says, "Is that the bu - ell?" (2 sylables, buh-ehl).
I said, "Yes, it is a Buell CityX."
He says, "Oh, no, that is pronounced buh-ehl.. it's a french company"

<-- Me

I reminded him that these bikes are no where near being built by the french. And in fact, the motor is build by Harley Davidson. And that the founder/designer, Erik Buell is all American.
I said this all very nicely and respecfully.. but somehow, he took offense and got all pissy about it.
Some folks just don't like to be wrong I guess.

Mostly I get the "Man, that bike is bad ass, and sounds like a freeking nightmare!" comments.
There are not many Buell around here, maybe about 6 or so. So folks don't get much exposure to them.
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Motomeow
Posted on Tuesday, April 22, 2008 - 01:09 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

I don't think anyone has called my bike cute. I do remember some fellow trying to tell me I had a bad ass fu*kin' bike as he slowly stopped his weaving up the side walk to take a second look see at my ride. He was also shocked at the price.
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Tx05xb12s
Posted on Tuesday, April 22, 2008 - 01:33 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Never got the "cute" comment even though it's a cg model (lowered = even smaller looking). I have gotten a few, "hey that's a badass looking bike" comments though.

My big problem is the girl I'm currently dating has never had any exposure to motorcycles, so all I get is silence when the bike comes up in conversation. She knows I love the bike and she won't say a word about it, but I can tell she hates the whole idea of the "death trap" I park in her garage when I come see her. I'm guessing silence is never good from a female lawyer. I don't speak female very well though, so maybe she's just bored with the idea and thinking about buying shoes or something.
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Corporatemonkey
Posted on Tuesday, April 22, 2008 - 05:02 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

but I can tell she hates the whole idea of the "death trap" I park in her garage when I come see her.

Funny story I will share:

A few years ago I worked with an ex-CIA/NSA operative. He was semi retired, and decided the corporate world payed better.
Well he mentioned he has had problems in the past with girlfriends being against his motorcycle.

I asked him, did that end many of your relationships? He commented all he had to do was take them for a ride, at about 48-52mph.
I of course was curious why the exact speed.

Turns out he had a mid '70s HD, the vibration was just right at those speeds.

He said it worked everytime. After that they always wanted to go for a ride.
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Ferrisbuellersdayoff
Posted on Tuesday, April 22, 2008 - 04:52 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Yea thats what got my girlfriends to like riding only I used my dads `80 Shovelhead. Their nails would dig into myside and I'd know that she'd enjoyed the ride even more than I did.
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Ustorque
Posted on Tuesday, April 22, 2008 - 05:48 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

I don't speak female very well though

in female this means"if we get married you're gonna sell that thing!"}
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Leashrn
Posted on Wednesday, April 23, 2008 - 08:32 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

YIKES BOYS! RUN! Or heck ride outta there fast. Any woman that would even think of asking you to sell something you love, is nuts and you are headed for a not so good relationship.
There's some 'female speak' for ya'.
Don't dump her just yet, let her try riding herself.
Alisha
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Ferris_von_bueller
Posted on Wednesday, April 23, 2008 - 08:44 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Any woman that would even think of asking you to sell something you love, is nuts and you are headed for a not so good relationship.

Thats what I thought when she told me the blowup doll had to go
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Smiley1eye
Posted on Wednesday, April 23, 2008 - 09:04 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Ferris,
What's the blow-up doll's name? I just kicked my girlfriend to the curb and was looking for a little less back talk this time...

Back to the thread... Had a couple of kids (mid 20s) in a beat up truck stop to talk to me at Mt. Vernon while I was taking a break.

Said it was a bada$$ bike and said they were thinking of getting a GXSR7-something.

So I gave em the sale pitch about how mine handled, the looks they could see, I fired it up for em and then they said"Wish I could afford a bike that nice."
Then I told em the price. They asked me where the nearest dealer was. If I had known the area, I'd have taken them over there myself.
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Tx05xb12s
Posted on Wednesday, April 23, 2008 - 09:47 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

in female this means, "If we get married you're gonna sell that thing!"

I sure hope not. I'd settle for, "If we get married, I'm gonna put a huge life insurance policy on ya."

But you never know. She also didn't have a comment when she discovered I got a speeding ticket on the bike while enroute to her house Sunday. I just got "the look". The only thing she said was to ask how fast I was going. I told her the ticket says 80 mph. She raised an eyebrow and asked me how fast I was really going, and this time I didn't have a comment. Probably the smartest thing I could do in that situation. Man I sure hope I never have to call her and beg for bail money. I suspect she may just let me sweat it out for awhile before coming to get me and the bike...

I think I'll take ya'lls suggestion and crank it up and let her sit on it for a little while this weekend when I go see her. Maybe that'll at least put the thought in her mind that it may be worth keeping. (-:
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Not_purple_s2
Posted on Wednesday, April 23, 2008 - 09:59 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

My Harley riding co-workers messed with me a little when I got the XB9S calling it half a bike. My reply was "Yeah, half the weight twice the power." All in fun though as they actually like my bike.
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Vdubfro
Posted on Wednesday, April 23, 2008 - 11:32 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Had an old timer come by my XB9S while in W.V. He said in a back woods accent "Jus wuh kinna bicicle is that?" I explained a Buell, Harley Motor ect. His reply "Looks awful fass. Back when I rode wes more worried 'bout keepin um runnin. Wes didn't care much 'bout goin fass."
I just noddin, bit my lip, and bid him a good afternoon.
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Retrittion
Posted on Wednesday, April 23, 2008 - 11:33 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Yeah, when I tell people my 12R costs THAT much less than the GXR/R1/Ninja/etc they are getting they sort of look confused -- like the world no longer makes sense.

On one hand I want more people to get on Buells but on the other hand I like that for the most part squids and 1%ers stay away from em.

Call me selfish.
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Xl1200r
Posted on Thursday, April 24, 2008 - 08:52 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Speaking of old timers, my garage neighbor at the apartment was hanging around while I was changing the oil on the XB one night last fall. After I topped it off I started it up for a minute, shut her down, checked the level and put it away.

He looks over and says, "Is that a race bike?"

I loved it.
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