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Rick_a
Posted on Saturday, September 10, 2011 - 01:00 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

This month marks ten years with my beloved 1996 S1 Lighting.

This is how we started:

"So happy together"


This was the first set of mods one month later:

...and neither has ever been the same...
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Willflyfor
Posted on Saturday, September 10, 2011 - 01:31 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

freakin sweet man, i thought the world ended when i sold my m2 7 years ago. got a 96 S1 a few days ago and i dont know how i made it this long without a Buell tubeframe....
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Sdecp
Posted on Saturday, September 10, 2011 - 11:12 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Rick:

I still love your S1. Congrats on the anniversary. Thanks for all the help you have given me.
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Rick_a
Posted on Monday, September 12, 2011 - 08:38 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Thanks guys. I can't see myself without this bike either. People really don't understand. Most of the guys I know have something different every several months, it seems. Everyone seems to expect me to gravitate towards a faster bike. This is as fast as I need to be going. When I buy another streetbike it's going to be SLOWER.

People have given me the same help and there's also some great resources on this site. A member gave me a rear shock for no charge when people were trying to sell them on EBAY for $350. You just don't get that kinda help anywhere else.
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Ltbuell
Posted on Monday, September 12, 2011 - 12:32 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

..Rick, congrats on the 10 yrs.Quite a change from then to now.That dual disc musta cost...but looks way cool...and gives you 9 1/2 cents change back or some nice stoppies.... ((((((: O) LT
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Blake
Posted on Monday, September 12, 2011 - 01:36 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

I feel the same about my '97 Cyclone. I do still have fork envy though. : )
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Buellistic
Posted on Monday, September 12, 2011 - 01:48 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

And lets not forget my 1997 S3T, 110,772.1 miles and like an old TIMEX, just keeps ticking !!!
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Brother_in_buells
Posted on Monday, September 12, 2011 - 02:19 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Rick for the ten years and your buell.
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Rick_a
Posted on Tuesday, September 13, 2011 - 08:53 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

The dual rotors were a necessity at the time. I was doing some serious braking from triple digit speeds on a back road I was using a few times a day. I was buying a set of pads and a rotor every 6 months or so. These have been on there for six plus years with a couple pad changes. It did cost $950 in new parts with an employee discount, and my wife wouldn't talk to me for a couple months. No biggie. Small price to pay for durable, fade-free performance.

I haven't done any stoppies in a while. I can't afford to mess one up ATM. It's never happened, but ya never know...

Blake, it's not always the forks, but what's in them that counts.

Thanks Brother.
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Gmaan03
Posted on Tuesday, September 13, 2011 - 08:53 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Well I can't wait for my 10 year annaversary so I can pay spousal support to my bike! Long live Buell!!
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