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Dale
Posted on Monday, January 31, 2005 - 10:32 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Dale FJR
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M1combat


Posted on Monday, January 31, 2005 - 11:11 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

But if Buell won't make money on a sport tourer there is NO reason to make one. So there are people out there buying sport touring bikes. Yay. If there aren't enough that would choose a BUELL sport tourer, then it isn't relevant...

Go buy some other sport tourer. If Buell made one for you, Buell would most likely lose money. When you want a sport bike... Buy a Buell : ).
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Roadsurfr
Posted on Monday, January 31, 2005 - 11:21 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Butch, FJR looks with a big 120hp V-twin.
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Koz5150


Posted on Monday, January 31, 2005 - 11:30 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

If they were to lose money on the sport touring model that would cause them to jack up the price of the other bikes to compensate... Would anybody want that?

I guess I don't understand the whole sport touring thing anyway. I got softbags and a corbin backrest for my wife on my M2, but that's about as far as I want of go with it. When I ride, I rarely throw the bags on and almost always ride with the stock seat.

The V-twin motor just begs to be on a naked style bike. (Ultra's suck!) I rode an electraglide once and it was like I was driving a bus. No wind, no feeling, NO FUN! If you enjoy high speed riding with tons of luggage, buy a Kawaski or some other souless motored bike. Buell doesn't belong in that group.

ERIK BUELL NEVER RACED A BIKE WITH BAGS!

(Message edited by koz5150 on February 01, 2005)
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Firemanjim


Posted on Tuesday, February 01, 2005 - 03:04 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Eric who?
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Ebear


Posted on Tuesday, February 01, 2005 - 10:05 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

YA KNOW....ERIC may not be HIS name..,..but whats WRONG with it..????
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Bartimus


Posted on Tuesday, February 01, 2005 - 06:24 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Hmmm, everyone seems to have forgotten the Buelltiful S2 series. They came with Harley controls and thus, have the throttle thumb screw for a throttle lock.
Does this make my S2 a sport tourer? Don't know, I do know I put 150,000 miles on one S2 criss crossing this country and never once thought it would be more fun on a cruiser OR a sport tourer.
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Court
Posted on Tuesday, February 01, 2005 - 07:02 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

>>>They came with Harley controls and thus, have the throttle thumb screw for a throttle lock.

Close, but a tad inaccurate.

The Buell came with the HD lower right control housing (P/N 71563-82A) which came, for the prior 13 years with a thumbscrew in the HD line.

On the Buell, it came with a hole that would accomadate the thumbscrew.

Most were so modified.

Court
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Bcordb3


Posted on Tuesday, February 01, 2005 - 07:44 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Kaz - Tell me about the carbon fiber back rest you mentioned. It sounds interesting. I guess my question is where, what and how much.
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Koz5150


Posted on Tuesday, February 01, 2005 - 09:00 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Not Carbon Fiber... Corbin, and they don't make if for the XB series.





(Message edited by koz5150 on February 01, 2005)
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M2nc
Posted on Tuesday, February 01, 2005 - 09:27 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Beauty!!
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Koz5150


Posted on Tuesday, February 01, 2005 - 09:56 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Wait till I debut it this spring. Lots of polishing and blasting some awsome graphics into the chrome. it's gonna be saaaweeeeet.....
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M2nc
Posted on Tuesday, February 01, 2005 - 10:56 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

I dig it now. I like the later model color schemes. Take picture when you finish polishing.
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Koz5150


Posted on Tuesday, February 01, 2005 - 11:21 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Oh I will! I am hoping to have it all done by April for a local bike show.
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Mikej


Posted on Wednesday, February 02, 2005 - 08:15 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

(Hmmm, thinking I need to go look for a hole in the S2 when I get home tonight. Wonder what other features are on there that I don't realize yet.)

Corbins are nice, but pricey.
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Steve_mackay


Posted on Wednesday, February 02, 2005 - 09:39 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Koz, ya better hurry and get me that pulley if'n you want to be ready by April : )

What local show are you speaking of?

I'll post a pic of my pulley all polished up sometime this week : )
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Koz5150


Posted on Monday, February 07, 2005 - 10:32 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Actually Steve, if you don't mind I may be much more interested in your Frame protectors. I have a track day coming up!
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Steve_mackay


Posted on Monday, February 07, 2005 - 10:37 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Koz, no problem, I still have to get the real price of materials, and post them. Life I've mentioned earlier, I'm quite busy at work, for about another week and a half. Then I'll be ready to start machining them up. And I'll do both the sprocket and the frame sliders for ya. I'm going to be setting up to do Lake's sprocket sometime late the week. So if you can get your sprocket to me by then, I can easily do it.
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Koz5150


Posted on Monday, February 07, 2005 - 01:25 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

I ain't racin' till May... Plenty of time.
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