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Ronbob43
| Posted on Friday, February 20, 2009 - 09:15 am: |
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In my 45 years of riding my dozens of street machines ranged from a Honda S90 to a naked Gold Wing with a chopped '62 Panhead sprinkled in among the mostly 550-650 nakeds and 250-650 dual sports. I began testing Buells in the late 80s after I bought an 88 650 Hawk GT followed by a 2001 SV650. The next step up was my 19 day old '09 XB9SX[ after my wife got her first Buell{an '09 Blast}last July. ] |
Bo_sox
| Posted on Friday, February 20, 2009 - 09:17 am: |
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2004 KTM 625 smc supermoto |
Gunut75
| Posted on Friday, February 20, 2009 - 09:33 am: |
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Found it!
sorry to hijack. This is just one of those things I should have NOT sold! |
Captcaz
| Posted on Friday, February 20, 2009 - 09:41 am: |
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I traded in my '89 Kawasaki EX-500 (good starter bike) for a 1951 BMW R-25 when I caught a classic/restoration bug ... added the matching sidecar last year to haul the kids, but wanted something a little faster that could corner a little bit better (success!).
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Cruzin2
| Posted on Friday, February 20, 2009 - 09:48 am: |
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Nothing...first bike I owned is a '08xb12R and she's a beauty. I have ridden many though...dirt bikes, a ninja or two and 1098 ducati and just liked how the bike felt. (the duc was nice too!) Tracked the bike last year a few times and it was awesome. |
Mmcn49
| Posted on Friday, February 20, 2009 - 10:05 am: |
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70 Honda 450 72 BMW R75/5 80 Honda XR 200 85 Kawasaki KDX 200 87 Honda XL 600L Two Kids 85 Honda Night Hawk 650, (Beater, bought used for a commuter) 07 Buell TT |
Prof_stack
| Posted on Friday, February 20, 2009 - 10:26 am: |
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Electra-Glide Sport FLHS Sportster 883 Yamaha SR500 The Buells are gone (XB9S, Blast) and the Moto Guzzi Nevada 750 now owns the garage. |
B00stzx3
| Posted on Friday, February 20, 2009 - 10:28 am: |
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1995 Tomos Targa LX w/speedkit. Yeah, a moped. |
Mesa_cityx
| Posted on Friday, February 20, 2009 - 10:46 am: |
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Mopeds Rule ! 1975 Motobecane 50 v ( moped ) 1971 BMW R75/5 1984 BMW R80 st ( rare as they come ) 1974 Honda Trail 90 2004 Yamaha Vino Classic 2006 Piaggio BV 500 2006 XB9SX |
Sleez
| Posted on Friday, February 20, 2009 - 11:55 am: |
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ok, this is turning into a list of all bikes owned before the buell???? whole different question!! hodaka 125 honda cr250r yamaha rd350 yamaha rd400 honda shadow 750 honda cb750k then the buells; buell S3 buell S1W buell Blast buell Uly XB12X ?????? |
Ekass13
| Posted on Friday, February 20, 2009 - 12:29 pm: |
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Dirt: YZ 125 98 350 Banshee Quad Road: 03 GXR 750 |
Gentleman_jon
| Posted on Friday, February 20, 2009 - 01:03 pm: |
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Betcha don't know what that is!! |
Mr2shim
| Posted on Friday, February 20, 2009 - 01:18 pm: |
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Betcha don't know what that is!! A dinosaur? |
Fed
| Posted on Friday, February 20, 2009 - 01:26 pm: |
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MV Agusta ? |
Wavex
| Posted on Friday, February 20, 2009 - 02:18 pm: |
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- Honda CB500 - Honda Hornett - (2X) Yamaha FZ6 |
Cityxslicker
| Posted on Friday, February 20, 2009 - 02:25 pm: |
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4 hondas 6 kawasakis 1 Yamaha 1 hodaka 2 Harley Davidsons never had a Zuke, Beemer, went back to Yami, no Umphs, well theres a long list of bikes I have never owned , but I suppse thats another thread. |
Brumbear
| Posted on Friday, February 20, 2009 - 02:48 pm: |
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Aermachi /HD I had 2 sprint s a 250 and a 350 |
Ted
| Posted on Friday, February 20, 2009 - 03:07 pm: |
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75 commando 78 Yami sr500 250 suzuki endo. hey notice exponential increase in cc's! |
Js_buell
| Posted on Friday, February 20, 2009 - 03:22 pm: |
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Street was 96 YZF750r 97 GSXR750r and 05 DRZ400SM been wanting a Buell since the first time I test road a 99 X1 so I finally got my 09xb12Scg |
Gentleman_jon
| Posted on Friday, February 20, 2009 - 05:03 pm: |
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It's not a MV Agusta, although it is an Italian 125 cc. Twin. It's not an Aermacchi, even though it Italian and red. Dinosaur is pretty close actually. It is an early 1950's Moto Rumi 125 CC Junior. I bought one just like it in Perugia, Italy in 1958, beginning my love affair with saucy Italians:-). Riding this thing was so much fun, and created quite a stir when I brought it back to Boston: no one had ever seen or heard anything like it. It had about ten horse power and was light enough to pick up and carry into the house.
Here's an easier one. The last new motorcycle I bought before my first Buell. Hint: Erik Buell was a fan of these too. |
Spatten1
| Posted on Friday, February 20, 2009 - 05:17 pm: |
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These are the ones I remember: XL 175_____(got me a trip downtown when I was 15) KZ400 _____(first real street bike) LTD 454______(hey, I was poor and wanted a HD) Katana 750_______(go ahead and laugh, it was cool in 1988) ysr 50________(street for 1 year, race for 3 years) IT 250________(1st year mono-shock, very high tech) KZ 1000_______(ruled for all weekend touring) RD 400_______(seize, smoke, wheelie by accident) CBR 600_______(great bike, no personality) ZX-11_______(great bike, too heavy) ZX-9R_______(ruled in every way) |
Petebueller
| Posted on Friday, February 20, 2009 - 05:27 pm: |
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That looks a bit like a Velocette Thruxton Jon |
Ulynut
| Posted on Friday, February 20, 2009 - 05:29 pm: |
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Junk mostly. Hondas, Kawis, but I had a really nice Shovelhead that got stolen. |
The_new_guy
| Posted on Friday, February 20, 2009 - 05:40 pm: |
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1972 Ossa 250 1979? RM125 1977 Yamaha 750 triple 1981 KZ1000 1998 HD SuperGlide 2005 XB12R I got back into riding in 05 and bought the Glide in November. Never rode it till April then traded for the Buell. I'm keeping the Buell because I love and I'm WAAAYYYY upside down after trading in the Harley. G |
Spatten1
| Posted on Friday, February 20, 2009 - 05:45 pm: |
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The_new_guy: My KZ1000 was also a 1981. It started as an LTD and I ditched the goofy handlebars for a "superbike" bend and changed a couple of other cheesy cruiser parts. Great bike for it's time, I loved it. |
Nobuell
| Posted on Friday, February 20, 2009 - 08:03 pm: |
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Gemini 60 cc mimi bike Moto Beta 100cc MXer Yamaha YZ 125cc MXer Yamaha 175 Enduro Bultaco 250 Pursang and an Alpina Husky CR 125 MXer Yamaha 400 MXer Yamaha AS 3 125cc raod bike Suzuki RM 250 MXer Yamaha RD 400 BMW R100RS |
Brumbear
| Posted on Friday, February 20, 2009 - 08:40 pm: |
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KZ in the HOUSE
I have had about 45 motorcycles and access to many repo bikes through the years but I never rode a KZ until last year when I bought the 77 A1 |
Ochoa0042
| Posted on Friday, February 20, 2009 - 09:05 pm: |
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2001 ZX-6R
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Jclaudon
| Posted on Friday, February 20, 2009 - 09:08 pm: |
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a fun little 94 ninja 250 |
Eicas
| Posted on Friday, February 20, 2009 - 09:56 pm: |
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Before my Buell I owned these, and had access to a bunch of others not listed here. Honda VFR800A (Still have this one.) Sportster 1200s Suzuki GSX1100F Suzuki 750GS Honda 750 Kawasaki 500 H1 Norton 750 Atlas BSA 650 Spitfire Ducati 200 Yamaha YDS250 BSA 250 C10 BSA 125 Bantam Those are the street bikes, I also had a bunch of dirt bikes. Started riding on my own in 1962, before that I rode with my folks on their Harley's. |