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Hughlysses
Posted on Saturday, February 20, 2021 - 10:52 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

https://www.hotcars.com/buell-ulysses-facts
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Smorris
Posted on Sunday, February 21, 2021 - 03:57 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

did not know about the frame being outsourced. Interesting
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Court
Posted on Sunday, February 21, 2021 - 04:51 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Oh . . it gets LOTS better than that.

Nino and Giuseppe Verlicchi made incredible frames. They've made them for a handful of manufactures but never anything like the Buell design.

The design was, in fact, so proprietary that different parts of the frame production were done by different firms in different countries.

Skycraft.

No one knew the entire process.

There are some amazing factoids behind so may parts of the XB line.
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Shoggin
Posted on Sunday, February 21, 2021 - 06:59 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

We need to have some beers: )

and I'd buy the book if you wrote it.
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Screamer
Posted on Sunday, February 21, 2021 - 08:50 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Like most Ulysses owners, those were ten things that I’ve never forgotten about my Ulysses.
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Court
Posted on Sunday, February 21, 2021 - 09:56 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)


quote:

I'd buy the book if you wrote it.




Probably unlikely. . . . but some of the best stories in the history of Buell occurred during the start up of EBR.

Classics like the HD real estate neophyte . . . . the folks who came looking for the Barracuda development bikes and the Griffin . . . .that we hid by putting Honda dirt bike stickers on it. (ever with BUELL cast Is the case).

There were so many classic tales of folks working 20 hour days and the small group of Elves was doing some of the most amazing work in the career of Erik Buell.
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Tootal
Posted on Monday, February 22, 2021 - 11:03 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

We keep reminding you to tell us but it doesn't seem to be working!!
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Shoggin
Posted on Monday, February 22, 2021 - 10:12 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Just tell me the stories Court! I right words good.
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Vortec57
Posted on Tuesday, February 23, 2021 - 10:31 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

That list is the worst list for basically anyone who knows anything about a Uly.

Though, as always Court has sprinkled in just a couple bits of knowledge that are way more interesting than the "news"
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Hughlysses
Posted on Tuesday, February 23, 2021 - 03:09 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

^ It’s probably an accurate title for people who never owned a Uly, or maybe a Buell for that matter.
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Bernhardgrave
Posted on Saturday, July 10, 2021 - 04:37 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

He called it TOP HEAVY right off the bat so I figured reading the rest was a waste of time.

This thing is so easy to pick up because it is anything but.
I should know...

Nap time
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Tpehak
Posted on Saturday, July 10, 2021 - 06:37 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

That's how I usually park my bicycle laying it on the ground.

(Message edited by TPEHAK on July 10, 2021)
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Panhead_dan
Posted on Sunday, November 07, 2021 - 07:23 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Take the side bags off and it can be more challenging!
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Tempest766
Posted on Thursday, November 11, 2021 - 09:47 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

That's how I usually park my bicycle laying it on the ground.

Given the instability of the Uly side stand, that seems expected.}
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Falloutnl
Posted on Wednesday, March 16, 2022 - 02:54 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

"It ended up quite tall, the trademark under-belly exhaust also doubled up as a skid-plate (well, kind of) and its increased height messed with their mass-centralized design mantra as it ended up being a bit top-heavy."

To be fair, this doesn't seem that far off the mark.

I too have had the fortune of having to pick one up, haha.
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Ratbuell
Posted on Friday, March 18, 2022 - 12:29 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Given the instability of the Uly side stand, that seems expected.

...you must never have owned an S2....}
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Court
Posted on Tuesday, March 22, 2022 - 05:43 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)


quote:

..you must never have owned an S2....




Prophecy there . . .
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