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Mikethediabetic
Posted on Tuesday, January 22, 2013 - 08:30 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Hey guys if you havent seen this yet, here is a pick of a custom Buell XB at the NY Motorcycle Show in Manhattan. What do you all think?
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Glitch
Posted on Tuesday, January 22, 2013 - 08:43 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

I like the headlamp and the airbox cover.
I guess you'd have to do a pretty deep squat to ride that thing though.
Seat to foot pegs, what is that? Like maybe six inches?
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Mikethediabetic
Posted on Tuesday, January 22, 2013 - 08:48 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

yeah i know. the grips look like the most un-comfortable thing i have ever seen. I know you can get that headlight on ebay. very popular if you search for "streetfighter headlight"
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Trojan
Posted on Tuesday, January 22, 2013 - 11:06 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

What a pile fo expensive Sh*t. Do these people that build these monstrosities even ride the 'bikes' they build?

art for arts sake? what a waste
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Ducbsa
Posted on Tuesday, January 22, 2013 - 11:44 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Did he have the template for cutting his front fender on backwards?
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Teeps
Posted on Tuesday, January 22, 2013 - 01:15 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Again, what did that poor Buell ever do to the builder; to deserve such treatment?

Trojan,
I don't think that bike IS ridable in the current configuration.
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Panhead_dan
Posted on Tuesday, January 22, 2013 - 03:07 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

""Trojan,
I don't think that bike IS ridable in the current configuration.""

I don't either. Common with showbikes.
It would make a really cool mailbox.
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Ourdee
Posted on Tuesday, January 22, 2013 - 05:37 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Slice your boots foot pegs. That chunk of billet gas cap helps move the mass back to center. I'll high five you at HomeComing if you show up on one like it. But, don't think we won't be snickering around the camp fire that night. And, don't make the mistake of asking what I think about it. Show me the salvage title and I'll lighten up.

(Message edited by ourdee on January 22, 2013)
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Blackm2
Posted on Wednesday, January 23, 2013 - 09:13 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

And yet another ruined Buell.
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Boyd
Posted on Wednesday, January 23, 2013 - 12:49 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

the headlight is a lsl unit i think, you can get them from speigler
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Trojan
Posted on Thursday, January 24, 2013 - 04:40 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

the headlight is a lsl unit i think, you can get them from speigler

It is actually a stock headlight unit from a Yamaha MT03. LSL make a bracket kit to fit it to other bikes and sell the light as part of that kit, but they don't make it.
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Andersonhdj
Posted on Thursday, January 24, 2013 - 08:08 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

1st class,------------ Horse sh&t, absolute waste of an XB.
Wonder what makes a nob do this??
Perhaps they can't ride, cos that ain't rideable less you're a midget with moerse long arms!
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Panhead_dan
Posted on Thursday, January 24, 2013 - 11:10 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Even then, it looks like you are sitting directly on the fender which moves with the rear suspension!
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Tq_freak
Posted on Thursday, January 24, 2013 - 02:15 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Even then, it looks like you are sitting directly on the fender which moves with the rear suspension!

Who says it has a rear suspension.
The shock has probably been replaced with a strut bar.

It would have to be for the seat to be that conformed to the bike.

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Dtech
Posted on Thursday, January 24, 2013 - 05:12 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

I do kinda like the airbox cover.
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Panhead_dan
Posted on Thursday, January 24, 2013 - 06:27 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

At least the exhaust tip matches the "theme".
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Sifo
Posted on Friday, January 25, 2013 - 07:00 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Who says it has a rear suspension.

Looks to me like the seat was lowered by getting rid of the shock. I don't think there will be any problems caused with the rear fender moving.

That's not to say there aren't problems.
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Eaglerider
Posted on Saturday, January 26, 2013 - 10:44 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

I love it for what it is. It shows that even a XB can be made into a hardtail with a bunch of custom fabricated cool (though functionless) parts.

Next year the builder will probably put 18" aps with a chrome springer frint end on this thing :-)
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Brumbear
Posted on Sunday, January 27, 2013 - 08:56 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

crime scene
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46champ
Posted on Sunday, January 27, 2013 - 11:40 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

There ought to be a rule that a custom bike to be considered for an award at these shows has to be ridden around a 5 mile loop on the local city streets.
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Forerunner
Posted on Sunday, January 27, 2013 - 01:32 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Not my cup of tea BUT I appreciate that of all the bikes out there he chose a Buell to customize.

If just one person who never heard of Buell sees that bike, learns that it's a Buell, and it raises that person's awareness, well, I think that's a good thing.

YMMV,
Nels
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Damnut
Posted on Thursday, January 31, 2013 - 10:56 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

They do all that work and leave the stock shifter??
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Canucklovingbrit
Posted on Saturday, February 02, 2013 - 11:36 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Not my particular thing, but I'm sure it's art in the eyes of the builder, and that's fine by me.
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