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Doug_s
Posted on Thursday, April 15, 2010 - 02:27 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ewItem&item=180493012489

wow...

doug s.
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Drawkward
Posted on Thursday, April 15, 2010 - 03:02 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Bleeeegh!

Where's the puking smiley.
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Dragonwing
Posted on Thursday, April 15, 2010 - 03:24 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

That's just wrong, on a lot of levels...

DW
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The_italian_job
Posted on Thursday, April 15, 2010 - 04:59 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

I think there's a lot to admire him on how he built a chopper out of a Monster, frame included.
not my take, but I would reward him for his ideas....
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Ebutch
Posted on Thursday, April 15, 2010 - 06:01 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

BSA was a prime candidate because of unit engine (all in one) easy to chop as X engine.Takes a little Brains engine and trans separate to chop.
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Guell
Posted on Thursday, April 15, 2010 - 07:38 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Im digging it, yall havnt heard of 13 choppers?



Id love to have a duc powered bobber/chopper
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46champ
Posted on Thursday, April 15, 2010 - 11:40 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Note how many bids have been placed on that fine custom motorcycle.
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Ebutch
Posted on Friday, April 16, 2010 - 12:32 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

This one shows a lot of carpentry skills!!!!

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Jayvee
Posted on Friday, April 16, 2010 - 12:26 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Wow, that wooden Honda has adjustable compression damping?!

As for the eBay ducati, what a ball-burner!
Need a Kevlar Cup for that.

(Message edited by jayvee on April 16, 2010)
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Ebutch
Posted on Friday, April 16, 2010 - 09:07 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Yes the duc engine Chopper is very well Done!It,s money better spent than Crack.Very Creative At Least! But the Buell chopper
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Fullauto
Posted on Thursday, April 22, 2010 - 11:46 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

I love the way these guys build their "ultimate" bike but then have to sell it to fund their new abortion that nobody will love either.
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Jayvee
Posted on Friday, April 23, 2010 - 06:39 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Like it or hate the concept, to me this is a very clean build:

http://sfbay.craigslist.org/sby/mcy/1699637826.htm l
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Ebutch
Posted on Friday, April 23, 2010 - 10:05 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

NUTZ
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Ebutch
Posted on Friday, April 23, 2010 - 10:14 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)



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Ebutch
Posted on Friday, April 23, 2010 - 10:17 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)



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Ebutch
Posted on Saturday, April 24, 2010 - 12:04 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Jayvee well done,But a waste of a Corner Carver
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Preybird1
Posted on Saturday, April 24, 2010 - 01:21 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

YUK! That is just awful!! No thanks!
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Guell
Posted on Saturday, April 24, 2010 - 07:42 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

I like the bike a lot but there's no way it weighs 450 lbs
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4cammer
Posted on Sunday, April 25, 2010 - 05:44 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Ewwww.....thank G-d for my Sierra Nevada Torpedo Extra IPA I am currently enjoying or I'd really be sick...
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96s2t
Posted on Sunday, April 25, 2010 - 06:14 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

That style reminds me of the 1970's when guys started putting struts, extended forks and ape hangers on Kawasaki triples. Why oh why?????? The humanity of it all!
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Jayvee
Posted on Monday, April 26, 2010 - 02:51 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

I guess what I like about some of these bikes is that the person had a vision of what they like, the balls to actually do it instead of just dreaming, and the determination and persistence to actually finish it. Demonstrates some level of passion about bikes, even if their taste is different.
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Ebutch
Posted on Monday, April 26, 2010 - 02:55 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Ya!!!!The people Who Drive Them 25 miles a Year. Still Better than Dope!

(Message edited by ebutch on April 26, 2010)

(Message edited by ebutch on April 26, 2010)
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Daveswan
Posted on Tuesday, April 27, 2010 - 09:47 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Custom-Built-Motorc ycles-Chopper-Titled-Cyclone-Custom-Buell-Pro-Stre et-Chopper-1250cc-VIDEOS-/290429326087?cmd=ViewIte m&pt=US_motorcycles&hash=item439eefd307#ht_2122wt_ 1167
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Fullauto
Posted on Tuesday, April 27, 2010 - 10:17 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

If these butchers love the things so much, then why do they need to sell them so quickly after building them?

Answer is fairly straightforward.
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Hootowl
Posted on Tuesday, April 27, 2010 - 05:52 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

I wish the seller could be forced to take the word BUELL off the tank of the motorcycle.
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Hootowl
Posted on Tuesday, April 27, 2010 - 05:58 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

For a good laugh, click the link.

http://www.custom-choppers-guide.com/buell-chopper s.html

It is almost as if the author has no idea about, well, anything at all.

"Buell's are known for their loud, throaty engines that create the kind of loud putting and rumbling sound (called torque) that is famous for waking the whole neighborhood up"


So horsepower is a loud rubbling sound that wakes up the neighbors over time?
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Ebutch
Posted on Tuesday, April 27, 2010 - 08:04 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Cyclone Mussel-Bike Not-Bad
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Jayvee
Posted on Tuesday, April 27, 2010 - 09:57 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Buell has had their most Racing successes in Drag Racing, of all things.
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Onespeedpaul
Posted on Thursday, April 29, 2010 - 03:35 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

i'll play devil's advocate: the ducati in the original post was built about 6 years ago, so i wouldn't say that it was just built then sold...

i have no idea how many of you who post here anymore have ever actually heard a ducati with open headers, but it's is one of the finest tunes ever engineered.
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Onespeedpaul
Posted on Thursday, April 29, 2010 - 03:40 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

one more thing, it's not like a ducati monster is rare or anything, there are at least a dozen ducati monsters out there for every single tube-framed buell.
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Firstbuell
Posted on Thursday, April 29, 2010 - 03:49 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Buells also hold lotsa Salt Flats records as well

LSR is kinda drag racing, eh?

(Message edited by firstbuell on April 29, 2010)
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Doug_s
Posted on Thursday, April 29, 2010 - 04:09 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

i am w/onespeedpaul for a couple things - at least ducati monsters are not rare, so when they're made to look like shite, it's not like they are trashing scarce objects.

and, as owner of a '78 duc darmah, i can attest to the beautiful sound these engines can make w/proper pipes. but open headers? yikes - way too loud for these ears.

doug s.
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Kyrocket
Posted on Friday, April 30, 2010 - 08:40 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

"In essence, Buell's entire style philosophy is based on the idea that it is a shame to cover up raw metal with glossy plastic fairings. The company's raw aesthetic that appreciates the look of exposed Twin V engines is one that Buell shares with chopper enthusiasts. The other thing that also really draws chopper fanatics to the Buell choppers is the exploding, sputtering sound that they make on the road." From the Custom Chopper's Guide.


And all this time they've been spouting off about some "trilogy of tech". Glad I got enlightened by the chopper's guide. I know they're right because mine made that exploding, sputtering sound on the road once.
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