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Buellerthanyou
Posted on Saturday, July 16, 2005 - 02:36 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Tales Of Brave Ulysses

You thought the leaden winter would bring you down forever,
But you rode upon a steamer to the violence of the sun.

And the colors of the sea blind your eyes with trembling mermaids,
And you touch the distant beaches with tales of brave Ulysses:
How his naked ears were tortured by the sirens sweetly singing,
For the sparkling waves are calling you to kiss their white laced lips.

And you see a girl's brown body dancing through the turquoise,
And her footprints make you follow where the sky loves the sea.
And when your fingers find her, she drowns you in her body,
Carving deep blue ripples in the tissues of your mind.

The tiny purple fishes run laughing through your fingers,
And you want to take her with you to the hard land of the winter.

Her name is Aphrodite and she rides a crimson shell,
And you know you cannot leave her for you touched the distant sands
With tales of brave Ulysses; how his naked ears were tortured
By the sirens sweetly singing.

The tiny purple fishes run lauging through your fingers,
And you want to take her with you to the hard land of the winter.

HBJ
"Mistakes are the portals of discovery."
--James Joyce
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Road_thing
Posted on Saturday, July 16, 2005 - 07:30 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Now, I just got back from baby's,
big white house on the hill.

I said, I just got back from baby's,
big white house on the hill.

If her lovin' don't get me,
I know her husband will.
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Rick_a
Posted on Saturday, July 16, 2005 - 11:35 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

So, what kind of significance does that name hold for us?

There was a General Don Carlos Buell that served with Ulysses S. Grant. Interesting.
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Jungletym
Posted on Saturday, July 16, 2005 - 03:04 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Wait until the 23rd, and you will see why.
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Seanp
Posted on Saturday, July 16, 2005 - 03:26 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

I wonder if Erik Buell is related to Don Carlos Buell?

(Message edited by seanp on July 16, 2005)
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Tramp
Posted on Saturday, July 16, 2005 - 06:59 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

portrait of the bueller as young man
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Tramp
Posted on Saturday, July 16, 2005 - 07:00 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

finnegan's buell
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Seanp
Posted on Sunday, July 17, 2005 - 08:42 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

If you type the words Buell Discovery into Google, the first link that pops up
has the following as its accompanying text:

"Discovery Adventure Bike XB12X Ulysses A great Harley / Buell Discovery Engine
Building, Technical Support, Parts & More, RallyRaid UK web site ..."

The website is for Hog-Wild racing, some guys that race a Harley-powered bike.
They've raced Pike's Peak and are getting ready to race the Dakar Rally.

But the XB12X text is from an ad from one of their sponsors, Bartel's HD-Buell.
It says, in text that's almost the same color as the page background,

Bartels Harley Davidson / Buell
Discovery Adventure Bike
XB12X Ulysses

And I see that someone posting anonymously has already posted this - I was going to post it yesterday, but didn't want to let the cat out of the bag. Guess it's been done!

My guess is the "Discovery Adventure Bike" is an Adventure-Tourer or Dual-Sport. The XB12X Ulysses is possibly the fully-faired monster that someone had mentioned in another thread...

(Message edited by seanp on July 17, 2005)
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Whodom
Posted on Sunday, July 17, 2005 - 09:42 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Good find Sean. I did a search for "Buell Discovery" about a week ago and found nothing, so that's a very recent addition.

Man, just one week to go. It's gonna be a long week...
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Seanp
Posted on Sunday, July 17, 2005 - 09:57 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

I've got a year to wait. A week is nothing!
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Essthreetee
Posted on Sunday, July 17, 2005 - 11:38 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

"Discovery Adventure Bike XB12X Ulysses A great Harley / Buell Discovery Engine
Building, Technical Support, Parts & More, RallyRaid UK web site ..."

The website is for Hog-Wild racing, some guys that race a Harley-powered bike.
They've raced Pike's Peak and are getting ready to race the Dakar Rally.

But the XB12X text is from an ad from one of their sponsors, Bartel's HD-Buell.
It says, in text that's almost the same color as the page background,

Bartels Harley Davidson / Buell
Discovery Adventure Bike
XB12X Ulysses


They are using V-Rod engines on their Dakar Rally Bikes....
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Mfell2112
Posted on Sunday, July 17, 2005 - 12:07 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

What does posting the lyrics to this classic 1967 Cream release (A great number if i do say so myself)have to do with our wonderful Buell motorcycles?:-)

Regards

Mike
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Tommy_2stroke
Posted on Sunday, July 17, 2005 - 05:19 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

So, the adventure bike is the Discovery, possibly a Blast derivative? And the Ulysses is what? Based on the XB12, but physically larger, capable of carrying a greater load? The name Ulysses certainly suggests great strength...

But the V-rod motor... I dunno. It is a magnificent piece to be sure, and Harley's best motor. But didn't Erik once say, in response to the Buell+Revolution suggestion: "Too big, too heavy, and too expensive!". Not to mention fuel-thirsty. Not a likely fit for the light and efficient Buell design philosophy.

Fascinating to speculate, though.
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Midknyte
Posted on Sunday, July 17, 2005 - 11:56 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Erik has said that water cooled engines were unnecessary.

He's acknowledged that he may respond to a market demand
for a water cooled bike, but that it would not be a replacement
for the existing bikes or technology.
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Bomber
Posted on Monday, July 18, 2005 - 01:31 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Standing in the Corner of the Lido Hotel
Floozies in the lobby like the way I sell

Hot meat
Hot Rats . . . ..

dear, departed Brother Zappa
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Tramp
Posted on Monday, July 18, 2005 - 09:05 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

...five o'clock
shadow box
-in all around town
talkin' with the
old man
sleepin' on the ground....
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