Rode A Buell....Almost Died lol
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05-22-2008, 12:26 PM
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Rode A Buell....Almost Died lol
Well a buddy of mine has a Buell Lightening & he asked me if i wanted to ride, it, I said sure, its always fun taking a spin on someone elses bike. Im used to the Laid Back Harley riding position, not the body forward sportbike position. So I take off & immediately realize that the rear brake does NOTHING! Also from being so far forward eveytime I stop I feel like im gonna go over the bars.....so I turn right through a parking lot & come to the end of the lots & try to stop & almost go into the street, do to the lack of stopping power (I thought because I was going over the handlebars i didnt squeeze the front brake enough) but barely got it to stop, so i said screw this & turned around & went back lol, if i had extended time im sure id get better but other than that screw it, no more Buells for me (The Ulysses is AWESOME htough)
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05-22-2008, 12:38 PM
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Only "sport bike" I ever rode was a Suzuki Katana 750. Damn thing will scare the sh*t right out of ya if ya aren't used to it. I hated the fact that all the weight was on my wrists. Swore right then I'd never own one.
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05-22-2008, 03:40 PM
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Well...you got guts for even getting on one of thos things. I like my "couch" just fine. Sounds like you would agree.
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05-22-2008, 03:43 PM
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I always make sure to test ride a buell during demo day, they don't like it when you pull the front wheel off the ground on a demo bike
and a friend of mine has a kawasaki rocket that I ride once in a while. If I owned one I'd end up killing myself on it. I've seen 168 mph on it and aside from the wind it still felt rock solid.
and a friend of mine has a kawasaki rocket that I ride once in a while. If I owned one I'd end up killing myself on it. I've seen 168 mph on it and aside from the wind it still felt rock solid.
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05-22-2008, 04:53 PM
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I rode the 1125 R last weekend at a Buell Demo Days. I was quickly reminded how uncomfortable the sport bikes are. Couldn't wait to get back and get on my SG.
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05-22-2008, 06:40 PM
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Leave that sh*t to the kids man......those things are dangerous.....DOH!
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05-22-2008, 06:53 PM
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ORIGINAL: jskelington
Leave that sh*t to the kids man......those things are dangerous.....DOH!
Leave that sh*t to the kids man......those things are dangerous.....DOH!
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05-22-2008, 06:57 PM
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some reason,, Big-n-Rich,s save a Buell, ride a cowboy ,,, whup whup,,,,
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05-22-2008, 08:38 PM
RE: Rode A Buell....Almost Died lol
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Well a buddy of mine has a Buell Lightening & he asked me if i wanted to ride, it, I said sure, its always fun taking a spin on someone elses bike. Im used to the Laid Back Harley riding position, not the body forward sportbike position. So I take off & immediately realize that the rear brake does NOTHING! Also from being so far forward eveytime I stop I feel like im gonna go over the bars.....so I turn right through a parking lot & come to the end of the lots & try to stop & almost go into the street, do to the lack of stopping power (I thought because I was going over the handlebars i didnt squeeze the front brake enough) but barely got it to stop, so i said screw this & turned around & went back lol, if i had extended time im sure id get better but other than that screw it, no more Buells for me (The Ulysses is AWESOME htough)
Well a buddy of mine has a Buell Lightening & he asked me if i wanted to ride, it, I said sure, its always fun taking a spin on someone elses bike. Im used to the Laid Back Harley riding position, not the body forward sportbike position. So I take off & immediately realize that the rear brake does NOTHING! Also from being so far forward eveytime I stop I feel like im gonna go over the bars.....so I turn right through a parking lot & come to the end of the lots & try to stop & almost go into the street, do to the lack of stopping power (I thought because I was going over the handlebars i didnt squeeze the front brake enough) but barely got it to stop, so i said screw this & turned around & went back lol, if i had extended time im sure id get better but other than that screw it, no more Buells for me (The Ulysses is AWESOME htough)
I've always wanted to test ride a Buell but never though about all the weight feeling like it was on your wrists. I don't think I'd like that so much.