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10-19-2009, 01:29 PM | #1 | |
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Dude you had too much coffee today or SOMETHING.....TIGGER and JJ can't catch a break from your ass today
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10-19-2009, 03:35 PM | #2 | |
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If you asked what was the worst dirt bike I've ever ridden...that would be one bike. Worst sport bike-Buell Worst cruiser-Suzuki GS450L Bottom line is I get to determine what I believe to be the worst bike I've ever ridden was. For me, I take in what the bike was designed to do vs what it actually does. Personally, I don't fault a person's opinions, everyone is welcome to them. |
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10-19-2009, 12:52 PM | #3 |
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2000 something Harley Custom. Pretty bike but damn... Of course, reach was a huge problem for me! Couldn't reach the controls with my feet... every time I had to slow down or stop I had to scooch up onto the tank
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10-19-2009, 01:10 PM | #4 |
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Yeesh!
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10-19-2009, 01:28 PM | #5 |
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Sheesh, guys, it's an opinion. Tigger could have ridden a horrible Buell while Tmall's could be awesome. They aren't mutually exclusive.
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10-19-2009, 03:45 PM | #6 |
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Not to mention my opinion was colored by the fact that I had just gotten off my Busa!!! I honestly don't remember what year it was and if I am wrong about the first Harley Buells having fuel in the frame, etc. I honestly apologize to Buell owners. Even still, as I said, Buell has constantly maintained that his designs are superior to the Japanese. I haven't seen any proof of that.
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10-19-2009, 03:53 PM | #7 |
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10-19-2009, 04:00 PM | #8 |
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You have to admit one thing though. There are not very many "I used to ride a Buell" people. I meet many of ex GSXR or ex CBR riders. From what I have seen, once you own a Buell, you love them.The only exception is the Blast owners that are looking to move up.
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10-19-2009, 07:36 PM | #9 | |
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That's only because they don't want to admit that everyone was right!!! Aren't they the sam e kind of people that buy harleys as well? Or Moto Guzzis'? Are they buying a bike or an image? Nah, I hear ya but I've met all kinds of "ex" riders... I'm an ex-Harley guy... If you went back in time 25+ years and told me that I would be riding Jap bikes, I'd tell you you were fucking nuts!!!Then I was a Yamaha man, I would have bet money 10 years ago that I'd never buy a Suzuki! Besides you have to admit that there can be fierce loyalty to something even in the face of definitive proof that something better/cheaper/longer lasting/better performing/etc exists...Heck, Harley wrote the book on that shit!!! Look at two stroke dirt bikes, there are guys that refuse to switch regardless of what the data/numbers/facts show. |
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10-19-2009, 08:25 PM | #10 |
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Sure, there are a lot of ex-GSXR or ex-sportbike owners, but most of that is simply because people get older. It doesn't prove that they suddenly decided Buells or something else was better, it may simply prove that they weren't comfortable on sportbikes anymore.
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