Buell is done, finished, gone - Page 39

Tmall · 11-19-2009, 01:50 PM

Sigh. I get 180 kms before the gas light comes on. So, 110 miles?

Cutty72 · 11-19-2009, 01:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Tmall

Sigh. I get 180 kms before the gas light comes on. So, 110 miles?

Bonus bigger tank!!!!

marko138 · 11-19-2009, 02:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Cutty72

Bonus bigger tank!!!!

All we gots is 3.7 gallons. My light comes on between 110 and 120 miles. No big deal to me. I dont need to go anyfarther before I take a break.

Cutty72 · 11-19-2009, 02:46 PM

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Originally Posted by marko138

All we gots is 3.7 gallons. My light comes on between 110 and 120 miles. No big deal to me. I dont need to go anyfarther before I take a break.

yeah, i have 5.2 or something like that. it works for me.

Rangerscott · 12-13-2009, 06:44 PM

I forgot that the R and CR have different faces. Can you bash off the ugly R face with a Lousville Slugger and then put on a CR face?

Also, is the muffler's secondary operation a skid plate or flotation device?

Wish there was a Buell dealer here. If I saw a CR for $5k, I'd hump it all the way home.

Adeptus_Minor · 12-14-2009, 02:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Rangerscott

I forgot that the R and CR have different faces. Can you bash off the ugly R face with a Lousville Slugger and then put on a CR face?

Also, is the muffler's secondary operation a skid plate or flotation device?

Wish there was a Buell dealer here. If I saw a CR for $5k, I'd hump it all the way home.

Have you actually sat on the CR? I don't know about you, but I find feeling like you're leaning over the front wheel very disconcerting.
The R's geometry isn't really different but that 'ugly face' as you call it (

) keeps you from feeling like you're going to go over the nose if you get on the brakes.

marko138 · 12-14-2009, 02:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Adeptus_Minor

Have you actually sat on the CR? I don't know about you, but I find feeling like you're leaning over the front wheel very disconcerting.
The R's geometry isn't really different but that 'ugly face' as you call it (

) keeps you from feeling like you're going to go over the nose if you get on the brakes.

High bar kit FTW.

FT BSTRD · 12-14-2009, 07:05 PM

The Cafe Racer bars were marketing hype and were a not toward the British cafe racer scene and allowed them to call it a "CR".

They were mostly unpopular, and as a result the vast majority of new CR owners opted for the high bar kit.

Buell could have done what most manufacturers would have, continue to sell the bike with an unpopular stock set-up AND sell the desired upgrade for additional mark-up.

Instead, Buell was slated to have all of the 2010 CRs equipped with the high bar and sell the cafe racer bars as an "option".

I agree, though, that the CR bars sucked and put the rider in completely the wrong position for a naked street fighter.

smileyman · 12-14-2009, 08:03 PM

so did we decide if it was a small tank or the lack of a 6th gear hurting ya the most. ??

marko138 · 12-14-2009, 08:11 PM

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Originally Posted by smileyman

so did we decide if it was a small tank or the lack of a 6th gear hurting ya the most. ??

Who?

12-14-2009, 07:05 PM	#388
FT BSTRD Tractor Driver Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Franklin, TN Moto: Buell XB12X Ulysses Posts: 1,007	The Cafe Racer bars were marketing hype and were a not toward the British cafe racer scene and allowed them to call it a "CR". They were mostly unpopular, and as a result the vast majority of new CR owners opted for the high bar kit. Buell could have done what most manufacturers would have, continue to sell the bike with an unpopular stock set-up AND sell the desired upgrade for additional mark-up. Instead, Buell was slated to have all of the 2010 CRs equipped with the high bar and sell the cafe racer bars as an "option". I agree, though, that the CR bars sucked and put the rider in completely the wrong position for a naked street fighter. __________________ "I do get tired of reading,'my buddy is a racer and says the Buell will never work' I always want to say 'Who the FCK is your buddy and is he faster than Shawn Higbee?" --Erik Buell*

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smileyman White Trash Hero Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: NW Arkansas Moto: Buell 1125R Porco Rosso Edition Posts: 4,895	so did we decide if it was a small tank or the lack of a 6th gear hurting ya the most. ?? __________________ Arkriders.com To be the best you must first be willing to risk the worst!

11-19-2009, 01:50 PM	#381
Tmall Aspiring Rapper Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Halifax, NS Moto: '12 CB1000R Posts: 3,569	Sigh. I get 180 kms before the gas light comes on. So, 110 miles?

12-13-2009, 06:44 PM	#385
Rangerscott Viff6N Mutated Warrior Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Texas Moto: '01 Honda VFR 800 & '09 ER-6N Posts: 8,704	I forgot that the R and CR have different faces. Can you bash off the ugly R face with a Lousville Slugger and then put on a CR face? Also, is the muffler's secondary operation a skid plate or flotation device? Wish there was a Buell dealer here. If I saw a CR for $5k, I'd hump it all the way home.