Buell!

[Cayman911]

If anyone wants to buy me a buell before they run out (blue XB9SX) i will owe them for life .

if not its ok, ill wait. my red stallion will surely enjoy sharing the garage with a beast of a buell though!

[buellbabe]

Hey Drogen!

About a buell ride club...oops! we forgot to contact you last weekend...or what I mean to say IS that AJ forgot to contact you! Coupla weekends ago I was down in Welly and hooning around on the CR...AJ, moi, Balzy & CJ went for a great ride on the Saturday out to Castlepoint, wow I was buzzing, just loved the roads and the scenery and it was so cool to be in the company of 2 other Buells

Nudemetalz? Did you mention yr sis has an X1 that she finds a bit much around town? Mine is an every day ride, work every day and then a decent hoon at the weekends. I have got custom bars that are actually an inch lower and more forward than the originals and I certainly notice a bit of pressure on the palms of my hands when I'm in heavy traffic but the sheer enjoyment of the ride makes up for it. The trusty ol' girl has pretty high mileage on her and I have just recently replaced the TPS (original was playing up, its a bit tired LOL), John at Triplezee did his magic...well I reckon she is now running better than she ever has. X1's are known to not like cold starts, I got tired of holding the throttle open while she warmed up and resorted to tweeking the idle cable, basically using it like a choke but now she starts from cold and sits there purring! I'm stoked! Took her for a hoon up #16 and beyond on Saturday and had the entire road to myself, it was primo! When I finally got home and tucked her in for the night I gave her a goodnight kiss, YEP! I actually kissed the tank! Thats how happy I was and how fantastic she is running.
Love my Buells!

[Hailwood]

OOOIIIIIIII Where was my invite to this Buell ride???? Has the love gone already AJ? Did our journey into the bush mean nothing to you????????? Hahahahahahaahahaha...Would love to catch up with you guys if and when you turn up down here again....let me know....you are right BuellBabe..nothing finer than riding with other Buells...went on WMCC Poker run a few weeks back...about 3 Buells, a few Japanese bikes, 1 Ducati and all the usual HOG guys.......Buells looked and sounded great.....

[ajturbo]

dam... sorry!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

been working too much and ... well that and still scared from our bush walk....

[ajturbo]

dam... sorry!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

been working too much and ... well that and still scared from our bush walk....

[buellbabe]

Hailwood! How could we forget you? (seriously...how could we forget you...)

Sorry man! I had been chatting with CJ on 'that other forum' and suggested that they get in touch with AJ...forgot there was some more Buelligans down that way.

Next time! For sure!

[Drogen Omen]

oh damn... would have loved to go for a spin...

how do we creat a Buell Group on here?

i have another buell rider thats interested in joining his names Alistair and hes from Paraparaumu... he has a bike for sale on trademe... http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/List...x?id=283697492

[buellbabe]

Mate I reckon just PM each other if ya wanna go for a ride...just get together amongst yourselves and create a "ride list" with other interested Buellers contact details then take it from there...
:-)

I know AJ is usually keen for a hoon most weekends!

[White Boots]

I realy regret selling my buell. Dam it, thats it im getting another one.

[buellbabe]

ha! they get under yr skin eh?

A mate of mine (long hair and bearded biker type) who I never pictured on a Buell surprised me by snapping up one of the last 2010 Blacknblue XB12R models. Its sex on wheels (and he look mighty fine on it too)...anyway what was my point? ummm oh yeah...talked to him the other week and got an update on his "affair with the Buell" , reckons at first he felt like he was cheating on his HD drag bike but now he is riding the Buell most of the time and is loving it more and more everytime he goes for a fang. In particular he really loves the way it drops into a corner and accelerates out as if its a cocked and loaded pistol...oh yes, its fair to say he has been bitten by the bug!

[nudemetalz]

Buellbabe, - it's mainly the gearing she finds a drag on the X-1...2nd gear is revving it's nuts off (relatively speaking) and 3rd gear is too high, making it hunt.
It does have the ugly scoops taken off and a pod put on so maybe the fuelling isn't quite right.

We took that, my Guzzi and a Fazer 600 down to Wanaka and back at Easter. We took bets as to whether the Guzzi or Buell would break down first. Neither did, the Fazer gave an issue or 2 !!!!

[buellbabe]

Oh I get ya... you mean trying to do 50kph? Yeah...need an inbetween gear but thats the case with a lot of bikes eh? Ya gotta sit bang on 50 in 2nd or do 55-60 in 3rd. Thats what I do anyway :-)

[nudemetalz]

Sorry I meant to say 50km/h also

[Drogen Omen]

ok i might make a simple poster and put it up in some bike shops about Buell rides...

so i can put together a mailing list.

[Drogen Omen]

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