To be fair, you have to have a very high IQ to understand Buells.

**Mr. Peanut** · 24th September 2018, 18:30

The design is extremely subtle, and without a solid grasp of theoretical physics most of the torque will go over a typical squid's head.

There's also Eric's holistic outlook, which is deftly woven into his motorcycle creations his personal philosophy draws heavily from the minimalism of Marcus Aurelius, for instance. The fans understand this stuff; they have the intellectual capacity to truly appreciate the depths of these air cooled powerplants, to realise that they're not just vibratory- they say something deep about usable power.

As a consequence people who dislike Buell truly ARE idiots- of course they wouldn't appreciate, for instance, the parsimony in a 45° transversely mounted V-twin with an idle that is best described by the onomatopoeia "Wubba Lubba Dub Dub," which itself is a cryptic reference to Turgenev's Russian epic Fathers and Sons.

I'm smirking right now just imagining one of those addlepated simpletons scratching their heads in confusion as Eric Buell's genius wit unfolds itself on the reflection of their buyer remorce induced tears. What fools.. how I pity them.

**Oakie** · 24th September 2018, 20:23

Too many big words for KB.

**AllanB** · 24th September 2018, 21:23

Yep - so friggen good that you can't go down to your local Buell stockist and buy a new one.

And there was this gem ....

**Oakie** · 24th September 2018, 21:52

It looks backwards.

**Laava** · 24th September 2018, 23:31

Originally Posted by Mr. Peanut

The design is extremely subtle, and without a solid grasp of theoretical physics most of the torque will go over a typical squid's head.

There's also Eric's holistic outlook, which is deftly woven into his motorcycle creations his personal philosophy draws heavily from the minimalism of Marcus Aurelius, for instance. The fans understand this stuff; they have the intellectual capacity to truly appreciate the depths of these air cooled powerplants, to realise that they're not just vibratory- they say something deep about usable power.

As a consequence people who dislike Buell truly ARE idiots- of course they wouldn't appreciate, for instance, the parsimony in a 45° transversely mounted V-twin with an idle that is best described by the onomatopoeia "Wubba Lubba Dub Dub," which itself is a cryptic reference to Turgenev's Russian epic Fathers and Sons.

I'm smirking right now just imagining one of those addlepated simpletons scratching their heads in confusion as Eric Buell's genius wit unfolds itself on the reflection of their buyer remorce induced tears. What fools.. how I pity them.

Don't talk to me about sophistication, I've been to Bulls!

**Navy Boy** · 25th September 2018, 07:39

Wellington Motorcycles had a nice looking Ulysses in recently.

I was strangely tempted... Perhaps my inner intellect making its presence known???

**Voltaire** · 25th September 2018, 08:35

Upon seeing a glowing review I too looked at Buells on TM.

Alas to my eyes the budget was spent on engineering and none left for styling.

**Katman** · 25th September 2018, 08:48

I've never understood the fascination.

**sidecar bob** · 25th September 2018, 08:55

Originally Posted by Navy Boy

Wellington Motorcycles had a nice looking Ulysses in recently.

How did those three words end up in the same sentence?
And what's with those electric fans that sound like a jet engine?
Didn't they even lift the bonnet of a 2002 BMW to see how to design a high speed quiet fan blade?

**pritch** · 25th September 2018, 09:51

Originally Posted by Voltaire

Upon seeing a glowing review I too looked at Buells on TM.

Ah yes, that reminds me of a road test I read once. It started out somewhat like this.

I'm standing at the petrol station looking at the Ducati wondering why it won't start. But that's OK I'm used to this, I just road tested a Buell.

**Scubbo** · 25th September 2018, 09:51

the XB9/12s' are interesting for the unconventionality of them

**Laava** · 25th September 2018, 10:00

The 1125 I had was pretty exciting when you cracked the throttle and the noise it made was just awesome...

**Ocean1** · 25th September 2018, 13:54

Fuck, I must be a chenius, I've had 5 of the fuckers!

Along with most of the flaws.

By the numbers the SDR is a better bike than any of them, but I'll tell you what I reckon I my apex speeds were faster on the XB12R I had.

**Grumph** · 25th September 2018, 16:45

I'm not a great fan of his bikes - but can anyone tell me if he's any good as a guitarist ?

Released an album under the name Erik Buell and the Thunderbolts...