Shit son, I'm talking about the 80s and 90s here!!! I know that the quality is leaps and bounds better at HD now!

i should get one and leave it under a tarp in the backyard for 18 years. wonder how much harder it would be to get running again than my 450 :lol:

Before I actually worked a sales floor at an HD dealer, I had a pretty negative outlook on Harleys. They were unreliable. They leaked oil. You had to carry a tool box with you just to keep them running. The usual.

The latest offerings by HD are VERY high quality good running bikes. I was surprised how well put together and dependable they are.

They are on par with anything out there as far as quality.

I can even justify the price to a degree. There is NOTHING that is plastic on any Harley. Everything is either painted metal or cast. They weigh 900+ pounds for a reason.

If you are paying by the pound, the price is in line with their metric competitors.

Yeah damn... in the 80s there may have even been a AMF HD in the mix!! YIKES!

That is funny. But not 100% true... my side covers under the seat (commonly known as the oil bag area) are plastic. Well I think plastic. Along with the fairings, and saddlebags. LOL!

But I have been saying it for the past several years. The new HDs are great machines, very metric turn key.

I'm going to look at Buells this weekend if any are left. My friend that totalled his R6 has yet to replace it...he's tight with $$ so these deals sound sweet to him.

He has considered a Buell before and is now glad he didn't jump on one in the last few months.

Yeah, I forgot about the "oil bag" covers. The oil bag inside, though, is metal.

Yeah, and the fairings and saddle bags aren't metal obviously. The rest, though, is.

That story has been going around. Nothing further has been reported.

There is a concerted effort going on to track down the suppliers of every component of what makes up a Buell, though. Part of the challenge, if HD is unwilling to help, is going to be in replicating the parts. It's much cheaper to get it going if the original supplier with the original specs is able just to gin out more parts. It's much harder to reverse engineer the parts and have them produced by a new supplyer.

I spoke to my dealer today. $5500

$100 off if I refer you

I get $100 in store credit

Plus you get $500 store credit

Only $400 in sales tax.

Also they specialize in shipping bikes. they will ship it to your dealer in the original crate and it will be shipped by hd trucks so no worries.

http://www.bikerbobshd.com/

If you call in (Taylor store). Speak to Chrissy and tell her Chris sent ya. She told me they only have 3 1125's left. And like on Uly (different price)

Their funny youtube channel
http://www.youtube.com/user/BikerBobsHD

how they ship the bikes
http://www.youtube.com/user/BikerBob...20/CGlYveRkXZE

Anyway, let me know if I can help in any way PM me and I'll see what I can do.

I will be out of town next week, but other than that I will do what I can.

The last Buell rolling off assembly line
http://www.dealernews.com/dealernews.../641475?ref=25

http://www.dealernews.com/dealernews.../LastBuell.gif

That's sad

Very!

I can only imagine what is going through those workers minds in that pic, trying to talk my father in law into picking one up now

I wonder how much the last one is gonna sell for?

I wouldn't be surprised to hear that it isn't for sale because it's going into a personal collection or museum somewhere.

Pretty sure you can see what that one guy is thinking...(white shirt)

So sad, hope they all find jobs soon.

That bike deserves to reside in Erik Buells garage

FatBastard...I have a Customer that may be interested in a Buell... Shoot me your contact info and I'll pass it along if you have any left in stock.

ok, so I just stumbled upon this thread now. Wow, being out of the loop sucks!!!!

Most things I'd say have already been said, but I have a couple.

We know that Buell needed HD's money to "spread the word" etc and for the dealership networks. I also feel that those same dealership networks are the major downfall of the Buell brand. I have never in my life walked into a HD/Buell dealership and had anyone pay me any attention after I mentioned that I was interested in Buell. I found that the sales, parts, and service staff were all very ill informed and uneducated about the brand in general, as well as specific models. I have even been pushed toward various HD models when asking about a Buell model. All this does not lead to good sales.
Further, very few dealers carried a selection of Buells EVER.
To walk in and see a 1125, a XB12R and a Ully was a miracle in itself. My dealership even said they would only order a Buell if someone was commited to it. The first year of the 1125, they only got in 5... 3 they sold to other dealerships. the 2 others, one I bought, and the other was the showroom model for awhile, but they didn't bring it out until I showed interest in it and wanted to see one before I bought.

FT BSTRD... you really work for a rarity in the HD world. I have heard many good things about your dealership, and I hope they continue.

I love my 1125, and I'm glad I got it when I did, retail price or no. It was over 10K of wonderful riding that I never would have gotten without it.
It is the anny edition as well... so it *may* at some day be a collector. But I tell you, it will not be a collector like some of these old muscle cars you see with low low original miles. I bought this bike to ride, Erik designed this bike for me to ride, so that's what I'll do.

i am lucky to live so close to a dedicated dealer

so did you keep the RC, or trade it on the 1125?

Agreed!

Agreed

traded it in, it had 33k miles and was getting ready to be serviced in the future, with the deal buell offered i was silly not to take it, by the time i paid someone to check the valves and check out the clutch, prolly replace the some parts i would be almost buying the buell, and i would of still had an 9 year old bike with 33k miles

True story...

I am wondering though, if the anny edition is going to be worth some $$ in the future...

Is the XB9 only available in the SX version, or was there ever an R version?

Only as a SX at this point....well...as of 2009 anyway.

There was no xb9r after 03 or 04, I believe.


There were other 984cc bikes, just no firebolt.

Well you know I'd have to have some kind of Lightning, because of the pimp dual round headlights :lol:

The XB9R was produced up until the 2009 Model Year.

The 9 motor is really one of the best motors produced by Buell. It didn't have the low end grunt of the stroked 12 motor (same bore longer stroke), but it was MUCH smoother.

The only new bikes coming with the 9 motor are the SX. The City X (XB9SX) is a fantastic commuter/urban bike. Good low end torque, smooth engine, low fuell consumption (55-60MPG).

I have three XB9SX bikes waiting. Two Red, one Blue.

http://image.sportrider.com/f/168877...uell_XB9SX.jpg

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7tXD5Ng_b9...ng-XB12Ssd.jpg

You can do a big bore kit for them and get very good power and torque out of these motors.

Xb9, yes. Xb9r, no. I'm almost 100% sure of it.


Trying to find some proof, ill link it when I get it.

The only proof I can find is service manuals, and they only go as far as 2007.

I honestly did think they only did a small run of them and discontinued it not long after the 12. I stand corrected.

According to my material the last XB9R model year was 2007. That's directly out of page 104 of "25 years of Buell".

And the last XB9S (not SX) was.......?

Plain 9S was made in 2004.

:iagree:

I would say purple shirt guy is easier to see what is in his mind.

Yup, what I was thinking too.

Buells final truckload.

I guess the shippers didn't care since they are losing their jobs.redflip

http://hellforleathermagazine.com/images/Buell_Fate.jpg

:bigrofl:


Aw man that was fucking crazy!!!

That's sad to see no matter what bike it is.

that just sucks.
they could have given them to MSF courses.

lots of spare parts in that bin

That's what I'm thinking.
Granted, I'm not strong enough to muscle those things around, but I'd love to dig in there for parts. :dthumb:
You could probably come out with a helluva custom build.

Probably something I could use too! Damn...

I'm a big junkyard whore. I'd live at one if I could.

way to get the thread back on track :lol: nice

That picture makes me want to throw up.


Beat the fuck out of someone.


And then throw up some more.




I hope the HD executives that did this hemorrhage out their ass from ebola.

buell that almost was

http://hellforleathermagazine.com/im..._Potential.jpg

Rumor is that was a 1199cc Rotax. Notice the pods are gone. And btw...I dont like it.

looks very... Japanese, except for the ZTL2 brakes.

I think it looks shitty. I like naked bikes.

I like it alot.
The problem with the 1135 was that the nose stuck out too far, and the lobster claws.
The XB was light years ahead, stylingwise.

I love my XB, love the way it looks. The 1125 I'm not wild about, but it was still a unique bike. This thing, whatever it was, looks too much like every other bike on the road.

now THAT could have won my dollars and a place in my garage

what you mean good? not everyone wants to ride a circus sideshow.

And too wide.....looks like someone sat on the headlights, squashing them.

The Lightnings = best-looking Buells. Classic-looking dual lights and flyscreen.

Lightnings were and are bad ass looking bikes. I shoulda bought one of them over my Firebolt.

I agree as well marko. If I could do it again, I'd have a lightning ss sitting out back.

Love the lightning look.

I'm in the process of buying this:

http://www.badweatherbikers.com/buel.../21/463543.jpg

Nice. Good color, too.

about fucking time.

I want a black and amber XB12S. Straight up.

about time, when u want to ride....

Better stock up on drive belts. Sure would suck to have a bike that you cant ride or sell cause it no go. LOL


Hopefully HD wont be too big of dicks when it comes to part ordering.

My belt is guaranteed for life. Thys a contract Harley agereef to when they sold me the bike on that feature.

That's the bike I dream of... an American bike that doesn't look like some fucking engineering exercise put together by a mad man! Sometimes, I think Buell made things different just for the sake of being different... Show me a REAL benefit or leave well enough alone!

Sweet. Do they wear out eventually? Belt drive looks cool but too big at the same time.

Smooth riding isnt it?

I like the fuel in the frame idea.

thats funny, the gas doesnt

What do you mean?

Can't pull the trigger yet. I've sent my buddy some money. I have to finish paying for it to ride it.

In the mean time, I've got use of a mutt 2000 M2 Cyclone.

I think I may duck out Friday afternoon for a while.

Interested?

early 1125s had issues boiling their gas

yes i have friday off

Not to mention the lack of range...

it aint that bad, i get farther on my 1125 then ever possible on the rc

kinda like the welds on the suzuki, it was an issue, now its fixed

They do wear out, but they're supposed to replace em for me.

I have about 24k kms on mine and the tensioner spins freely. I've been told that's an indication of it being ready to break.

Not the frame's fault. It was the fact that an Austrian engine doesn't like it when you give it SAE fuel tables.

Current models and 2008s with corrected fuel maps don't boil gas.

It'll go 160-180 miles before you run out of gas. What kind of range do you expect?

I've got a lunch, but I'm free after that. I could hook up with you around 1:00-1:30.

Puckets?

That's more than I got out of my TLR, though I never ran it all the way out of gas.

a local guy with an XB9R has 60000kms on his original belt.

with it at it's worst fuel economy state (before all the reflashes) and me riding the piss out of it (read racing and stunting) I got 125 miles on a tank.

It's much better now after the reflash and Drummer.
I get about 40 mpg average... which means I could get 200 miles on it if I wanted to run it almost empty. I fill up between 150 and 180 miles just cause.

I even got an average of 24 mpg on the track...

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

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.

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

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

High bar kit FTW.

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.

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

Who?