Yeah...not quite the case when you aren't buying/servicing/riding a Harley.

secret revealed
 

Ok, not sure who it was but someone was asking what's under the pods on the 1125R.

Here ya go
Radiator and overflow tank.

http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/a.../1125R/pod.jpg

^^^ there's one on each side? (Radiator and overflow tank)

Radiator yes, overflow no. Otherside is just a radiator, I didn't take the pod cover off there, as I was just checking to be sure I had proper coolant level before I take off for UT.

That was me.

The side radiators aren't a bad look, hell the TLS and Superhawk had them. I think you could pretty easily relocate or disguise the overflow tank and the hell with the radiators, leave 'em right where they are. My favorite bike in the world is the Vyrus, and it's all mechanical everywhere.

In the end it boils down to the fact that Buells have always been about style AND substance, innovative style, unique substance. The ONLY drawback was the motor. And this new one seems too much of a departure from the XB buells. Lets be honest, you don't buy a buell to have the best sportbike out there, you buy it to own a buell. And this bike just doesn't "click" for me the way the old buells did. :idk:

I'm glad you love it, and I'm not knocking the bike itself, it just doesn't do it for me.

I am not terribly fond of the look of the 1125 but recently because my wife is looking for a sport bike we stopped at a Buell dealer where we were offered an 08 from 10k before we had even indicated a serious interest. If my wife is still interested in the spring we may have one of these. Just a question for the Beull-aholics here. Are aftermaerket pulleys available to alter the gearing?

For the 1125R? Dunno- but it seems fairly popular to swap XB9 pulleys into XB12s.

That is a popular mod...adds up to 90+ ft lbs to the wheel.

still think they are gross

flame suit activated...

they're not for everyone... that's a good thing imo...