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Old 05-06-2009, 03:24 PM   #11
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Originally Posted by Mikey View Post
That's stupid, IMO. I can go out tomorrow and buy an R6, throw track plastics and sticky tires on it, and go racing. Yamaha won't ask me for a race license for anything they sell; why does Buell? Do they think that only qualified racers can handle chain drive?

Again, I'm not anti-Buell at all. I think they make cool streetbikes and have some really innovative ideas. I just don't think they should need nearly double the displacement of Japanese machinery to be competitive.
But your 600 isn't going to lap anywhere near as fast as a factory 600 either.
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