Overpay for a Buell NOW!!!

[OneSickPsycho]

Originally Posted by KSGregman

Why?

Victorys look nice....but they are ridiculously over priced. You'd likely get much better performance for a LOT less money from other manufacturers.

I mean, I don't want to start a big flamefest or anything but I just don't get the whole Buell/whatever EB does next thing. I've not ridden one so I'll just ask those of you who have...how does their peformance stack up to other "sport" bikes that you've ridden?

They are priced for their market niche...

You might get better performance, but you won't necessarily get anything original or innovative.

I'm a slow ass motherfucker, but from my standpoint my Buell handled really well, decent brakes for the street, and went fast enough for me. Going from the XB12Ss to the 954 was night and day... and I wasn't super impressed with the 954. Nice bike, way faster than the Buell, better brakes, but I'm unable to exploit 95% of that potential, so what's it worth anyway?

Style points alone I say Buell wins against 99.9% of the competition... Then again, I'm not joe-wannbe racer who looks at performance first. I'm just a guy with a certain style who understands that he will probably never be able to exploit all of the potential that any sportbike made in the past 25 years has to offer.

Under the creative umbrella of Victory, I could see Eric Buell getting the funding and creative license to build something truly special. We see part of that vision in the 1125... unleash the beast and who knows what we will see... God knows it won't be another cookie-cutter sportbike that looks/sounds like everything else.

[Dave]

Originally Posted by OneSickPsycho

They are priced for their market niche...

You might get better performance, but you won't necessarily get anything original or innovative.

I'm a slow ass motherfucker, but from my standpoint my Buell handled really well, decent brakes for the street, and went fast enough for me. Going from the XB12Ss to the 954 was night and day... and I wasn't super impressed with the 954. Nice bike, way faster than the Buell, better brakes, but I'm unable to exploit 95% of that potential, so what's it worth anyway?

Style points alone I say Buell wins against 99.9% of the competition... Then again, I'm not joe-wannbe racer who looks at performance first. I'm just a guy with a certain style who understands that he will probably never be able to exploit all of the potential that any sportbike made in the past 25 years has to offer.

Under the creative umbrella of Victory, I could see Eric Buell getting the funding and creative license to build something truly special. We see part of that vision in the 1125... unleash the beast and who knows what we will see... God knows it won't be another cookie-cutter sportbike that looks/sounds like everything else.

Actually it probably will be if the revelations on the barracuda2 were accurate