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Old 12-02-2010, 10:16 PM   #1
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I bought an 1125R, 3 T shirts, a cap, some stickers, a Erik N the Thunderbolts CD, and am saving to buy a Barracuda 1190...


Just to piss off all the haters!
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Old 12-03-2010, 08:05 AM   #2
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I bought an 1125R, 3 T shirts, a cap, some stickers, a Erik N the Thunderbolts CD, and am saving to buy a Barracuda 1190...


Just to piss off all the haters!
Good for you, brother! You'd be shocked at the number of Buell shirts/hats/gears I have...well...you probly wouldn't.
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Old 12-03-2010, 09:11 AM   #3
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I entertained thoughts of the new EBR Pegasus as a tattoo. Still not certain but it ranks up there.
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Old 12-03-2010, 09:52 AM   #4
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Great Buell article in Sport Rider this month... He talks openly about H-D limiting his designs, scrapping a lot of innovative projects, etc... I don't give a fuck what you think about the bikes, Erik seems like a class act.
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Old 12-03-2010, 10:36 AM   #5
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How many individuals these days are innovators and constructors? These Buells arent perfect but they are the vision of one man, brought to life with shear determination, and I dont know of any other examples that are so prolific.

Roehr has tried it, MotoCsyz has tried it, Fischer has tried it., Dont see many of those around...
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Old 12-03-2010, 11:41 AM   #6
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How many individuals these days are innovators and constructors? These Buells arent perfect but they are the vision of one man, brought to life with shear determination, and I dont know of any other examples that are so prolific.

Roehr has tried it, MotoCsyz has tried it, Fischer has tried it., Dont see many of those around...
Remember, those in general are all stupid pieces of shit as well... you know, just because they don't have the peak power number, don't offer performance that 99% of people cannot even come close to tapping into, and run a couple of seconds slower in lap times, they are completely worthless.
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Old 12-03-2010, 12:38 PM   #7
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Remember, those in general are all stupid pieces of shit as well... you know, just because they don't have the peak power number, don't offer performance that 99% of people cannot even come close to tapping into, and run a couple of seconds slower in lap times, they are completely worthless.
More like took an overweight undervalved engine slapped on a supercharger and agusta ripoff plastics while charging four times as much to only go about as quick as a jap thou? Or scrapped the truly innovative engine he was working on (which also cost 100 grand cause dudes got a terrible business plan) and went full bore into bikes nobody wants. I've nothing too bad to say about fischer, though execution could have been better
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Good for you, brother! You'd be shocked at the number of Buell shirts/hats/gears I have...well...you probly wouldn't.
he has a whole separate drawer at home for his buell gear
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