I bought a new bike

[pitbullstl]

Pittbull, I gotta ask (and it's more because I don't know a lot about the Buells, other than they look really good but sound like shit) how can your bike smoke any jap bike when your bikes base hp is 103, and mine for instance has a base of 150. Yours has 84 ft lbs of torque, mine has 105. Couple that with the fact that mine weighs in at 383.6 and yours at 395. Those are the numbers for my 03 R1, the numbers a re slightly higher for the Gixxer 1000, and higher still for the new ZX10R. Even with heavy modification I dont see it possible that a Buell can even compete on the same track as a "jap bike". This post is not a flame so dont get all offended and start a war, I just don't see how it's possible.

My Buell is for the twisties..... it's been bored out, and puts 139 to the rear wheel......way to much motor for the short wheelbase. As far as sounding like shit........he he he........that's what a bike's supposed to sound like....the only jap bike that sounds remotely alright to me is the RC51......V-Twins baby.....

The smoking of jap bikes is done on my custom, with a blown 145" motor putting 189 hp to the rear wheel and a 250 at that so it hooks up a little faster..........I take any and everything I run against until we hit 100 or so mph.....then I back off, and let the kiddies run past me.....

 

[Buddy_Christ]

i'm not too big on the RC-51. dunno why.

buddy of mine rode an RC-51 a few times and then bought a TL1000R. he said the TL is all around better than the RC-51 straight out of the box. i've never liked the styling of the GSXRs, but the TL looks pretty tight. i wouldn't mind having one.

when i bought the F4, i was considering buying a superhawk instead. the dealership i was at only had them in red, and i didn't know they had a yellow version. if i would've seen the yellow, i probably would've bought one instead of the F4. RC51 didn't come out until the following year or else i might've considered one of them, but that would've been out of my price range anyway. didn't know a damn thing about the TLs or i would've looked into them. Aprilia and Duc were definetly out of my price range

rode a 97 Guzzi 1100 Sport once. not the fastest thing out there, but had nice torque. guy told me every time he ripped the throttle open in first and second gear it'd throw him all the way back in the seat. the longer wheel base kept the front tire down pretty good though.

we went on a road trip for WSB at Laguna in 2000. he had a second of inattention on the freeway and clipped the back corner of a trailer. cracked the right spark plug when he did it. that was a whole lot of fun trying to find him another one at 9pm when i didn't know the area. set us back almost 2 hours on the trip.

only downside to that Guzzi was how it shook constantly. once a week he'd have to tighten down almost ever bolt on the thing. at the beginning of our Laguna trip, one of the oil flex lines had come loose and was squirting oil all over his foot. he got it tightened back down no problem, however, he was looking down at the line when he had the above mentioned trailer incident. he said afterwards "i guess you're right....it's too dark out to see it while riding anyway....ok, gotta go change my shorts now...."

 

[WolfPack Charlie]

That makes more sense Pittbull, you never mentioned that you were referring to another bike besides the Buell. As far as sound goes, it they just sound too much like Harley's. If I can barely stand to sit on something because its too loud, I aint ridin it. If I go tempararily def because my bike is too damn loud, I aint ridin it. They look sweet as hell though. They're still a little too heavy, and they unfortunately are HD. But I know for sure I'd smoke your Buell, even bored out, at a 1/4 mile. Next time you're in the frozen Tundra let me know!

 

[curling]

. If I can barely stand to sit on something because its too loud, I aint ridin it. If I go tempararily def because my bike is too damn loud, I aint ridin it. T!

How long have you been riding? Because you should know by now that loud pipes will save your life especially with the manuevers you crotch rocket dudes do. If you don't like the noise wear earplugs because pipes will save your life. They have me more times than I can count. Sheesh, I don't even have a horn anymore. My pipes have scored 118 decibels from 10ft away and my pipes point DOWN!

 

[Code]

Loud pipes don't save shit.

Alert riding saves your life. Don't ever ever rely on loud pipes to save your bacon. Be alert and aware. Don't ever ride under the influence, for that matter never ride tired.

How long have you been riding? Because you should know by now that loud pipes will save your life especially with the manuevers you crotch rocket dudes do. If you don't like the noise wear earplugs because pipes will save your life. They have me more times than I can count. Sheesh, I don't even have a horn anymore. My pipes have scored 118 decibels from 10ft away and my pipes point DOWN!

 

[Buddy_Christ]

i don't agree with the loud pipes save lives hypothesis either.

riding like every cage on the road is trying to turn you into a greasy spot on the highway, however, helps out quite a bit.

 

[curling]

i don't agree with the loud pipes save lives hypothesis either.

riding like every cage on the road is trying to turn you into a greasy spot on the highway, however, helps out quite a bit.

Well I couldn't agree with you more here because it is exactly what I do. But don't tell me that being louder couldn't help. I mean it lowers your odds of someone not noticing you. You don't know how many times that I have used my pipes to keep somebody from doing the most dangerous thing they can do to you(besides head on of course) is pulling out of a parking lot or a another street on the same road you are on. I mean I see them pulling out and sure enough it is some stupid gilr putting on her I makeup or some moron business man dialing his cell phone looking down and then I pull in that in clutch and I rap those mgs cyclone straight pipes as loud as I can get them(they also backfire because I have not torque cones) and those suckers stop. So don't tell me pipes don't help. Because I know better.

 

[Code]

If you are alert, no one needs to notice you. Don't ride in blind spots, pass quickly and only after making eye contact in the drivers side-view mirror.

Being loud doesn't mean shit. It's not the land of 8-tracks and 2-watt speakers anymore brolly. Cars today come with great sound dampening methodologies and most stock stereo systems are powerfull.

By the time you clutch in and blair your pipes to make someone notice you, you could have easily and simply gotten out of danger.

Well I couldn't agree with you more here because it is exactly what I do. But don't tell me that being louder couldn't help. I mean it lowers your odds of someone not noticing you. You don't know how many times that I have used my pipes to keep somebody from doing the most dangerous thing they can do to you(besides head on of course) is pulling out of a parking lot or a another street on the same road you are on. I mean I see them pulling out and sure enough it is some stupid gilr putting on her I makeup or some moron business man dialing his cell phone looking down and then I pull in that in clutch and I rap those mgs cyclone straight pipes as loud as I can get them(they also backfire because I have not torque cones) and those suckers stop. So don't tell me pipes don't help. Because I know better.

 

[curling]

If you are alert, no one needs to notice you. Don't ride in blind spots, pass quickly and only after making eye contact in the drivers side-view mirror.

Being loud doesn't mean shit. It's not the land of 8-tracks and 2-watt speakers anymore brolly. Cars today come with great sound dampening methodologies and most stock stereo systems are powerfull.

By the time you clutch in and blair your pipes to make someone notice you, you could have easily and simply gotten out of danger.

I do everything you mentioned but sometimes there isn't a escape route and you have not heard my pipes.

 

[Code]

I've been riding long enough to have heard pipes that would make the burliest biker go deaf.

If you are in a position without an escape route, you're not alert enough. Cages just don't sneak up on you.

I do everything you mentioned but sometimes there isn't a escape route and you have not heard my pipes.