Erik Buell Back in the Game?

[tallywacker]

Fucking groupies

[OneSickPsycho]

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.

[smileyman]

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...

[OneSickPsycho]

Originally Posted by smileyman

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.

[Dave]

Originally Posted by OneSickPsycho

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

[Tmall]

Who gives a fuck what some people think? The people who buy Erik's bikes will continuec to buy Erik's bikes. And if you're one of those people, you obviously don't give a shit to begin with..

[smileyman]

I just want to know what they think when that Jardine cracks to life as i apex on the outside and leave them sucking wind until their 160 hp liter comes on 3/4 the way down the straight?

[CasterTroy]

Originally Posted by smileyman

I just want to know what they think when that Jardine cracks to life as i apex on the outside and leave them sucking wind until their 160 hp liter comes on 3/4 the way down the straight?

They think you're "win" will be VERY short lived

[smileyman]

Funny thing about literbikes on track. Most street riders get so overwhelmed by the acceleration and speed, they check up early and brake down too much for the next corner. So you eventually outpace them or they outbrake themselves. On the highway it really matters not...

[Amber Lamps]

Originally Posted by smileyman

Funny thing about literbikes on track. Most street riders get so overwhelmed by the acceleration and speed, they check up early and brake down too much for the next corner. So you eventually outpace them or they outbrake themselves. On the highway it really matters not...

So on the track I'll ride a 600 I4...Idk bro, haven't we had this fight already? Hasn't this argument already been decided on the track? The Buell got left for dead against the 1000s in Superbike. It barely pulled out a championship against 600s and that was with the main 600 contender crashing out of what, 3 races? Anyway, the laptimes don't lie and I believe they show the literbikes lapping faster than the Buell...even AFTER he was allowed to field a "race only" bike against street models. They did everything but hand him the Daytona Sportbike title. From allowing special modifications for the Buell, to punishing anyone riding a 600 that complained.

If you want to make a case for Buell based on "innovation"... okay. If you want to make a case based on "style"....good enough. However, if you think that you can make a case for Buell based on "performance"...well, brother good luck with that here!