Bike talk: Motorcycle/Scooter chat thread!

[94RS]

Pegasus scoop finally came in...

Before:




Sad excuse of an OEM scoop thing on the left, Pegasus on right



After:





Went for a ride, staying mid range through the RPMs, fan never kicked on. Not even when I shut the engine off.




Also replaced the battery because kept getting hard starts that would reset my gauges and popped my starter/fuel pump fuse. Apparently really common for these bikes when the battery is on its last leg.

 

[JustinMcGee1]

Is that thing fast?

 

[JustinMcGee1]

My dad bought a Triumph Trophy a few months ago, that thing is pretty neat.

 

[94RS]

Is that thing fast?

It's torquey as hell, and will keep up with Japanese 600 4cyl bikes. As far as top speed, the ECM limits it to around 135, but it will get there pretty quick :lol:


Difference between Japanese sportbikes and a Buell is that Buells were made to be as streetable as possible.

 

[R13]

Pft, who needs streetability. :lol:

 

[94RS]

Not saying you can't take it to a track either. The super short wheelbase, adjustable suspension and mass centralization help with that :mrgreen:


But they're more along the lines of a canyon carver than a race bike .

 

[R13]

Like half the people that ride sportbikes take them to the track anyway. :lol:

R1 probably won't see track time for a couple of years at first.

 

[94RS]

Like half the people that ride sportbikes take them to the track anyway. :lol:

R1 probably won't see track time for a couple of years at first.

From conversations I've had with other Buell owners (and forum posts), it seems pretty common for XB's :what:

 

[R13]

I didn't mean XB's :lol:

I got kinda off topic. I was just talking about how everyone on the planet brings up tracking like they can't ride a bike if they can't take it to a track day.

Fuck it, give me the keys to a fucking 883 sportster, or a dyna, I'll take the fucker to the track. :lol:

 

[94RS]

So sportbike riders are those idiots that bring up how much faster a Veyron or GTR is than the average Civic. Meanwhile Buell owners are people like you and me that make fun of them.

Got it :mrgreen:


We can put you on an XR1200 :lol:

I seen one of them yesterday... Goofy looking as fuck :lol:

I'd still rather have an XR750

 

[R13]

I'd legit own an XR1200 for a decent price, I think they look pretty fucking cool :lol:

 

[94RS]

If done right, they look good.

But in stock form, they're goofy as shit. It's probably the stock exhausts and bars, but something isn't right with it :lol:

 

[94RS]

Would also help if they would have put the heads on the proper way an XR should be like the 750s and 1000s were.

 

[R13]

Would also help if they would have put the heads on the proper way an XR should be like the 750s and 1000s were.

The fuck is with those carbs :lol: looks like they just got the engine together and decided "Fuck it, just strap some dirtbike carbs on and put pod filter on them"

 

[94RS]

The f*** is with those carbs :lol: looks like they just got the engine together and decided "f*** it, just strap some dirtbike carbs on and put pod filter on them"

Pretty much. Those old XR1000's were supposed to be like a street version of the XR750 flat trackers. It used the same heads (with work done), same carbs and a bigger bore... And made less power than the 750 :lol:

I guess the XR1000 engines couldn't have been that bad though. The early Buells used them. :what:

That was one of those bikes that they had to build 50 of to go racing. Harley was throwing out spare XR1000 engines and Buell got them for cheap.... Except there was only 47 engines left, so he had to buy another 3 complete, already sold bike :lol: