My 1125R Test Ride

[Castaway]

The 1125r looks so much better with the full fairing. It should have been produced with full bodywork. No scoops.

Agreed.

I hope this bike can make it through the Buell crisis.

[garry]

I'm seeing that you can buy a NEW 1125R for about $5K plus no bullshit fees. That's some serious fire sale pricing there. Wish I had room in the garage because I have that kind of money in the bank... I do worry about the supply of parts and service on the 1125s though. The XBs will likely have better support in coming years.

[Rincewind]

That fully faired 1125R would be a very special possession. It is the last big flight of Buell's fancy, and the wind management is superb they say.  XB's are fun but the 1125's have much more power in my experience.

[Castaway]

The "scoops" - aside from their ugly appearance, IMO, I don't get how they are the best design Buell could come up with from an engineering POV. It seems to me - and I'm no engineer -  that they would trap incoming air, unless it exits out back and towards the motor. Does anyone have a clearer idea about this?

(The Honda side mounted radiators, from the VFR to the VTR, use negative pressure to pull air from behind the radiator.)

[malbojah]

The "scoops" - aside from their ugly appearance, IMO, I don't get how they are the best design Buell could come up with from an engineering POV. It seems to me - and I'm no engineer -  that they would trap incoming air, unless it exits out back and towards the motor. Does anyone have a clearer idea about this?

(The Honda side mounted radiators, from the VFR to the VTR, use negative pressure to pull air from behind the radiator.)

The air going in, through the radiator, then over the engine and exits down by the riders feet

[Thunderbox]

Must be the superior Buell...

Put equal riders together and your Buell with 30 less hp, 10lbs less torque and 30lbs MORE weight than the SV1000S will be struggling to keep up.  I don't know....I have 2 bros pipes on the SV1000N and it makes some nice thumping mean music.  Every Buell I've heard sounds like a runaway dump truck with a missing muffler.  Don't get me wrong, I really hope I like the 1125R but the XB I test rode in '06 was really shitty......and I wanted to like it.

Your figures are a little, well wrong.  The Torque of the SV is 102 NM @ 7200 RPM and the torque of the Buell xb12 is 113.9 at 6000 RPM.  The Hp of the SV is only 16 HP more than the Buell and it is a heavier bike by 9 KG.  maybe you should do some research before you make statements that are less than fact.