Erik Buell Cycle World interview on past racing season

[Jesse]

Got this link on Badweb -- good read, lots of facts and figures to answer the rule change critics.

http://www.cycleworld.com/article.asp?section_id=43&article_id=2119

Jesse

[Tpoppa]

Bashing by people without a clue will beging in ...3...2...1

[Tpoppa]

...and before the bashing begins.  Since the DSB rules were soooo unfair, it should be easiy for you to come up with a better set of rules.  Answer this question:

How would you create a class where Twins can compete with 600cc inlines with an EQUAL chance of winning???

Keep in mind, te best middleweight twin in the world is the Duc 848, and it cannot hang with a 600cc inline on the track.

[Brad1445]

There were other ways Buell kept the speed down while playing with the little kids

Remember,  Eslick  personally applying the duct tape to his 1125R bodywork

[Tpoppa]

There were other ways Buell kept the speed down while playing with the little kids

Remember,  Eslick  personally applying the duct tape to his 1125R bodywork

Something broke on a race machine?  

Here is a good read about racing breakdowns:
http://www.superbikeplanet.com/vr1000_obit.htm

[Brad1445]

Something broke on a race machine?  

Here is a good read about racing breakdowns:
http://www.superbikeplanet.com/vr1000_obit.htm

Another read on how some companies just don't get it.

and others do

[Tpoppa]

Last I saw, Buell won a championship.  Even after HD basically dared them to compete in DSB, because they couldn't compete with the Jap I4s.

[Rogue]

Everybody bashed Buell for it.  

Thank God that at least now some of us will know the truth behind it.  

[chornbe]

...and before the bashing begins.  Since the DSB rules were soooo unfair, it should be easiy for you to come up with a better set of rules.  Answer this question:

How would you create a class where Twins can compete with 600cc inlines with an EQUAL chance of winning???

Keep in mind, te best middleweight twin in the world is the Duc 848, and it cannot hang with a 600cc inline on the track.

Class-based racing is fun when you're watching the 600s street-derived super sports. I think that's my favorite class-based racing. But it's not the end-all of racing.

I don't profess to being any kind of racing expert. In fact, I've said on a number of occasions, I like watching it, but I don't "follow" racing at all any more. It seems to me that class-based racing becomes more of a factory pissing match as time goes on. Meh...

[Tyrroneous]

Keep in mind, te best middleweight twin in the world is the Duc 848, and it cannot hang with a 600cc inline on the track.

This year will be interesting...Steve Rapp is racing a Duc 848 in the DSB class.  I think there will still be a Buell or two raced, so that will be good.

[tankhead]

Part 2:  Answers many questions that some of you have.  

http://www.cycleworld.com/article.asp?section_id=3&article_id=2123

[Brad1445]

Yup it's all Harleys fault Erik was turning everything into gold.

A crime I tell ya, its a crime they were stopped in their prime of making an "American"  Bike

[Tpoppa]

Yup it's all Harleys fault Erik was turning everything into gold.

A crime I tell ya, its a crime they were stopped in their prime of making an "American"  Bike

I am so sorry that you have become obsessed and have lost your mind.

[chornbe]

That article is too short to split across pages. Lowlife website click crap bordering on SEO gaming. Grrrrr....

Still a great read, though.

[Tpoppa]

Part 2:  Answers many questions that some of you have.  

http://www.cycleworld.com/article.asp?section_id=3&article_id=2123

Good stuff.  If you are the kind of rider that likes to push a sportbike to it's handling limits...the 1125 handles amazingly well and is scary fast.  

As a matter fact, the sun is out today and I am going for a ride.

[st ryder]

Re HD shutting down Buell: "I don't agree with them, but I won't vilify them." E.B.

Now, can we put *that* to rest?

Good interview. I wish him well.  

[Schneegz]

If unicorns don't talk to strangers; how do they ever make new friends?  

[falconati]

Most people universally love unicorns, so they don't have to worry about it.  The same can't be said for Erik Buell or the 1125....wait...what?

[Brad1445]

I am so sorry that you have become obsessed and have lost your mind.

If I were you i would click Ignore.  Now go watch Glen Beck

[macdiver]

If I were you i would click Ignore.  

Actually good advice for you.  You should ignore the Buell section since EB and the 1125 both bother you so much.  

I wish EB best of luck in starting a new motorcycle company in the near future.  Good to hear that is his intention.