Kev, I never pegged you for a Britney Spears fan. 

Quote from: pitbull on November 24, 2013, 07:30:07 AM
I think it's a great looking bike for a great price.

I'm not sure I dig the tiny ape hangers but otherwise it looks great.

Lol on the bars, that's stock, just a little rise for a more sport touring position.

Quote from: Travman on November 24, 2013, 09:44:33 AM
Kev, I never pegged you for a Britney Spears fan. 

Just a reference to what a bike s.l.u.t. I am

Friends don't let friends buy Buells.  Then again I sold mine at 20k  (got tired of calling flatbeds after the fifth time).

Congrats! I am certain the child will be less maintenance than the Buell.

Quote from: Skybarney on November 24, 2013, 03:08:51 PM
Friends don't let friends buy Buells.  Then again I sold mine at 20k  (got tired of calling flatbeds after the fifth time).

Congrats! I am certain the child will be less maintenance than the Buell.

It's ok, I figure everyone should have at least one problem child.

Quote from: Kev M on November 23, 2013, 03:21:37 PM
So at this point of the evening... I had a couple of rums, and a couple of beers,

"I know we don't have any money... I'll just hand em a credit card"

AND WHAM...SHIT, I just accidentally bought a bike.

Kinda getting more and more excited about it now...  

The condensed version 

Quote from: Ducatamount on November 24, 2013, 03:31:06 PM
The condensed version 

Accurate, or stated another way "you gotta be drinking to buy a Buell."

Nice S3, you stole it, IMO.

Those are a blast, been pondering finding a nice low-mile XB1200Ss myself.

nice new ride, though if I were to own a Buell, I think I;d lean more toward a Ulysses, but that is a personal preference thing.

Belt driven bikes do not belong off-road.  My XB9r blew a belt on average every 4k.  I rode it very hard but the belt thing is crap.

Besides that and my stock headlight bulbs melting through their own housings and shorting out stators, it was a fine bike.   

Good motor, great handling, neat technology however I was so happy to sell it I that I bought a Land Rover.  Figured it could be no worse to deal with than my Buell......

Funny how some here bash Buells, I've got 4, two for the track and two for the road. The have been great bikes! The belt drive is fine, I'm still running the original setup without incident.
In comparison: I just bought my first (used) Ducati...with a smashed gas tank...wich will cost $ 2200.00 for a replacement.
(pretty friggin ridiculous, and No I'm not going to replace it- I'll try and repair it)
I've crashed both my track bikes and was able to keep riding the rest of the day with minimal damage.
I've yet to ride this new Duc, but I expect it to be very much like my Buells.
I saw your post on BadWeb, you'll enjoy the people there and meeting other Buellers out on the road.
P.S. Congrates on the kid!

Quote from: Doz on December 02, 2013, 05:34:34 PM
Funny how some here bash Buells, 

I don't bash Buell's, but I do bash Harley dealers for treating it and their customers like second class citizens when it comes to anything surrounding those machines. I knew a guy who had put as much love, tuning, and modding into his S1 Lightning as some guys do their Electra/Dyna Glides....all that $$$ that they wanted nothing of or any part of...

I bash Buells.  Went through five drive belts (and each subsequent pulley and belt "upgrade" on an 03 in 20k.  The stock headlights bulbs melted though the bezels.  Two days after my warranty expired of course.  Two stators went out due to multiple wires being rubbed raw as a result of poor routing.  Great motor and chassis though.

I will never own another and I will never stop bad mouthing them.  Why?  They NEVER warrantied a single belt and I had to buy almost 2k in upgrades.  Each one breaking.  I finally sold it off for 2k and a MK Scorpion.

HD ruined any chance of EVER seeing me buy another one of their products.  So did EB.  Over 30 bikes in my past and the Buell was the only one I was happy to get rid of. 

 

I don't blame you a bit after all that, guess I just got lucky with mine

Sometimes it's funny how two different owners have such different experiences.

It could be differences in use, it could be dumb luck.

I've been told about a bunch of potential pattern failures and weaknesses, and we'll see which raise their heads, but so far it seems like an amazingly tidy machine, perhaps previously owned by someone as hopelessly retentive as me.