Buell Test Ride
 

Well i rode the new 1125 cr and my buddy rode the 09 xb12 needless to say we were both unimpressed. I felt that the looks were cool and the riding position was great on the cr, but i would take the tl any day ofver the buell. My buddy who rode the 12 said the same thing, steady unimpressive power that did not feel like it had any bite at all.

Pros: Felt flickable good riding position looks brakes
Cons: No wow factor, not really fun to ride (rode for a good 30 minutes through various roads.)

If anything it made me appreciate what i have more. Makes me sad i really liked the new xb12
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Extreme vaporizer

Wow, I have yet have an opportunity to ride a Buell

ouch

Good. The less ppl who own em, the less likely you are to compare us to gixxer riders.

I had the opportunity to do a demo ride at Daytona on an XB9R a few years back, and a friend of mine has an XB12R that I've ridden a few times.

My impression of both were that I loved the suspension, I loved the brakes, and I loved the looks.

All it needed to make it a great bike was to slap my TL motor in it. :lol:

The rev limiter kicked in at 5,000ish? Realliy? I know it's the engine design, but hell, I don't normally shift my TL until 7 or 8. Talk about shutting down the party way too early. I banged the rev limiter every time.

Fun bike. Needs a better motor.

I missed a chance to ride a buell and meet Eric Buell down in Joplin a couple weeks ago.

I loved Nicks as far as power and handling goes. You just need to learn to abuse the bike in its rev range, instead of looking for rpm's that arent there. It was way too tiny for me, but the thing was on rails and very effective for what it was used for.

I agree, my rc51 had a better motor too, but I still loved the 12.

How you can say the 1125 isn't impressive astounds me. But...at least you gave them a try.

My feelings too. I'll be looking hard this summer for an 1125 to try.

The 1125 i think revved to 9, but i was mainly unimpressed in which the way the power came on. No power until 4.5k and i hammered it a few times and it didnt seem to pick up hardly at all. Just like rex was saying drop a TL motor in and they would be a blast
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ECIG FORUM

Are you trying to say that Gixxer riders are squid poser punks? lol

Try riding a 600...no power before 7k..lol

that's interesting... looking at the dyno... the bike's power is very linear...

Thats exactly what i was looking forward to.

And ive ridden a few 600's ehh i would rather have a cbr 6 than the 1125.Although with all the negative i have to say about the 1125, it just needs a different power plant in my opinion eveything else was great.
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Subaru Impreza Wrx Sti History

Sounds like you didn't give it a fair shake....you had your preconcieved notions going in and by the sound of things nothing was gonna change that.

Naa i still like the 12r and the 1125cr (the 1125r is hideous) and i really was looking forward to getting one in a couple years. I wanna ride one again to see if it was just an off day.
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Ford model c ten specifications

I've only ridden a TLR once...and that was around the block...so I really have no idea on the engine characteristics. But I did ride the 1125R at the track. I loved the engine....and that was a pre-production model.

Then again, I also love the XB engine even more.

TL = the ride of jesus christ himself in my book, nothing but unadulterated fun. Even if it is a fat pig.
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Ford royale picture

:lol: That doesn't really help me.

The tl motor has magic goodness inside it which turns everyone who rides it into a 4 year old on christmas, that a better description
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TUBE 8

^$#%^&$#%^%$# it's not a fat pig!!!!

It's wide thanks to the upper radiator, but not fat! :lol: It weighs about as much as a CBR900RR, and I don't hear people calling those fat!

I have to agree with you about the TLR. It is stupid fun, and more than should be legal.

1125 Redlines at 10.5.
Power doesn't really kick in till 4.5K, but pulls all the way till 10.5K
I feel that the power is decieving. Comes on so smooth that you don't realize that it's there.
It makes more power than your TL (i think?)
Not sure how the Tq measures out.


Glad you gave it a chance though. I do understand about the XB though... I have probs with short RPM's too.

Should make 30 + horse more than the tl not sure about th torque.
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Nevada Marijuana Dispensary

You just gotta know how to ride the XB.