The wild and wacky adventures of the amazing Marko138

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The 2008 riding season started as the previous 4 had, with old Pinky being removed from storage for another year of low milage riding.



Then...a call from a friend. An amazing deal on a fantastic bike. Completely out of the blue, as I had planned on riding my old friend Pink for another year. Crunch a few numbers and talk to the wife...and BOOM...I'm off to Boonsboro, MD to pick up a new bike. A 2005 Buell XB12R Firebolt...with 5300 miles on it and in wonderful condition.

While the forecast was less than ideal on May 3rd, it didn't matter. I had to work at 3:30pm, it didn't matter. All that mattered was looking in the rearview mirror of my cousins truck at my new Buell.



After returning the truck to my cousin came the short ride home...only about 10 miles...but a glorious 10 miles none the less. The inagural 10 miles on the XB.





I've now had the bike for 10 days. Aside from a few days of rain, what a wonderful 10 days. I've rode to work 3 times, hit a nice 90 mile twisty run last week, and have just cruised around at every opportunity. In 10 days I've put about 230 miles on the Buell and I've loved every mile. The bike is beyond fun to ride.










At day 10 I currently have 2 bikes in the stable, my new Buell and my old pal Pinky, who has been great to me over the years. She is now on the selling block and MUST go. It'll be sad when she finally leaves with the new owner...but I just don't give her the attention she needs anymore.





The first round of modifying the XB has begun. Simple enough for the first round, Frame pucks from americansportbike.com.



Installation will come later today when it warms up a bit.

The next mods will come in this order:

*bar end sliders
*front and rear axle sliders