Excellent stuff
Well done gbrummett!
Great to see no major problems. Although having tested a Buell Cyclone myself I wonder if the Harley V-Twin vibration might cause mounts of other stuff to give way. Although that doesn't seem to be a problem with Harley's in general.
Your comments about 600s getting smoked by your bike are interesting. I guess I would expect off the line your bike would have a big advantage but after the 600 pilot hit 5000 RPMs in second you would be looking at his tail. My experience with a XB-12r on the freeway (using my 01 ZX-6R) was I could beat him on any roll-on range. My experience with an XB-9r in a twisties was that I had no problem keeping up him on anything and I have only 21,000 miles of experience. This guy had 20 years of riding cruisers and dirt bikes. So I guess I chalk up your comments to an enthusatic Bueller, and outdated big 4 experience and that's cool. Some advice would be not to ride a Big 4 600. So you can live in ignorant bliss forever.
I have challenged MO several times to compare 600s with the Buells. I suspect they will never do so cause every other mainstream magazine has been critical of the Buell and a critical review of the Bueller would mean no more Buell ads.
But given price/performance ratio of Big 4 600s, or 750s, I would never consider a Buell. In addition Buells lack of success in Formula Extreme where the rules are bent heavily in their favor is also more testimony of American marketing hype.
Well done gbrummett!
Great to see no major problems. Although having tested a Buell Cyclone myself I wonder if the Harley V-Twin vibration might cause mounts of other stuff to give way. Although that doesn't seem to be a problem with Harley's in general.
Your comments about 600s getting smoked by your bike are interesting. I guess I would expect off the line your bike would have a big advantage but after the 600 pilot hit 5000 RPMs in second you would be looking at his tail. My experience with a XB-12r on the freeway (using my 01 ZX-6R) was I could beat him on any roll-on range. My experience with an XB-9r in a twisties was that I had no problem keeping up him on anything and I have only 21,000 miles of experience. This guy had 20 years of riding cruisers and dirt bikes. So I guess I chalk up your comments to an enthusatic Bueller, and outdated big 4 experience and that's cool. Some advice would be not to ride a Big 4 600. So you can live in ignorant bliss forever.
I have challenged MO several times to compare 600s with the Buells. I suspect they will never do so cause every other mainstream magazine has been critical of the Buell and a critical review of the Bueller would mean no more Buell ads.
But given price/performance ratio of Big 4 600s, or 750s, I would never consider a Buell. In addition Buells lack of success in Formula Extreme where the rules are bent heavily in their favor is also more testimony of American marketing hype.
