Me new bike... :o)

Post by **firestorm996** » Fri Sep 19, 2008 8:32 pm

Pickin this bad-boy up tomorrow

clayderman · Post by **clayderman** » Fri Sep 19, 2008 8:38 pm

mmmmmmm I like very much

lee67 · Post by **lee67** » Fri Sep 19, 2008 9:03 pm

cant believe u lads...u give me grief, but thats an harley with a diff badge

..nice bike m8...enjoy!!

Beamish · Post by **Beamish** » Sat Sep 20, 2008 12:20 am

Looks like a whole load of fun

RedStormV · Post by **RedStormV** » Sat Sep 20, 2008 12:23 am

Cracking bike matey - love the growl that engine / exhaust combination put out.

lee67 wrote:cant believe u lads...u give me grief, but thats an harley with a diff badge ..nice bike m8...enjoy!!

No Lee, you get grief, period

Good job you're thick skinned

andyh · Post by **andyh** » Sat Sep 20, 2008 8:47 am

That looks very nice, always had a soft spot for buells

Post by **sirch345** » Sat Sep 20, 2008 10:51 pm

FirestormMike wrote:Nice looking bike, like the underslung exhaust

That was the first thing that caught my eye too

I bet that sounds really good

That looks a nice bike Neil

Keep us posted once you've had a chance to get use to it

Chris.

Jbrebel · Post by **Jbrebel** » Sun Sep 21, 2008 1:55 pm

Ah! So you went for an X1 then! Very nice

Im sure you'll love it! Should sound like thunder too

What year is it?

Post by **firestorm996** » Sun Sep 21, 2008 8:40 pm

Cheers for the comments chaps

Picked it up last night and did about 70 miles on it in the dark

It's a strange beast, it'll take a while to get used to the gearbox mainly, as it has uber-tall gearing (might fit US gearing if I don't get along with it). As it is, 1st gear is good for about 60-70mph, and cruising along a main road at 30mph the motor is only doing 3000rpm or less, which is odd!! In 2nd at 30 it's basically at idle!

The pipe and motor sound fantastic, it's a more aggressive sound that a harley. Not sure at this point if it's too loud for day-to-day use, only time will tell.

The handling is gonna take some adjustment too, you can chuck it around nicely even though it's physically quite a large bike but because of the amount of grunt and the gearing I've not yet cranked it over too much. Seems to like you hanging off to help it though. Also it's on Avon Storms which are an unknown quantity for me, I don't know whether they are suited to a big twin and if they are gonna let go. They slid once or twice on downshifts so I need to have more finesse on the clutch I reckon!

The main thing for me is it has character in abundance, and I want a bike that I can tinker with and enjoy modding, much like my old VTR. So it fits the bill nicely

Jbrebel · Post by **Jbrebel** » Mon Sep 22, 2008 9:00 am

It took a couple of months to fully click with mine. Very different to the VTR or TLS.

I love it now though. Its so easy to chuck about and my knee sliders wont be lasting much longer

Ive had Avon Storms and Azaro's on both the TL and the VTR. They are good tyres for all year round use and work well in the rain. Im not sure how well they'll work on the X1 though? Depends how you ride I suppose.

Got Diablo Corsa's on the XB atm and they are great. Very sticky and a good profile. They get to operating temperature in no time too. Only downside is they wear pretty quick.

Post by **firestorm996** » Tue Sep 23, 2008 7:39 pm

Yeah I'm getting used to it already, more importantly it's put the fun back into biking for me

I'm finding myself making up reasons to go somewhere to take the Buell :

It's not a bike for the shy though....it seems to get loads of attention, especially when you're sitting at the lights with it chugging away and vibrating like a jackhammer!

Makes an awesome sound too, it's very addictive. At work they could hear me coming a good 30 seconds before I came into view.

lee67 · Post by **lee67** » Tue Sep 23, 2008 8:19 pm

of course its an harley thru and thru

Jbrebel · Post by **Jbrebel** » Wed Sep 24, 2008 9:56 am

firestorm996 wrote:more importantly it's put the fun back into biking for me

First thing I said about mine! They're great fun arnt they!

firestorm996 wrote:At work they could hear me coming a good 30 seconds before I came into view.

Jbrebel · Post by **Jbrebel** » Wed Sep 24, 2008 9:59 am

lee67 wrote:of course its an harley thru and thru

Would'nt quite go that far Lee

Dean O · Post by **Dean O** » Wed Sep 24, 2008 1:17 pm

FirestormMike wrote:You wouldn't even get me in the door at a harley dealers, I don't like their uniform of arseless chaps and goatee beards.

don't you mean chapped arses?