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Originally Posted by rg-one

David, have you seen the new 1125CR they just released? It's a streetfighter-ish version of the 1125R. It still has that huge ugly intake on the front, but at least it has a nice modern Rotax engine and looks otherwise like the XB series.

2009 Buell 1125CR Introduction - Motorcycle.com

Faster and Faster: 2009 Buell 1125CR unveiled

Now that looks like a fun bike, the 1125CR is definitely a step in the right direction for Buell, but so was telling Harley to pound sand and branching out on their own.

As for the XB9 series OP:

Remember that on an air cooled bike the power rating is at a low ambient temp. That Buell being air cooled the hotter it gets, the less power it has. It gets 110+ here in the summer which makes that bike damn near unrideable between heat coming off the engine and the massive power loss at high temps. Again I rode several hundred miles on one when it was between 50 deg F and 100+ deg F.

If you want "State of the Art" look to the 1125CR, or the triumphs and Aprillias, not the XB9SX.