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Old 07-28-2008, 01:18 PM   #222 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Guitar Man View Post
They have all those nice state of the art innovations like oil in the swingarm, fuel in frame, under slung exhaust and then it's all nulled out by the same old air cooled engine. The only Buell I would even consider purchasing would be the 1125R.
Indeed, these innovations are what I was referring to... along with the belt drive, low maintenance costs, lowered center of gravity (thanks to the low exhaust + fuel in frame)...

What's so bad about an air cooled engine? I`ve ridden air cooled v-twins in the past and loved them (conf rg-one's Ducati).
I personally don`t care how it is cooled, as long as it is fun and torquy... plus no ugly ass big radiator in the front...

I understand that most of you guys wouldn`t go for an XB, and that's fine! I have weird tastes...

Again I am going to test ride both the XB9 & XB12 soon and see if I like the ergos and engine... if I do, that'll be my next bike.

This is an XB12... the new model has a black frame + front forks + sub-frame...
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