1125cr

[Randomchaos]

Its official!

http://www.buell.com/en_us/bikes/street/1125CR/

They also made the 1125R available in Red and white/blue. The frame and wheels appear to now be the darkgrey instead of the midnight blue.

Im diggin the CR!

[stevo_x]

I wish they would put just some pictures of the bikes on their stupid website! I really dont think I like it.

[Randomchaos]

You mean like this?

http://www.buell.com/en_us/bikes/str...CR/gallery.asp

[stevo_x]

hmmm i didnt scroll all the way over seriously though I want a full on side shot! not a half side angled shot thingy!

[Randomchaos]

http://www.buell.com/en_us/bikes/str...5CR/colors.asp

You can click the arrows in the bottom right corner to change the angle you are viewing the bike from. Can also change the color.

[stevo_x]

gotcha. Thats wayyyyy better. It would be a super awesome kick ass bike if the vents on the side didnt stick past the headlight. I do like that better than the 1125r.

[DonnyBallGame]

Stevo X is just as fast at websites as he is on the track.

[kevin_stevens]

Those cowlings are designed to act as inexpensive crash bars/sliders, btw.

I'm drooling over the 1125R in white/blue.

KeS

[Nick Name]

Originally Posted by kevin_stevens

Those cowlings are designed to act as inexpensive crash bars/sliders, btw.

I'm drooling over the 1125R in white/blue.

KeS

BUT, they're keeping people like myself from even considering buying the motorcycle. If my Firebolt had the performance of the 1125, I don't think I'd ever want another motorcycle...

[Randomchaos]

Yea, the new colors for the 1125R are pretty sweet. No more diamond blue frame either. The air cooled line got some color changes as well. The engines are now blacked out, as well as the forks.

[gomertnw86]

I like it, but i'd rather have the 1125r with the Friebolt front end. Oh and the White 1125 is my next bike, but i'm gonna do black & white instead of blue, and i'm gonna do the firebolt front end.

[kevin_stevens]

Originally Posted by Nick Name

BUT, they're keeping people like myself from even considering buying the motorcycle. If my Firebolt had the performance of the 1125, I don't think I'd ever want another motorcycle...

?? Don't understand. How are they keeping you from considering it?

KeS

[Stan Miller]

For the money they they are asking for the Buell's, why not get a true 600 that will kick their butt and save some money or a 1000 for still less money and run all over the Buell? On top of that you can get your bikes serviced by a mechanic who likes to work on the metrics. Harley has never cared to service the Buells even when they were air-cooled. The 1125's look bug eyed or like a taxi with it's doors open. Ugly. Just not worth the money they are asking.

Wouldn't it be nice to be able to get a sportbike that is really made in the USA? All of it.

Stan

[kevin_stevens]

If you aren't willing to buy one of the Buells by now, you probably aren't willing to buy a sportbike that's "really made in the USA", so it's a moot question.

As for performance and price, the 1125R performs right there in the upper range of liter+ v-twins from Aprilia, KTM, and Ducati. There's a market for that category of bike, regardless of the performance of metric SS bikes. It's a pointless - actually foolish argument to reduce motorcycle selection to a straight value/performance equation. If it were, there would be only one bike offered by each manufacturer, and ultimately, only one manufacturer.

I don't even understand your point about price - $12K MSRP is right in the middle of the liter bike price range.

KeS

[Nick Name]

Originally Posted by kevin_stevens

?? Don't understand. How are they keeping you from considering it?

KeS

There are way too many bikes out there to even consider a bike that I don't find "hot". I dislike those ducts so much, I wouldn't buy a bike because of it.

Sure, I wouldn't turn down a free one. However, if I'm going to spend my money, it will be on something "hot" as well as capable.