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Originally Posted by gruntygiggles
Regards the gearbox.....it's been overhauled and problems ironed out....as have almost all Buell problems since Harley took over.
Regarding being a twitchy bike, this one isn't and I've read quite a few reviews now that confirm this. A few of these reviews say that this is an excellent bike for a novice rider as it has become a very smooth and sympathetic bike.
I tend not to listen too much to what people say about bikes they've owned unless it's the exact same bike and there's evidence to back it up. As this bike has been modified and improved from the 2008 version, it is not the same bike, so I'd only really want to know about experience people have had with the 09 version. It's not that I don't trust what people say, but it's very easy to talk down something that you have had a bad experience with and it might not always be an impartial and fair review/
I know they have a lot of vibration, but regular services and checks will pick up on anything vibrating itself loose and the bike has had great reviews for reliability and the many new and improved components making servicing cheaper.
I've been on bikes for enough tens of thousands of miles to have a good feel for them and used to ride my Gixxer 600 up and down my drive nearly every day without a problem. I just feel more comfortable on the Buell.
Another negative is that they are so easy to handle, I could do too much too soon, but I would have to be careful to manage my riding and not allow myself to do that.
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thing is about regular Buell services is ...they are bloody expensive. Most things are main dealership done, bunch of a*holes that do it. If anything needs doing on our mates Buells that he doesn't do himself he sends them to another mad Bueller to do them, gets them serviced or 're-engineered' so that they are done propery. Any advice off any of these guys is pretty solid, they are pretty positive about their bikes, but won't hang about hiding anything if it needs to be said.
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Originally Posted by gruntygiggles
I know what you mean.......it will worry me in a riding sense as any bike would, but my main worry with the cat is at low speed and stops because i'm so short and the cat is so heavy. I realise the Buell will be one hell of a bike to get to grips with.
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Ever thought of a nakid Raptor...tiny, light and very very manoueverable, not twitchy like a Buell and much cheaper and easier to maintain
