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    Quote Originally Posted by Troll View Post
    Ima go out now and try to find some light?!?!

    I swear to GOD that my single act of purchasing this bike is going to create a 50% increase in "climate change".

    the forecast in sw PA for the next 10 days is 60* and rain showers. WTF?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Troll View Post
    Ima go out now and try to find some light?!?!

    I swear to GOD that my single act of purchasing this bike is going to create a 50% increase in "climate change".

    the forecast in sw PA for the next 10 days is 60* and rain showers. WTF?
    SELL THAT THING QUICKLY!!!!!!!!!

    You are messing with my riding season!!!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Troll View Post
    Ima go out now and try to find some light?!?!

    I swear to GOD that my single act of purchasing this bike is going to create a 50% increase in "climate change".

    the forecast in sw PA for the next 10 days is 60* and rain showers. WTF?
    haha i'll take it off your hands...just for the sake of the greater good though. :)

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    enjoy the generic light... nothing better to do, so I tore it apart. hahahaha

    Bish, check out the 1" wide chicken strips on the front.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Shorty429 View Post
    haha i'll take it off your hands...just for the sake of the greater good though. :)
    buy mine

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    Sharp looking bike..only thing i dont dig is the license plate holder that all needs removed and a side mount installed! but other than that looks awesome..maybe get some barend mount mirrors
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    Nice Troll!!! looks like some good fun!

    I wouldn't want to lean on those stock tires anyhow... dunno what they put on it from the factory, but factory tires usually suck balls....
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    Quote Originally Posted by Inkdcountryboy View Post
    Sharp looking bike..only thing i dont dig is the license plate holder that all needs removed and a side mount installed! but other than that looks awesome..maybe get some barend mount mirrors
    I actually like it... the cheese grater. I've looked at 1,000s of pics of these and I think they look way too stubby with the rear-end chopped and it looks like it has an extended swingarm. just my opinion. cheap-ass ebay mirrors are ordered.
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    Nice Troll!!! looks like some good fun!

    I wouldn't want to lean on those stock tires anyhow... dunno what they put on it from the factory, but factory tires usually suck balls....
    They're Pirelli Diablo T. I've seen some people raving about them and other people hate them... like anything else I guess. The front brake on this thing is absolutely phenomenal and as good as it is, that back one is totally wooden. You have to stand on it with all your weight to feel anything.

    I adjusted the suspension today according to what is in the manual. Buell does a great job of explaining everything and he provides charts with your weight in 20lb increments and exactly where to set preload/compression/rebound on both ends. It was so far off from the factory from where I need to be, I can't wait to ride it again and see. I thought it handled awesome yesterday.
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    Quote Originally Posted by SonofaBish View Post
    Nice Troll!!! looks like some good fun!

    I wouldn't want to lean on those stock tires anyhow... dunno what they put on it from the factory, but factory tires usually suck balls....
    i have leaned my over to the point of no strips, but i was very weary at first and had to really get used to them...

    Adam, your going to love it esp around corners. First mods should be drummer, k&n, and ecm spy or a preload tune from ASB. That will awake that bike so much you wouldnt know what hit you. And on your next oil change/first check up switch to synthetics

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    Those little buggers are bad ass ... looks like a skinless "Terminator" (not the Mustang Terminator) on wheels!
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    Just follow this great diagram i was once given and your golden

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    Quote Originally Posted by scott5 View Post


    Just follow this great diagram i was once given and your golden
    hahahahahahaa well I turned into a semi-puss-cake. Wifey might want to ride it once in a while and I am kinda scared about the rocks/sticky tires thing, so I kept the bottom guards in place. I started it today in the rain and I told Wifey to sit on it and she said, " "

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    The pass pegs are very easy to take off and put back on.. Only four bolts- 10mins max..

    Bar ends are also a great buy.. The stock ones suck, but i see you have rizzimos which are good mirrors, i just like the more sleek look

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    ok, so with this weather, the biatch pegs are off, all belt guards are off, the mirrors are off. I got one bar-end on the left side. I adjusted the tire pressure about 10 times in anticipation of a nice evening. I adjusted the suspension twice without riding it. Yes, I'm neurotic + with my gear on, I'm like 169-171lbs. According to Buell's chart, I am smack dab in the middle of two suspension settings. I'm going to wear the tires out pushing it back and forth in my freaking garage.
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    LOL.....glad to hear your enjoying your new toy Adam!!!
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    lol adam you need to build a convayer belt system like they use to practice stunts on...then u can ride your bike in the garage..just put a barnfan infront of ya and feel the wind lol
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    HERE YA GO !!


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    sweet looking bike!!
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    we need to go on a buell ride before i trade mine in on a harley

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    Quote Originally Posted by scott5 View Post
    we need to go on a buell ride before i trade mine in on a harley

    trade it in!!! get the harley and ill trick it out for ya lol
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