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 Post subject: Definition
PostPosted: 21 Mar 2018 17:33 
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I may regret this but my Grandad always said , "if you don't know something, ask"....so......

To what does "Tuber" refer and what's the origin?

BTW.....My Grandma used to say," wash all your food before you eat it".
Lovely lady, made awful sandwiches though.....

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 Post subject: Re: Definition
PostPosted: 21 Mar 2018 17:40 
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Tuber = real Buell with tubular frame.

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Easy one old bean, a Tuber is a Buell with a tubular steel frame, the original design before the introduction of the XB alloy beam fuel tank frame bikes.

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 Post subject: Re: Definition
PostPosted: 21 Mar 2018 21:02 
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gusm2 wrote:
Easy one old bean, a Tuber is a Buell with a tubular steel frame, the old original design before the introduction of the new modern XB alloy beam fuel tank frame bikes.

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barney wrote:
gusm2 wrote:
Easy one old bean, a Tuber is a Buell with a tubular steel frame, the old original design before the introduction of the new modern XB alloy beam fuel tank frame bikes.

lOl

:rotfl: :rotfl:

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 Post subject: Re: Definition
PostPosted: 21 Mar 2018 21:29 
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Yeah the new ones that're no longer available, easily damaged and impossible to repair/make......insurance companies write them off no matter what the damage is :idea:
At least the REAL Buells can be repaired, even if you have to make a whole new frame because it's just a load of bent tubes welded together :)

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Maz wrote:
Yeah the new ones that're no longer available, easily damaged and impossible to repair/make......insurance companies write them off no matter what the damage is :idea:
At least the REAL Buells can be repaired, even if you have to make a whole new frame because it's just a load of bent tubes welded together :)

:yt:
'Tuber' = 'Bike for Life' ;)

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PostPosted: 22 Mar 2018 10:04 
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xb the one with the real buell engine. :ner:

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xb the one with the real buell engine. :ner:

I'd be keeping quiet about that if I were you :rotfl:

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Ohsteveo wrote:
To what does "Tuber" refer and what's the origin?


Were you thinking it was something to do with potatoes :?:

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PostPosted: 22 Mar 2018 12:09 
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Bonzo wrote:
Ohsteveo wrote:
To what does "Tuber" refer and what's the origin?


Were you thinking it was something to do with potatoes :?:

Thought they had to drop that pursuit in 2000... :coat:

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rik wrote:
Chiz_4 wrote:
xb the one with the real buell engine. :ner:

I'd be keeping quiet about that if I were you :rotfl:

anyone can buy a harley ferguson,and put some buell stickers on it. :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

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Tubers were built by Buell, XB's were built by H-D ie. it's actually the XB range that's a re-badged Harley :idea:

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Now I am confused. The tube framed, Harley-Davidson Sportster engine bikes were built by Erik Buell.
The engine that Erik designed and installed in a chassis that he also designed and then assembled in Troy, not in Milwalkie along with the other Harleys, is actually a rebadged Harley. How come?
Folk lore has it that Harley were embarrassed by the performance and handling of XB range and then angry when the Rotax engine was introduced. I have even heard it said that during the brief period of ownership of M V that a Buell badged M V was created.


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D+S wrote:
Now I am confused. The tube framed, Harley-Davidson Sportster engine bikes were built by Erik Buell.
The engine that Erik designed and installed in a chassis that he also designed and then assembled in Troy, not in Milwalkie along with the other Harleys, is actually a rebadged Harley. How come?
Folk lore has it that Harley were embarrassed by the performance and handling of XB range and then angry when the Rotax engine was introduced. I have even heard it said that during the brief period of ownership of M V that a Buell badged M V was created.

:yt: :rotfl: :rotfl:

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