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Author:	CJ [ 17 Oct 2009 20:53 ]
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Just in case you don't visit the Events and Rides forum I've copied this across from the Stafford Show topic.... Adam wrote: It was worth the trip there just to see a very special Buell. Spoke to the owner and it seems to have the right provenance (the owner has spoken to Henry Dugga, who sent him some copies of the original drawings) to lay claim to being the original Lucifers Hammer I was so star struck that I forgot to photograph it but I know somebody else probably did CJ wrote: There were lots of interesting bikes at the show but the highlight of the day was seeing this Buell RR1000 race machine, now owned by Steve Ledsham. We had a good long chat with Steve and he told us all about the bikes fascinating history. He plans to restore the bike to its original 1985/6 Buell US race specification.

Author:	kevmean [ 17 Oct 2009 20:54 ]
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that is a gorgeous looking bike

Author:	daywalker [ 17 Oct 2009 21:17 ]
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Very gorgeous bike. But only 1000cc?

Author:	pash [ 17 Oct 2009 21:19 ]
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Thanks CJ, that looks well cool...

Author:	CJ [ 17 Oct 2009 21:40 ]
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daywalker wrote: Very gorgeous bike. But only 1000cc? Taken from the Spring 2008 issue of UKBEG's American Thunder - History of Buell feature: The first motorcycle designed and built by Erik Buell was the RW750 in 1983. This was a 750cc, two-stroke, “square-four”, rotary-valve racing machine designed specifically to compete in the AMA Formula One road racing class. A prototype RW750 first hit the track in the AMA National at Pocono Speedway in the summer of 1983. Buell continued extensive testing and development work on the bike throughout that summer and into the autumn. His success was measured during testing at Talladega, Alabama, where it was clocked at a top speed of 178 mph. Development on the RW750 continued through 1984, a production version was released in the autumn. Just one RW750 was sold to the American Machinists Racing Team before the AMA announced that 1985 would be the last year of Formula One racing. An announcement that Superbikes would occupy the premier race class in 1986 effectively eliminated any market for the RW750. Crushing as that may have been to lesser builders, Buell viewed the rules change simply as a setback. He went back to work, this time aiming squarely at the goal of building the first world-class sport bike designed and built in the USA. Tapping his knowledge of what works on the racetrack and his experience as a Harley-Davidson engineer, Erik Buell designed his first entry into the sport bike market, the RR1000. Powered by the Harley-Davidson XR1000 engine, the stiff, light chassis was designed to allow rubber-mounting that became a patented engineering “trademark” of Buell sport bikes. Buell’s design also utilised the engine as a fully stressed member of the frame. Capping the engineering firsts was Buell’s use of a rear suspension mounted beneath the motor and a shock that operated in reverse of the conventional compression-rebound practice. A total of 50 RR1000 models were produced during 1987-88 before the remaining XR1000 engines were depleted. Buell saw the new 1203cc Harley-Davidson Evolution engine as an opportunity to continue tuning the performance and handling qualities of his bikes. With that in mind, he began redesigning the chassis to accommodate the 1203.

Author:	Maz [ 17 Oct 2009 22:35 ]
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I just messed my underwear

Author:	pash [ 17 Oct 2009 23:13 ]
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Author:	richie [ 18 Oct 2009 00:13 ]
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Maz wrote: I just messed my underwear I bet there is no guzzi ever built that would do that

Author:	mojomick [ 18 Oct 2009 01:46 ]
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richie wrote: Maz wrote: I just messed my underwear I bet there is no guzzi ever built that would do that Maybe................

Author:	deno [ 18 Oct 2009 10:21 ]
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Gorgeous I would love to take that on a race track

Author:	tubbs [ 18 Oct 2009 12:47 ]
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there is a complete (carbs,etc) rr1000 motor under a bench in a hd dealers in the uk that is next to a xr750 motor and both not for sale been asking for a year or two now

Author:	03 [ 18 Oct 2009 12:51 ]
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Hmmmm, I'm sure that bike has been on here before when it was in Italy Well, it isn't Lucifer's Hammer cos that was a Harley built around 1983. Lucifer's Hammer 2 was indeed an RR1000 and is on the record as lying in Don Tilley's workshop as recently as 2005 if you look around. I dare say a quick phone call to Tilley HD (704 .872.3883) in the US would quite easily confirm if its still there if anyone can be bothered.

Author:	Nate [ 18 Oct 2009 18:00 ]
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Thanks CJ you is good with a camera. Is it me or do them headers come out on the left and both carbs on the right! Must have very different heads and cams! Looks like the oil tank was beaten in to shape before welding too!! Very interesting! Nate.

Author:	03 [ 18 Oct 2009 18:09 ]
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Author:	Nate [ 18 Oct 2009 18:14 ]
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Oops, did I screw up 03? Nate.

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