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Author:  Lucky [ 11 Jun 2009 13:21 ]
Post subject:  Just wondering
What's the difference between an x1 and an s1. I am talking in aesthetical terms? Pictures would help.
Author:  pash [ 11 Jun 2009 13:39 ]
Post subject:  Re: Just wondering
S1s look the best. See here:

viewtopic.php?f=7&t=82&start=0
Author:  Lucky [ 11 Jun 2009 13:58 ]
Post subject:  Re: Just wondering
pash wrote:
S1s look the best. See here:

viewtopic.php?f=7&t=82&start=0


Doesn't help Pash, they all look the same.
Author:  Norm [ 11 Jun 2009 14:19 ]
Post subject:  Re: Just wondering
Not sure if this is a serious one, but the main visual difference is the aluminium subframe on an X1, whereas the S1 has plastic. Slightly less noticeable is that the fuel tank cover is a separate item on an X1 (with creases), whereas the S1 has either the small or manta ray tank.

The air boxes / filter housings are completely different, and the X1 has a scoop on the left hand side to cool the rear cylinder. The routing of the exhausts is different.

The instruments are also offset differently, so the fly screen has the hump on the right (as you sit on the bike) on an S1 and the left on an X1. The ignition key is on the dash on an X1 but on the left side of the engine on an S1.

Getting more anal, the frames are different, most noticeably around the footpegs as the X1 frame can be separated, the swing arms are different, one has FI whilst the other has carbs, the passenger footpegs are removable on an X1 without an angle grinder, the engine colours...
Author:  Lucky [ 11 Jun 2009 14:46 ]
Post subject:  Re: Just wondering
Thanks Norm. I struggle to see why the s1 is more desirable given that they are older. Or is it just down to the fact that there are less about?
Author:  s1nner [ 11 Jun 2009 15:17 ]
Post subject:  Re: Just wondering
Lucky wrote:
Thanks Norm. I struggle to see why the s1 is more desirable given that they are older. Or is it just down to the fact that there are less about?


I think that it is just a matter of aesthetics, simple as that. The X1 is the better bike due to evolution and continual improvement - I don't think too many would deny that, but the S1 remains the favourite for many just because it is such a pure essense.
Author:  Spook [ 15 Jun 2009 16:05 ]
Post subject:  Re: Just wondering
Lucky wrote:
What's the difference between an x1 and an s1. I am talking in aesthetical terms? Pictures would help.


You want the 25 years of Buell by Peter & Jane
Author:  Lucky [ 15 Jun 2009 16:08 ]
Post subject:  Re: Just wondering
Spook wrote:
Lucky wrote:
What's the difference between an x1 and an s1. I am talking in aesthetical terms? Pictures would help.


You want the 25 years of Buell by Peter & Jane


No I want you to tell me, and that way I don't get to read a boring book.
Author:  Spook [ 15 Jun 2009 16:23 ]
Post subject:  Re: Just wondering
Lucky wrote:
Spook wrote:
Lucky wrote:
What's the difference between an x1 and an s1. I am talking in aesthetical terms? Pictures would help.


You want the 25 years of Buell by Peter & Jane


No I want you to tell me, and that way I don't get to read a boring book.


Peter & Jane books use pictures for people who can't read :roll:

Wait till the end of the week and I'll send you a picture of my S1 and my X1 next to each other. Spot all the differences and you could win a cash prize :D
Author:  Maz [ 15 Jun 2009 18:59 ]
Post subject:  Re: Just wondering
''boring book''........you fuckin heathen cabbage :roll: :roll: :roll:
Author:  thorkill the tall [ 15 Jun 2009 20:03 ]
Post subject:  Re: Just wondering
The S1 is sex on wheels, the X1 needs to be in the right light and viewed at the perfect angle to look anywhere near as pretty as the earlier model.
The book is written by Americans for Americans and is almost as annoying to read as a HD workshop manual.
IMO, of course.
Author:  Adam [ 15 Jun 2009 20:09 ]
Post subject:  Re: Just wondering
Maz wrote:
''boring book''........you fuckin heathen cabbage :roll: :roll: :roll:


x2

:rofl: :clap:
Author:  Buellin Ben [ 15 Jun 2009 21:25 ]
Post subject:  Re: Just wondering
an early S1 with the small tank in billet silver is the most georgeous Buell ever built - and I don't own one!

CJ put a pic of your bike up please
Author:  DaveH [ 15 Jun 2009 21:43 ]
Post subject:  Re: Just wondering
Try a visit to Maz's as he has fine examples of both, but his S1 white lightning is just stunning and i'm sure that if i mither for long enough he'll sell it to me :lol:
Author:  Tigs [ 15 Jun 2009 22:00 ]
Post subject:  Re: Just wondering
DaveH wrote:
Try a visit to Maz's as he has fine examples of both, but his S1 white lightning is just stunning and i'm sure that if i mither for long enough he'll sell it to me :lol:


Get in the queue Dave I stroke it every time I visit and try not to dribble on it :twisted: :lol:



Although Maz says they are not for girlies :shock: :? but then Im no ordinary girly :twisted: :lol:
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