Maz,

I really don't need to go had to head with you on this. I don't see that either of us will 'win' and I am not convinved that anything meaningful will come out of the debate.

I have hit 95 a few times and at that moment the whole bike squats and - for want of a better term - becomes alive. I don't get there often but it is worth it for the times that I do. (That feeling when the whole bike just comes together and all starts working as one is wrth having, no matter how rarely it happens,)

"Real performance" doesn't interest me - I am not a good enough rider to get the max out of the proper high performance options available.

I am not even going to begin explaining the reasons behind why I built the bike I did, but in earnest seriousness it saddens me to see you taking a negative view towards anyone that takes a Buell and uses it to build the bike they want to own. I know that you do not believe that all Buells were perfect when they left the factory - or all the "Maz mods" would not exist. If we are living in a world where the only allowable mods are "Maz approved" then that is a smaller and more narrow minded world than the one I want to inhabit.

IMO, the whole point of any bike is to be the bike the rider wants it to be (I can't understand the scooter mob, but I accept their ight to ride the bike that they want to).

As I implied earler, we have a fundamental difference of opinion here, so there is no mileage in pursuing this further here. You have a view, I have a different view - that is actually a good thing.

Dave

Fair play Dave, TBH I really couldn't give a shit....at least you didn't turn it into a 'chopper'....but might as well have done IMO
'Maz mods' only address weaknesses bourne out of factory builds/designs due to financial constraints/compromises.......as you already know, I'm basically a purist and believe that Eriks original vision was sound, I just build Buells the way Erik would have if he was free to do so

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Mithered ta death.
92 MB
96 S2T
98 S1W
00 M2
01 X1
03 P3
10 CR

[quote="Dave from Scotland" Let's just say that the fairing kit costs 1.5K,

Dave[/quote]



Dave, just out of interest are those fairings carbon fibre/kevlar for that kinda money, or fibreglass?

Merv,

Just cheap and nasty fibreglass.

IIRC the 'headline' price worked out at about £850 - but then there's shipping and import duty on top.

Dave

No bids. Maybe too high a starting price.

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08 Specialized Langster

It looks nicer than that hideously blinged up X1 though.

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2001 X1 2009 1125CR 2006 Uly X3 2010 Uly a fully Maz'd S1 and a 1991 RS1200 Westwind.

But at least that has a small start price. If he offered it at a no reserve auction then the market would decide its true worth.

I quite like it but not for that kind of cash.

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Buell S1
Buell S3 (Topless for now)
Buell XB12S
Piaggio X8 400ie
Yamaha XTZ750 Super Tenere (x2)
Suzuki GSXR750WR
BSA B441VS
FJR1300

Like a boomerang, its back on, same staring price...

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08 Specialized Langster

Yeap just like lots of pre 65 trials bikes with super high start prices and the phrase I don't need to sell this. They seem to spend a lot of time trying to sell them though.

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Buell S1
Buell S3 (Topless for now)
Buell XB12S
Piaggio X8 400ie
Yamaha XTZ750 Super Tenere (x2)
Suzuki GSXR750WR
BSA B441VS
FJR1300

If you want fairings, Click this and scroll down

Just.... LOL

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So does anyone make replacement/replica or other after market plastics/fibreglass parts for buells here in UK, or is it all shipped over?