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,,good to see your sense of humour is bearing up Panth,,,this scenario you're facing now is the reason I sold my Firedbolt, and kept the X1,,,I had the good sense to actually listen to what Maz had to say on the subject,,,all this dosn't help you any I know, and my heartfelt condolences for your situation,

,,,and yes, I DID actually LOVE my Firebolt, Maz and myself had many "words" on the subject, but common engineering sense won the day, and I sold my beloved Firebolt (I bought her brand new, first new bike I'd had since '77),,,I still have my X1, a cracking bike,,,but as far as I have seen these last few years,,still a fucking ticking timebomb,,,if only the bloody thing wasn't soooooooooo fantastic to ride !!!,,,that would have been sacrificed at the alter of "common sense",,and I would be back on an old Triumph or Beeza a year ago


,,,like many others here, Buell has left an unpleasant taste in my mouth,,and it isn't really Erik's fault as far as I can see, his dream and story is one of a true hero to my mind, it's just "corporate buisiness" got in the way/enabled it all to happen,,,one of those things I guess,,,fuckin' "bean-counters" rule the world, and have for some time,,,,as a wise man once commented,,, "NOoooooooo fuckin' soul whatsoever!"

,,,really hope the "Muses" work for you on this one fella,,,

you're really gonna have to learn to spell Don,,,you could go far mate