ahh.. this might be my next bike

[MrDude_1]

i pipe dream ofcourse, since im broke..

but buell just released their new sportbike.. a 1125CC 72* vtwin... liquid cooled... 6spd... 146hp, 84ft-lbs torque...... they fixed just about every bitch i had about their old bike.. if it rides anything like the current one, i really want one.

[MrDude_1]

btw, yes its ugly as sin, and nothing is as pretty as our hawks...

[motorcycleman]

http://buell.com/1125R/1125R.asp?1125RLocale=en_us

Very nice!!! 146 hp.... 82 foot pounds of torque... can you say wheee!

[Doc]

http://youtube.com/watch?v=EzkRAbfHI6M

[Ribbit2]

Tuono clone with a belt (ugh!)?

Shiver

http://www.diseno-art.com/encyclopedia/vehicles/road/bikes/Aprilia_Shiver_750.html

[MrDude_1]

Tuono clone with a belt (ugh!)?

Shiver

http://www.diseno-art.com/encycloped...hiver_750.html

it looks nothign like that.... ?

[Ribbit2]

Yeah I agree MrD (sorry to hear about your engine grief, by the way).

Rotax engine in the Buell so like the Tuono to me (yaaay Tuono at Daytona too! ).

Ok I admit I'm an Aprilia nut, hehe (ex BiL was an Aprilia dealer by the way).

But that new 750 V twin, with 95bhp, Shivveeeeer indeed! *grins*

Nice write up, piccys, etc on Shiver here:

http://www.raptorsandrockets.com/Reviews/2007_Aprilia_SL_750_Shiver.htm

[severn_owl]

Have been looking at the Aprilia Shiver and wondering if it the spiritual successor to the Bros/Hawk. I want one! But then again I want just about every bike there is! Dream is of a CR500 cafe racer. All stripped back and minimal with a stinky stroker sitting in the middle - air cooled, all fins and oil with an ear splitting expansion chamber

[Pixel375]

That aprillia is gorgeous!... But the Buell... wegh! It's fugly!
I like buell's a lot mind you... but this one and the racer...
I dunno... Eric is a brilliant mechanic, but a designer... he's not!