FOR GREGZ.

fleegal,

I am glad you asked!

Actually.. I have looked at that closely.. and I dont see an answer apare from a billet alloy job or bent stainless.

There are a few out there which can be easily duplicated, but they are all really hard. The R1 (and similar) side exhaust is easy, as you can use some alloy corner section and bend it. This is a tough one.

If you can find some make at home details for undertail exhaust bikes I could muster something up. Like FZ6, ZXR, etc

Regarding the tail.. I have kept mine as I have the carbon tail... but I fitted a reflector above the numberplate - partially blocking the numberplate light ("sorry Mr Officer, I am sure this is how they come from the factory"). Also I have moved the rego sticker to the airbox...fits nicely and is visable.

I must admit after chopping the rear end off the Buell my first thought was to do the same to the superduke...... but the longer i leave it the more i think it does suit the bike the way it is.... prob only still on due to the fact here are no readily available tail tidys around,if there was it might have got done before now....... the other thing being i couldnt ride the buell in any weather even slightlywet without getting a totally soaked back/rucksack...... looked great but totally impracticle



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Rigga,

That is so cool!.... I actaully read bits of this page when I did my intake/velocity stack research. I will have a read of the rest

Yeh.. I see what you mean by the final power curve... hard to tell... but comparing to my M900 it would be a little underpowered to ride.. esp down low. But thrashing would be limited by the falloff and low max rpm.
Keep it on song or nothing type of ride.

Interesting about your other comments... they do directly compete with the SD - I would have thought it would be a closer match.

Yep - in the end it is all about the details I think that is exactly what you see as well. I agree with you after doing a bike just right.. you figure out what exactly it is you want. I have done the same.

My M900 is still the fastest bike I have ridden on the street (killed by 4s on the race track straights). And the perfectly tuned R1... which I can't ride after 4 years and 11000kms! How good is the SD! (after mods). It is just right!

(Oh the R1 is still really quick and destroys rear tyres in 2000kms!)

Gregz,

Dont get me wrong,the Buell was a very good bike,although tiny in proportions,extremly short wheelbase and stumpy looking and great fun on the road,not the greatest of power at 86hp (standard 72 ish) but needed to be kept on the boil ( funny term for an aircooled lump) to get the best out of it... but the aircooled engine was very agricultural,could almost visualise the big pistons throwing themselves up and down the bores.... completly the oposite to the sd which is so much smoother and refined ,and it was wheezy at higher rpm's circa 9k..... now this at the time was a feature of the bike that appealed.... but when i got to the stage where the next step was a 1430cc conversion i kinda took stock of what the project would eventually end up like,and what it would take to get there..... as it happens out of the blue the superduke i now have was advertised on ebay and the guy offered to part ex on anything interesting,sent some details on the off chance and as it would happen he was an ex bueller and fancied mine,within a week i had done the deal,travelled a few hundred miles in a van and swapped them....no test ride,just knew from all the reports id read that the sd would be my next bike....... turns out i made a very good choice,the basic package is several rungs above the buell at the same stock stage,engine power overall,delivery of that power,level of suspension componants,fit and finish etc...modding process that i will naturally do ( habits and all that ) can hopefully only increase the fun factor that the bike already has.......

Glad to hear that....

I also read all the reports and articles and decided that by design this is made just for what I was after.
I rode a stock SD which I thought was very average and setup incorrectly.
What I did notice, was that with a little 'tuning' it will bring out the best of the bike be a brilliant ride.

I picked mine up from Bris - 1000kms away and towed it back down. It had the 16T & cans which in my oppinion are 'required' plus a few other bits.

Ditto for everything you mentioned. Plus thanks for the comments on the Buell. It really confirms my suspissions > I am glad I didn't even testride one (plus I don't actaully physically fit on any Buells).

mounted disc brake to dissapate the braking forces through the rim rather than the hub so thinner lighter spokes could be used,thus having a very light wheel[quote]

Hi Riga

This is one of the things that put me off a Buells. Although the wheel may not have as much brakinf force going through it there are still other strong forces eg: landing wheelies,potholes, ect. although I havent heard of any failures it still concerns me. but maybe Im just being a bit gay.

As far as im aware there has never been a front wheel breaking due to forces exerted due to landing wheelies,rough roads etc....... in fact craig jones who is employed by buell as a "extreme rider" puts the bikes through enough torture during his shows and they hold up fine..... the design is lightweight but strong.

martin