http://www.asphaltandrubber.com/bike...5rr-race-bike/
Motor Cyclist had a good article in this months issue explaining it. I can't find that online, though. AMA Superbike racing is supposed to start with a showroom stock, street legal, publicly available bike. The bike Buel used was not the publicly available, show room stock, street legal floor model.
i have worked for Buell for almost 7 years. i never realized how fortunate i was to work with so many talented people, in an amazing industry until today. to think of what we...200 people in a small town did was truly amazing....taking on the big japanese companies that employ thousands. its really sad because we were so close to putting ourselves on the map and then this happens...barely a month removed from winning the AMA Daytona sportbike championship. (the first time in 30+years by an American company). Say what you will about the AMA and the rules. But what it comes down to is a small number of AMERICANS building an AMERICAN product that competed..and won. not to mention finishing 6,7,8,12 in the final 2 SUPERBIKE races of the year. (there is alot more to this than people know...all they hear is 1125cc vs 600cc.)
this was by far the best place anyone could ask to work for. we were a small family, we knew everyones first name, and we knew about everyones family. i would be fortunate to work for another company that is half of what Buell is.
as for where i go now..who knows. Chances are very slim that will be able to find work in the same industry. i'll end up working in a cubical, working on some simple product, counting the seconds until 5.
i'll always cherish the time i spent and Buell, and the part i played in what we accomplished...it was an honor working with everyone involved
Harley just can't go fast. The 1125R was an extremely well balanced bike but it couldn't compete, just like most other Harley Davidson machines can't.
Sucks to see even more people out of work.
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I rode my friends XB9 and I liked it, was kind of weird riding a bike so short in length, felt like I was sitting on the handelbars
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Troutman, sorry to hear you are out of a job. You seem to take great pride in what you do. Take that passion with you to your next job and you'll do fine.
Nan, how does the link parallel CNN liberalism? Buell was running a motor 525CCs bigger than its Japanese competition, and 225 CCs bigger then the Euro's
They are selling MV Augusta as well!!!! They just bought them last year! Horrible for Buell, but this sounds like bad news might be coming for HD as well
there is a Big difference between
a 4 cylinder 19,000 RPM motor,
and
a 2 cylinder 8,000 rpm motor.
the 2 cylinder should have 700 more CC's
to keep up with the rpm difference.
The direct relationship to HP,
is CC's = Displacment
and the RPM's turned.
example,
500cc turning 20,000 rpms
will equal
1000CC turning 10,000 rpms.
the same ammount of air will be Pumped through both motors.
2000 SS camaro
^^ There we go.
All posts from the above author are expected to be 100% BS. Thank you and have a nice day.