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01-18-2009, 09:20 PM | #1 |
Ride Like an Asshole
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01-18-2009, 10:10 PM | #2 |
Bring on the Zombies!
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Same here. I never heard about that until it had been out for a while and most of the comments about the issues being fixed talk about the 1125cr.
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01-18-2009, 10:15 PM | #3 |
Tractor Driver
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It really depends on your perspective. I believe that much of the issues were Buell's fault. There WERE fueling issues.
The FZ1 had HORRIBLE fueling issues. The issue isn't whether one company has issues or not. It's whether they deal quickly and effectively with those issues. Buell has. I believe KTM is working on it. They hadn't gotten it sorted out by last October for the 2009 models. It is a bit of a double standard. The most recent review of the 1125CR claimed it was "cramped". WTF? Did they have Andre the Giant testing? The 1125 platform is one of the roomiest of sportbike models out right now. It's just magazines. The writers carry their own biases onto the pages.
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01-18-2009, 10:18 PM | #4 | |
Ride Naked.
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Buell is definatly working on the probs. My gripe is the mags. If it's a buell, they rip it apart. If it's any European or Jap bike, then they are just minor probs, but nothing major. |
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01-18-2009, 10:47 PM | #5 | |
Tractor Driver
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Yeah, but Buell doesn't do anything to help decrease the problems either. Why the HELL they keep putting those shitty stock pads on bikes is beyond me. Put on Lyndalls from the factory and be done with it. The stock pads are horrible for feel. I think much of the bitching about the ZTL system is the pads used. Why doesn't Buell set up the bikes per the rider. Instead they allow these monkeys to do the usual set up that they do for every other bike and wonder why the bike feels "sluggish" or "twitchy". Read a manual once in a while folks. You only get one time to set a first impression. Buell seems to revel in blowing that opportunity EVERY TIME!
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01-18-2009, 10:50 PM | #6 | |
Ride Naked.
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Though I will be getting something different when these wear out. Maybe then I will realize the diff. As for the set up. Yes, the mags should do it. I know they do it on the Ducs and jap bikes. |
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01-19-2009, 02:26 AM | #7 | |
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Their attitude is that "I know how to set up a bike. I don't need some book to tell me how."
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Fuckers. Such shit.
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01-19-2009, 02:02 PM | #9 | |
Ride Naked.
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10-17-2009, 10:48 AM | #10 |
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It's a naked superhawk with higher end braking and suspension components. The one I rode was dodgy at lower RPM even with the updated flash. The local dealer here was blowing them out for 9k. IMO, it's a good bike for 9K. 12k, no.
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