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posted October 03, 2005 05:05 PM
Buell Ulysses very cool
Had a cool little ride today... got to check out the Ulysses.... Spam rode it and it looks good on her!
freek... I think this is your next bike!
   
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beansbaxter
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posted October 03, 2005 07:20 PM
write up a full blown review, please.
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sagot
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posted October 03, 2005 07:54 PM
My humble opinion
Are you fucking kidding me!!! The engine is from 1929. It still has push rods! Go test a KTM 950!!!
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posted October 03, 2005 07:57 PM
sorry sir, but the thing rocks... I cannot tell a lie! I loved it!
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Hells Dark Lord
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posted October 03, 2005 10:12 PM
I kinda like it as well...and I really like that it comes with 17 inch tires.....
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posted October 04, 2005 08:51 AM
I have to admit, it was pretty fun! Make no mistake, it is no dual sport, but as so many (including Buell themselves) have pointed out, that is not their intent. It is a Sportbike with 6 inches of clearance underneath and longer suspension. I asked the guy about the suspension because I found that the front end dove pretty bad when braking hard (brakes work pretty good and come stock with braided lines)- something I would not want to see when routinely riding on the street. The Buell guy said the suspension on the bike I rode was stock set-up but is easily adjustable. Could you adjust it to perform like a street bike? I'm not 100% sure- it has the same suspension components as the Lightning, just longer travel, but I really don't know much about the black art of suspension adjustment- I guess you'd just have to try.
So would I buy a Ulysses?..... I would say that for myself, I would not buy one. I really really like Buells, I think they are fun and sexy and unique. Buell markets themselves as having unique things on their bikes- the engine, the frame (which incorporates gas inside of it and oil in swingarm), the brakes (perimeter-mounted rotor), the belt-drive, the short wheelbase, and the low-down muffler. Ah the muffler. I still maintain that this is a poor place for a muffler on a bike that you may take offroad. Even if it is just forest service roads. I can't help but think that if they could've let go of this one "design principle" of having the muffler down low in the name of mass centralization, that I might feel more comfortable with taking this "adventure touring" bike offroad. And if I'm not comfortable taking my premium-priced (MSRP is US$11,495) Ulysses off road, then I'm probably better off on a Lightning. The Lightning Long (XB12Ss) comes with the same front-end geometry and wheelbase as the Ulysses and is US$1000 cheaper.
Fish took a pic of me on the Ulysses, just for you Ozzy...
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posted October 04, 2005 09:14 AM
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sorry sir, but the thing rocks... I cannot tell a lie! I loved it!
Yes but would you lay down your $$sweat and blood$$! That is the measurment of how a bike stands up to another. For me, I like lots about the Buell... but the engine...
Unless one has lots of spare $Dosh$ kicking arownd!
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posted October 04, 2005 09:52 AM
Gotta love those escorted rides that don't let you wick it up or actually test any aspect of the bikes performance.
Wait for the Cagiva & Husky offerings in this marketplace over the next 24 months as Proton challenges KTM and BMW head-to-head.
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posted October 04, 2005 12:40 PM
Yah, I hear you, but after seeing some of the fuking loser Harley-squids that came out to try, I understand why they don't want to let the general public do too much. As you know, the general public is comprised of quite a few idiots!! That said, they took us through a few twisty bits, although not full out on a highway or anything. Enough to check out how torquey the bikes are. For me, I've always gotten way more enjoyment out of acceleration than than top speed anyways. And lets face it, I'm way too chicken to really put somone else's unfamiliar bike "through its paces"....
Bottom line is that it was a fun afternoon and its a fun bike that I would not have otherwise had an opportunity to try. No, I'm not going to buy one for myself, but I have a greater apprecation of why people would. Maybe if I didn't know about some of the cool places to go that this bike couldn't take me, then maybe I might consider it. However, as it stands, I know that my priority is a way more nimble dirtbike than the KLR to get some of the places I would like to go.... but thats just me!!
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posted October 04, 2005 02:52 PM
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I've always gotten way more enjoyment out of acceleration than than top speed anyways
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posted October 04, 2005 03:54 PM
sagot... I could see myself buying one... and hey... dat $$ isnt "$$sweat and blood$$" ... dude.. it's the movies... "money fer nuithin and the chicks are free"!!! U know the song :P
As for the squid thing.. wholy fuck.. what a bunch of fuckin losers that were out there.. friggin guy on ride # 1 passing both me and spam and the shaking his hands out all the time cuz he's "ridin so hard"!  ,,, we had to laugh... ride # 2 had loser in running shoes, sweatshirt and no gloves zipping up besinde me and into my lane, then almost rear ending me twice...
thank god they were escorted.... talk about lowest common denominator!
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posted October 07, 2005 12:19 AM
Edited By: worm~hole on 7 Oct 2005 01:21
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I have to admit, it was pretty fun! Make no mistake, it is no dual sport, but as so many (including Buell themselves) have pointed out, that is not their intent. It is a Sportbike with 6 inches of clearance underneath and longer suspension. ...
...I remember my back-to-back ride a couple of years ago of the KTM950Adventure vs Jato's VStrom1000...they both felt like heavy "sportybikes" with lots of suspension travel...like my 320mm front-brake'd/Jardine exhausted KLR650...only waaaaaaaaaay faster....nothing to do with here or there, but your statement reminded me of that super-sexy KTM950
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posted October 07, 2005 01:13 PM
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....nothing to do with here or there, but your statement reminded me of that super-sexy KTM950
ha ha....sagot actually thinks he's getting a super-sexy KTM950 for his birthday this coming Monday....hahaha silly boy.....
FISH- where's that pic!!
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posted October 07, 2005 11:43 PM
...make it blaaaaack....nothing silly about a black 950-Adventure....
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posted October 08, 2005 12:26 AM
One of the great things about KTM's (or at least many of them) is the bodywork being so cheap.
I replaced everything with black on my orange KTM 525 supermoto and all that cost only a few hundred bucks. Most pieces are like $25 or $40.
(Why? Largely because I figured in orange every cop's first instinct would be that it was a dirtbike that did not belong on the street and would be interested in pulling me over, whereas in black, the eye takes it to be a streetbike. It also looks damn sharp in black, though personally I did like the orange as well.)
Of course the finish is not as good as we are used to for streetbikes. One of the pieces I even thought, geez, this must be used, even though it was in shrinkwrap. But then another piece that was definitely new also had similar marks thought not as bad, so I figured, Oh well.
But the Japanese manufacturers should seriously consider that technology for entry level streetbikes. Sure would beat shelling out thousands to replace bodywork from the drops inevitable for such bikes.
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posted October 24, 2005 09:56 AM
whos cluttering up the dual sport forum with adventure sport threads? ROFLOL.
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posted November 15, 2005 07:11 PM
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Ah the muffler. I still maintain that this is a poor place for a muffler on a bike that you may take offroad. Even if it is just forest service roads. I can't help but think that if they could've let go of this one "design principle" of having the muffler down low in the name of mass centralization, that I might feel more comfortable with taking this "adventure touring" bike offroad.
On the other hand, it was designed to take abuse as a bash plate. It's quite tough. Should protect your engine case.
Here's another review:
Buell Ulysses review
http://pages.videotron.com/mcrides/road-test/buell/ulysses.htm
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