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rideboarder589
04-06-2010, 05:22 PM
i just found this article while looking through cycleworlds website, its a three pt piece on eric buell and just buell in general...pretty cool stuff
http://www.cycleworld.com/article.asp?section_id=43&article_id=2119&page_number=1

polkiejoe
04-06-2010, 06:12 PM
I love this comment by Erik!

"So, 15% of the time [18 seconds on the track] we have an acceleration advantage. During 18 seconds a lap you can see an acceleration advantage. Plenty of time for a redneck to holler out on the TV show, "Dayum, look at the power of that Hurley-Dayvudson!," or some equally edifying treatise. So we are ahead of the 600s by a percentage of 18 seconds x 7%, or 1.2 seconds, and the Aprilia by about 0.9 seconds. That makes sense. See! Unfair, unfair!"

sk8ace
04-06-2010, 06:17 PM
Great read!! Thanks for posting

ctmallam
04-06-2010, 06:25 PM
Reading this article led me to this cool video, sponsored by Kawasaki!

2009 Superbike Shootout (http://www.motorcycle-usa.com/577/Motorcycle-Video/2009-Daytona-SportBike-Shootout.aspx)

smith2307
04-06-2010, 06:35 PM
awesome article. Erik is a cool dude.

onelogue
04-06-2010, 07:02 PM
ctmallam Im gonna start a new thread with that vid! great find.

redliner172
04-06-2010, 07:23 PM
Too bad that everyone who is anti-Buell anyway don't care about facts...they just want to say its unfair no matter what. You could prove beyond a reasonable doubt and STILL they would say "nope your wrong, you cheat!"

rideboarder589
04-06-2010, 07:30 PM
yeah i found it awesome that eric shoved cold hard facts into the face of the everyone who called him a cheat...like he said when the jap companys hire your riders after they win on a "cheaters" bike, theres someting to be said about that

acepilot79
04-06-2010, 07:49 PM
that was a great read!