Posted by Lew on July 9, 2008, 12:12 am
I was riding by a Harley dealer on the other side of town today and
decided to stop in and look at the 2008 Buell Ulysses XT. You never
know when a 13 year old bike will die, and I want to be prepared.
A salesman approaches me, sees me holding my helmet, and the first
thing out of his mouth is, "do you want to take a test ride?" I tell
him I'm not seriously looking to buy, so he guilts me and says, "that's
all right, if you ride, I get to ride!" So much for the question about
dealers and test rides.
As for the ride itself, I won't bother you with details. Let's just
say I loved everything about it except the extreme heat under my right
thigh.
--
Lew
Posted by Steve L on July 9, 2008, 8:05 am
>I was riding by a Harley dealer on the other side of town today and
> decided to stop in and look at the 2008 Buell Ulysses XT. You never
> know when a 13 year old bike will die, and I want to be prepared.
> A salesman approaches me, sees me holding my helmet, and the first
> thing out of his mouth is, "do you want to take a test ride?" I tell
> him I'm not seriously looking to buy, so he guilts me and says, "that's
> all right, if you ride, I get to ride!" So much for the question about
> dealers and test rides.
> As for the ride itself, I won't bother you with details. Let's just
> say I loved everything about it except the extreme heat under my right
> thigh.
> --
> Lew
A PowerCommander or other fuel management device a lower restriction air
cleaner and pipes solves the heat problem.. gets you 5 or more ponies, and
wider usable rpm range and significantly decreases the heat.
Yes, that does cost more, but it's even more fun.
Posted by Thumper on July 12, 2008, 11:47 am
>>I was riding by a Harley dealer on the other side of town today and
>> decided to stop in and look at the 2008 Buell Ulysses XT. You never
>> know when a 13 year old bike will die, and I want to be prepared.
>>
>> A salesman approaches me, sees me holding my helmet, and the first
>> thing out of his mouth is, "do you want to take a test ride?" I tell
>> him I'm not seriously looking to buy, so he guilts me and says, "that's
>> all right, if you ride, I get to ride!" So much for the question about
>> dealers and test rides.
>>
>> As for the ride itself, I won't bother you with details. Let's just
>> say I loved everything about it except the extreme heat under my right
>> thigh.
>>
>> --
>> Lew
> A PowerCommander or other fuel management device a lower restriction air
> cleaner and pipes solves the heat problem.. gets you 5 or more ponies, and
> wider usable rpm range and significantly decreases the heat.
> Yes, that does cost more, but it's even more fun.
Lets see. I couldn't put a power commander on it, so I had a Harley
fuel-injection ECM device installed. Along with ceramic coated pipes and a
heat shield. I thought the heat thing was fixed. But, when I put the D&D's
on it, it seemed to get hot, on the right side again.
Very fun bike though.
--
Rev. Thumper Rabbitt
Minister and Prophet,
Church of Rec.Motorcycles®.
>
Posted by David T. Ashley on July 9, 2008, 10:14 am
>I was riding by a Harley dealer on the other side of town today and
> decided to stop in and look at the 2008 Buell Ulysses XT. You never
> know when a 13 year old bike will die, and I want to be prepared.
> A salesman approaches me, sees me holding my helmet, and the first
> thing out of his mouth is, "do you want to take a test ride?" I tell
> him I'm not seriously looking to buy, so he guilts me and says, "that's
> all right, if you ride, I get to ride!" So much for the question about
> dealers and test rides.
> As for the ride itself, I won't bother you with details. Let's just
> say I loved everything about it except the extreme heat under my right
> thigh.
Who in the hell names a bike based on Greek literature? That is downright
borderline gay.
What's next? The Buell Kirk XT or something weird like that? The only time
I've seen such a weird name is in collections of servers, where they might
name they "Kirk", "Spock", etc. or "Apollo", "Athena", etc.
"Ulysses" does not belong on a motorcycle.
Posted by Lew on July 9, 2008, 10:24 am
On 09 Jul 2008, David T. Ashley wrote in
>>I was riding by a Harley dealer on the other side of town today
>>and
>> decided to stop in and look at the 2008 Buell Ulysses XT. You
>> never know when a 13 year old bike will die, and I want to be
>> prepared.
>>
>> A salesman approaches me, sees me holding my helmet, and the
>> first thing out of his mouth is, "do you want to take a test
>> ride?" I tell him I'm not seriously looking to buy, so he guilts
>> me and says, "that's all right, if you ride, I get to ride!" So
>> much for the question about dealers and test rides.
>>
>> As for the ride itself, I won't bother you with details. Let's
>> just say I loved everything about it except the extreme heat
>> under my right thigh.
>
> Who in the hell names a bike based on Greek literature? That is
> downright borderline gay.
>
> What's next? The Buell Kirk XT or something weird like that? The
> only time I've seen such a weird name is in collections of
> servers, where they might name they "Kirk", "Spock", etc. or
> "Apollo", "Athena", etc.
>
> "Ulysses" does not belong on a motorcycle.
>
>
Hey, Ulysses can ride anything he wants!
--
Lew
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> decided to stop in and look at the 2008 Buell Ulysses XT. You never
> know when a 13 year old bike will die, and I want to be prepared.
> A salesman approaches me, sees me holding my helmet, and the first
> thing out of his mouth is, "do you want to take a test ride?" I tell
> him I'm not seriously looking to buy, so he guilts me and says, "that's
> all right, if you ride, I get to ride!" So much for the question about
> dealers and test rides.
> As for the ride itself, I won't bother you with details. Let's just
> say I loved everything about it except the extreme heat under my right
> thigh.
> --
> Lew