With a good tune and proper exhaust these things boogie…you’d be hard pressed to find a better canyon carver

You can thank the Globalist CEO in charge of H-D at the time, that never rode a motorcycle in his entire monkey suit wearing life. And of course the Banksters subprime lending fraudulent practices. Check out EBR's 2024 lineup of 1190's that includes even a 175hp dirtbike called the Baja....

You got that right… riding a Buell for the last 11 years.👍 Those who know.. know.!

Amen 🙏🏼

The brakes are great for the street. 1 lap at pace on my 1125R at a big track would have my lever coming to the bar. At 75% I could ride it all day but kick it up to 98 and brake fluid boils fast. Haven't had my XB on the track. Should be better because of the weaker motor but IDK.

It's quite possible you may need a new rubber gasket in your master cylinder on a 15 year old sportbike, since brake fluid absorbs moisture like a sponge. But yeah... the perimiter placement of those brakes does cause alot of heat, meaning brake fluid is important, Motul RBF660, paired with EBC metallic pads, and upgrade away from the floating disc mounting setup to the Eric Buel Racing solid mounting kit.

Never sell a Buell! They are keepers...

Not much out-handles a Buell when ridden properly. Only handling limitations are tires. It's like the miata of sport bikes.

Update: rented a Buell, realized I was remembering with rose colored glasses, bought a Speed Triple.

@@gjkMN lmao 😂 at least you were honest

Probably better for you.

K&N Air filter and Remus Revolution exhaust make my XB12 sound amazing. Love the mechanical feel and the massive torque combined with the awesome handling

@@dusty111 I have an 09 XB12s dean adams exhaust, 98 S1 and a 2015 EBR 1190sx (Beast) with dean adams exhaust as well. Friend has an 05 XB12s with a NHRS 1250 kit, ported heads and cat 3 cams. It is night and day more power compared to my 09. It Rips! Hammer Performance here in the US also sells great 1275cc kits, head porting and cams for buells. I plan on doing mine this winter.

@@fvgc454ss what made you go with the Dean Adam's exhaust?

@@gibbontakeit9098 sounds bad ass n makes great power

@@fvgc454ss fair enough! Thank you, I've been looking around, Force was a company I've been looking at, get to get just honest opinions sometimes. Thanks

Well to be fair it shares very little with a Harley motor. And it takes a rider with some skill and a willingness to hang it out to hang with an S1000. I've ridden both, currently own an XB-9R (among other things). Buells are great fun and cheap. Enjoy.

Thats the thing... bueller probably did everything we saw in 3rd and some 4th gear only. With way less shifting required you can be smoother, and focus more on things like line, body position, etc. Racers all say "smooth is fast" and the Buell's massive torque at even just 2000 RPM's makes it easy to pick the right gear for a certain set of Twisties forget the clutch and just trail brake in and grunt yourself out of every corner.

I waited years before I found mine but I’m the lucky owner of an xb9sx now and love it

Joan Jorda Molto Muchas gracias! Se hace lo que se puede 😅

Except they did... The 1125 platform got 45% more HP than the XB 1203cc models (146 vs. 101) while keeping almost the exact same torque (82 vs 84 FtLbs) and losing 20 lbs, then the 1190 got another 27% HP & 24% torque beyond that (185 HP & 102 FtLbs torque) while losing about another 20 lbs.

The EBR1190 is a monster

@@fvgc454ss I have one, EBR 1190RX and i can confirm its a bullet train!! handles on rails and goes like one!

@@8406181100 i have an 1190SX. Dean adams pipe ecm 44 rear sprocket. Its a beast. Still love my xb12s tho

It always makes me sad when I hear "shame they never got more power" because it shows what a failure their marketing was

Thanks Bro! The man has skills that's for shure 🤣🤣

I run michelin Power GPs on the street in the smoky mtns. Stick like glue once hot. But even a power 5 or hell even a road 5 won't let u down.

Carlos Sanchez es en Catalunya por la provincia de Lerida. Hay carreteras muy buenas por aqui 👍🏻😜

@@PorriAND Me lo apunto, se ve una zona para disfrutar a tope.

100% facts 🤘

BlackWidow Headers + Akrapovic HP

Uff me hizo sudar de lo lindo 🤣🤣

Ya ves. 95cv, tiene 5 marchas y corta a unas 7000 rpm. Yo en la mía a veces sigo buscando la 6ª, jajaja. A disfrutar.

UUrope

Es la que va de Artesa de Segre a Isona. La verdad que es una pasada, buen asfalto y un trazado muy divertido.

Nah to get full use of the torque you need to shift, like in accelerating coming out of a corner.

Thanks for the tip, I'm well awere of that, but i like to stop the bike with a lot of engine brake it makes me feel safer aproaching the corners, also I used to ride on a little 600cc prior to the S1kR and I'm still trying to change the bad habits of smaller engines needs... 😅 Anyways, thanks for the tip again!

There's always an expert...

Is that higher gear or lower?

@@SinOjosWeb higher, so 4th instead of 3rd for example.

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Hey 98hp! 🤣

more torque, grunts harder out of corners. Hard to beat

Legit 💪🤘🫡

Roman Powolny Well, It is for me, rare to see one of these up here and even more rare with racing ECU, track suspension set-up and more goodies.