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2007 Buell Firebolt XB12R

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I really miss this bike.

After spending foolish amounts of cash trying to get my Sportster to be a Sport Bike (whoda thunk...), I noticed this black and red beaut sitting on the sales floor.  Then it was gone.  Then, like a calling from the motorcycle gods, it was back.  Turns out the guy who bought it had only put down a deposit and then changed his mind.  It was December, but I went and got my Sportster, rode it to the dealership and traded it in within days.  I then proceeded to drop it in my driveway the day I brought it home.  Thankfully that was the last time that bike touched the ground with anything but its tires.

I had a lot of fun with this bike.  It was my first sport bike so there was a bit of a learning curve in getting to ride it well, but I got there.  Multiple Americades and a trip down the east coast to Georgia rounded out it's touring credentials, all on stock ergo, I might add.  In the end, however, I would not own this bike for long (nor take many photographs, it seems).  There was nothing I didn't like about it, but I had gotten some unsubstantiated itch for something new and combined with the new Buell 1125 CR, I decided to trade it in after owning it for less than 2 years.  I'm sure I'll have another XB some day, they are just fantastic bikes.

Modifications and Improvements

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  • Custom-made 3-peice Givi detachable luggage
  • Zero Gravity double bubble dark smoke wind screen
  • Buell Traction grips
  • Special O.P.S. muffler (sounded bad ass)
  • Corbin seat
  • Rizoma turn signals
  • Yamaha mirrors
  • Custom-mapped ECM
  • Zumo 550 GPS
  • Frame pucks
  • "Skeletonized" inner airbox
  • Home made "tidy tail"

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