Buell 1125 CR

Tel · Buell 1125 CR

So what do you think of the new Buell? I think I like the naked version better than the R

http://www.buell.com/en%5Fau/bikes/street/1125CR/

Murdoch

I was waiting for this to happen
Yes I like it better than the 1125R
Although those big scoops still look out of place

This looks to be based on the Firebolt....................I`d love to see a Lightning version.......................with a lot lower profile scoops...............or none at all

twoguns

i like it better than the R, but its still not teh nakid version of choice. its gotta toughen up a little. buell should sack their design team too.

Troy-SV1000

It looks like it has front mounted saddle bags

Murdoch

I have a terrible feeling we are seeing the last of the air cooled Buells balling

twoguns

good... i think nikki will increase in value. might buy another and keep the kays low. good investment maybe.

Sprocket

It's basically a 1125r with different bars and headlight! Ergo's are laid over like the r, check out the overhead view of the bars! Horrendus!! Also they have stuffed the geometry of the SS by running the taller suspension as found on the TT model, including muffler. I had both the SS and TT and i can tel you as far as handling goe's there worlds apart! The taller mods make it push wide, a real pig! i ended up lowering mine back to SS height, and now it handels like a Buell! The US gets the old 08 SS, now called the scg12!! what a shame we won't se it here!!! No way would i buy an 09SS and think it will handle!! I'm seriously thinking going back to a Monster or Guzzi, with good re-sale!

yool

Fuzz

I like it,

tho I still wonder what can be done with those radiator covers..........

Murdoch

Interesting comments Sprocket
I have never ridden an STT but have heard rave reports about near perfect suspension
Even Erik Buell called it the best handling Buell he has released
I did hear you changed your suspension out to the SS suspension

I`m not sure what make my next bike will be
But you can be sure it WILL be a V Twin

Aussie XB12SS

I'll be keeping mine for a good while yet.
I just need all the black bits off the 09 Ss.

Love that black.

Sprocket

I don't dislike the thing, i just think it's a bit half arsed! surely they could have given it its own back end! I know world pollution is pushing for greener vechles, and the old air cooled Harley donk just doesn't cut it with the EPA!, or should i say is getting harder and harder each year! But by changing the SS, this slowly weens people to the new CR! eventually discontinuing the XB. I guess this is fair enough, as nothing can be the same forever! But i think Buells unique quirkiness, which led me to purchase one, has been lost to the mass produced Japanese type style of motorcycle!

Bueller

Buell must have loved the controversy with the scoops. They have gone one up with this. This shows the scoops up even more, making sure that this bike will feature in coffee table art magazines for decades to come.

yool

revken

The scoops are just plain wrong, particularly on the naked model, which is the one I'd look at, if it didnt have them. such great potential to be spoiled by such an awful look. I mean, setting out to be different is good, but at some point there is a line between different and tasteful that not only got crossed here, it got trampled on and messed up and totally lost. I mean, the air cooled buells look so cool. wtf has happened here?

ajturbo

i am still not overly impressed with the new buell...
yes i have ridden one.....
tooo smooth...lol

if i had the $$$$ i would be getting the 08 lightning bolt...

Bombardier

Looking for a new aircooled vehicle - a VW beetle!!!

revken

I was at Peter Stevens in the city this arvo and made a point of checking out the buells, and those scoops still look bad. The sports bike gets away with it a little, but still not nice. pity, the rest of it looks cool. love the zorst