Buell 2007 Line up – Test Ride
TEST RIDE - Buell
Among dromedaries and Berbers to test the twin from Milwaukee!
Tunisi – Deep blue sky, golden sand hills on the Sahara desert, green hills, little white villages and an incredibly shining see. This is Tunisia, a country where two opposite social and territorial perfectly still with each other: desert and green, tradition and improvement, past and present, richness and poverty.
In this wonderful country Buell introduced to the Internationale press the 2007 range, to represent the on-going innovation towards whom the American manufacturer aims but still without forgetting its origins and tradition. Of course, Infomotori.co.uk could not miss this occasion!
A Lightning familiy
The new Buell family is composed of letters and initials, like codes, which identify the different models created by Buell for the 2007.
The Buell range offers seven different models, which seem to be all equal – but at the same time very different – from each other: as a result, they are expected to satisfy every different rider's demand, and toa llow avery kind of riding pleasure - from the most relaxed to the most sports.
CITYX XB9SX
Lets' start from the “littlest” one. Little dimensions and little displacement, with “only” 984 cc.
Wheelbase of 1320 mm allows a compact shape, together with a rake of just 21°.
The shape is traditional, with alluminium chassis.
XB9SX is quite high from the ground, as the seadle is 797 cm far from the ground.
Air/oil/fan cooled, 4 stroke, 45° V-Twin engine, which allows an output of 83 hp / 84 PS / 62 kW @ 7400 rpm and 63.4 ft. lb / 86 Nm @ 5600 rpm;. Moreover, exhaust tuned, tri-pass resonance chamber with mass-centralised mounting. Thed ry weight is 177 Kg.
Once we are on the road, this Buell XB9SX CITYX soon reveals all its great beahviour and qualities on the road. Ita stiff strucutre makes this bike become a proper tiger on the road.
Preso atto che non è fatta assolutamente per correre in autostrada, questa Buell XB9SX The ZTL braking system guarantees a great stopping when needed.
We can add further information by talking about the instruments it is equipped with: electronic speedometer, tachometer, odometer; dual resettable tripmeter; high beam, neutral, oil, low fuel (plus, odometer show miles traveled on reserve), turn signal and engine diagnostic indicator lamps; clock.
XB12
From 9 to 12, and this means enhanced power, thanks to the twin cylinders of 1203 cc, 100 hp / 101.4 PS / 74.6 kW @ 6600 rpm and a torque of 110 Nm @ 6000 rpm.