Bucky, the Buell seems like a very nice bike(now with something other than that big lump of a Sportster motor in it), but I'm too old(THERE! I said IT!!! ) for clip-on handlebars and that out and out sportbike riding position anymore.

I've ridden the 675 Daytona and it's low-end torque is amazing for such a "small displacement" machine, and now that the Street Triple has ergos that even a old fart like me(THERE! I said it AGAIN!!! ) can appreciate, is why I'm leaning toward that bike.

(and besides...those rounded radiator covers/scoops on the new Buell look a little...well....Have you ever been to the Hollywood Bowl for a concert?...I think those radiator covers on the Buell look like a small pair of that ampitheater's famed enclosure, one on each side of that otherwise well-designed machine)


Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)