2003 Buell XB9S
Miles: 80
Clean Title
Original Owner
Kept in Garage
$4,800
SELLER
2003 buell XB9S lightning with 80 original miles. This bike was brought new from Harley of va in 2003. Set in the garage last 23 years. Fuel system was just cleaned. and new battery bike run good. First $4800 takes it: clean title. Will need left side foot peg as it got broke some how over the years moving .
$4800
Two-Four-Zero-538-6871
RSBFS
We have some Buell fans here, and this bike is almost new while being 23 years old.
Since we do not own a Buell, I searched and found what seems like an honest review of the 2003 XB9S by John Burns written in 2001 for Motorcycle.com. “Running ever-so-smoothly at 4500 rpm and 80 mph, the Buell is in the heart of its powerband, and top gear is good for anything from between 40 and a hundred-however-many mph the twin can stir up. The big silver gas tank, has a pass through for the air intake in the left frame spar. The airbox connects to this and fills the gap between the spars, where the fuel tank would normally be. Chassiswise, though, the Buell turns the tables by having the sort of nimble reactions you’d expect from the exotic sports car instead of the solid-axle Nova. With its stubby wheelbase, steep rake and very short trail figures, you might expect a certain skittishness, but nothing could be further from the truth. At 90 mph over the very freeway slabs that make our much heavier and longer ZRX1200 Kawasaki feel a bit, ahem, nervous, the little Lightning remains completely unflappable. It is the world’s fastest Schwinn Stingray. Credit must go to that stiff frame and to some highly competent suspension calibration. The ride over sharp pavement is not Gold Wing or even Ohlins plush–but it really is a reasonable facsimile when the compression adjusters are backed out a tad. A suprisingly comfortable deep-dish saddle and a handlebar which falls naturally to paw make it a bike you could ride all day.”
When comparing the YZF600R to the XB9S, John states, “The difference is sort of like between driving a hot rod with a built small-block or a finicky Ferrari. There’s a place in the world for both, of course. The place for most of us MO-ites being the U.S. of A. though, I would contend that the former has the kind of power you can enjoy much more often, not to mention the cacophonic soundtrack.”
John makes some great points. If you are interested in this bike, it is worth a read.
Good luck to the buyer and seller!
