Uppity – 2008 Buell XB12R Firebolt

Erik Buell created a few career’s worth of rider’s motorcycles, but they were also for the thinking rider.  The XB12R grabbed a few engineering concepts and hung on.  Centralized mass, low unsprung weight, and and frame rigidity were the factory’s goals, and by all accounts they succeeded.  Harder to quantify issues like handling and fun…