Yep, thats the new toy.. A Buell Firebolt. XB9R. 984cc Harley Davidson motor, in a Erik Buell frame, with fuel in the frame, oil in the swing arm, and a few other quirky bits, like a massive rim bolted front disc, 6 pot calliper, bags of low down grunt, pin sharp handling, and a exhaust note to wake the dead, its all in good fun...
As above that is how I brought it home, after some polishing of the plastics, and the bright work, it looked pretty good, but theres always something that can be done, and so far, the heel plates have been removed, and polished, the bar ends have been replaced, and a few of the bolts have been under the polishing clothes..
The rear hugger has been swapped out for a carbon one, and theres a list of carbon parts on the wish list..

The carbon hugger, with the heel plates just visible.

The Buell has got a rather unhealthy appetite for some of my tools..

So here we go.. hopefully will be updating with whats going on, and how things are going, with the odd picture, and of course the whole thing is done over a rather nice cup of tea!