Dudes and Dudettes,

I am very happy to have found you. I am a longtime ADV.com member, and I recently moved to Germany from New Orleans, Louisiana USA, talk about culture shock, these guys take everything serious.

I'm an old guy with about 38 years of riding and no common sense. I started with a 3hp mini bike at age 10, and graduated to a real bike in 1975 (Honda CB125). I then started a doomed love affair with Norton Commandos that ended with a long term relationship with Moto Guzzi . I purchased an 09 Harley Davidson XR1200 and became impressed with the Buell technology used on that platform . I crashed and totaled the XR in New Orleans, I always liked Buell and decided if I could find a nice Tuber for cheap I'll buy it. I purchased a 99 S3T from the original owner in Reno, Nevada and had it shipped to New Orleans and 4 months later shipped to Germany. I am a born again hooligan

I love my S3T and have become a fan of all Buell products, I became one of the faithful just in time to see Buell crash and slip away. Chin up, I will find the right XB this year and retire the S3T to part time rider.

I look forward to the Moto GP season and maybe some special events like Goodwood, Silverstone, or the Ilse. Thank you for hosting this site , and I can't wait for the snow and ice to melt so I can get back to tearing up roads.

The geography will be a problem for me due to the long travel times from Stuttgart to the UK, but I will make some events. I'm working on clearing my schedule for the 1000 mile Irish Coast Challenge.

By the way, I like those B.O.R.G. boys here in Germany, but I don't sprechen Deutch so it becomes difficult. I speak Italian, but the Duc love is too deep down there.

You Guys look allright to me, and as we say in New Orleans: Where Y'at (hello, how are you doing today)

GEAUX SAINTS- SUPERBOWL BOUND

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Greetings, Vech, und willkommen zu UKBEG, whether you sprechen Deutsch or not.

Hmm... New Orleans to Stuttgart... do you work for a car manufacturer?

Hope to catch you when you get over to the UK.

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2001 X1 "The Tart's Handbag"
2001 FZS1000 "The Fridge"

I wish I had a sexy job with Porsche or Mercedes, heck, even BMW would be OK. Alas, that is not the case, I am an ex soldier, turned policeman, now employed by my own Gov't here at lovely U.S. European Command. Where I destroy mountains of paper, and poo poo on everybody else's ideas.

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Welcome.

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2006 XB12Ss..... 1998 S1W..... 1996 S2T
We do not need the help of our friends so much as confidence that they will help us when we need it. –Epicurus

Welcome "old wolf man".......

Not many S3T's around - so hope to see you at Silverstone et al.

cheers

That's a heck of a job description. I can imagine an annual appraisal would be fun if those were your objectives!

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Good in straight lines
2001 X1 "The Tart's Handbag"
2001 FZS1000 "The Fridge"

Howdy.
Don't mention the war, i did once but i think i got away with it.................

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The older i get the faster i was.

HI MAN, give CJ the low down on your wheels...

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....he already did...do try and keep up

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Mithered ta death.
92 MB
96 S2T
98 S1W
00 M2
01 X1
03 P3
10 CR

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Thanks for the replies, I'm glad to be here and hope this turns into a great experience for me.

I'm working on the Irish Coast thing, I'm thinking of a weekend trip to London (couple weeks prior to the event), staging my bike there somewhere, doing a roundtrip air fare thing so I don't have so far to go on both ends of the event.

I'm just trying to avoid using all my vacation days traveling up and back. I had planned on using them to visit some Moto GP.

Again, thanks for all the good info. I found you guys from the UKBEG Irish Coast Challenge notice on ADV.com

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Every Curve Has A Highside, So I've Got That Going For Me

Bad Decisions Make Good Stories