Trip on Old US 80 by the border fence on my Buell Uly

[divrnr]

I wanted to go see my son in San Diego and surprise him with my Buell Uly. I bought it in January and put a couple hundred miles on it to test it out. I found an ex Buell/Harley mechanic and had him do a 10K service. He has ECMSpy and zeroed the TPS and re-mapped it. I've only owned dirt bikes and street bikes so this was a new adventure for me. I was about to buy a BMW R1100GS when I found this Buell. All I can say is I am impressed with the torque and low maintenance. Fit and finish is great also, Buell really is an engineer that rides.

I took off from Scottsdale AZ and drove the Uly on it's first longish trip. I thought I was overloaded but I was doing a mixture of camping and hotel so I had more clothes than just a camping trip. It was my first trip so I'll cut a bunch of stuff for my next trip up to Payson AZ.


Here I am just before I took off... Hey it all fits!!!




At the campground in Agua Caliente Springs

All the comforts of home...


The road followed the Butterfield Stage Coach Trail...



Previous pics at the campsite in Agua Caliente Springs Campground, nice place and everyone was so curious about the Buell... What was it? Was it a Harley? Yadda yadda... Yeah, it's an offroad Harley! hahahahaha...





Here I am in Alpine CA after camping then riding to Julian by way of the Banner grade. What a nice ride, I am glad the Buell handles so well, even with it so top heavy. It was like I was on a rice rocket! I'll try to post the video I took to Youtube...

Yeah, I had a full load...


OK no pics of SD as it was just me and my son ( he goes to SDSU) and going golfing and playing Black Ops 2. Zombies level 27!! Not bad for an old guy!!

Now Old US 80 from just outside Alpine to the end at I8 at Desert Tower.



Yeah it the cheesy "look I'm old and fat but I think I look cool in all this gear" picture!



I know another one, it didn't look that cheesy when I took it!



Ah ha! the infamous border fence...Where are those pesky illegals? Actually I saw them scare away a "coyote"(a guy that takes illegals across the border for money) who was probably waiting for a bunch to "escort"...

Yep, that thars Mexico!!! I like that nice little fixer upper there in the upper left...


There is the old Old US80 from the 1920's



Oops, there's a gap!! Uh oh, don't they think they can climb? I guess that's why that guy had binoculars... And hidden in the bushes were two guys on ATV's. This must be a high traffic area, the 405 freeway of illegals I guess.



I thought it would be taller, I mean anyone with a simple extending ladder and a rope can make it over... Hey wait, that happened right in front of some US Senators in my state down by Nogales...

All in all a fun trip, I put on about 1,200 miles and the Buelly ran perfect. Didn't even use 1 drop of oil! I averaged about 50 MPG.

My next trip will be camping this weekend up by Payson AZ at the bottom of the Mogollon Rim, Washington Park Trailhead to be exact.

[Blader54]

Nice RR and very good to see a Buell featured! Always admired Eric Buell for his approach to motorcycle design. Wish HD hadn't pulled the plug on him! Looking forward to your next RR!

PS "offroad Harley" made me think of rtwdoug's "Dirtster"!

[divrnr]

It's funny how people don't know what to think about the Buell. Who makes it is a common question, and what is it is another one. If you truly want to be different, a Buell is the way to go.

[Blader54]

Originally Posted by divrnr

It's funny how people don't know what to think about the Buell. Who makes it is a common question, and what is it is another one. If you truly want to be different, a Buell is the way to go.

Agreed. Been thinking hard about getting an XB9S Lightning.

[divrnr]

Yeah, my son wants an XB9. He thinks it has attitude! Not so generic like a rice rocket

[Vinbowie]

Cool ride.
I am far away from there of course
but the impression I am left with from the news
outlets is that anywhere
near the border is dangerous.
It clearly is not.
Thank you for the real perspective.

[divrnr]

I took my old canon A590iS, grabbed my dive housing for it and mounted it on a RAM mount. Now I have a low budget "GoPro", plus the dive housing is great with gloves on! It is designed for that, how cool! I also added the MSR brush guards and bars...