2008 Buell 1125R User Ratings

The 1125R is being billed as a rider's bike, a streetbike for all intents and purposes. Throughout the technical presentation it was pounded into our heads that from the moment the project began four years ago, the needs of the rider come first and that it was 'built from the rider down' to be a fun, comfortable and easy-to-ride motorcycle, The 1125R also offers an affordable entry into the exclusive Performance Twin club, which has been dominated by Italian machinery for so long. At the time the 1125R project began, the Ducati 999 was the hottest Twin around, so the Buell set its sights specifically on that bike and they are confident they have the old Duc covered in terms of outright performance on the track and even more so on the street. Although the triple-nine was the benchmark, the 1125R is no clone. It's a Buell through and through.