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From the Milwaukee Wisconsin Journal Sentinel:

Tiny Buell Motorcycle Co. has made some noise on the national sport bike racing circuit, and the company hopes to leverage the success into sales.

Sunday, for the third time in two weeks, a Wisconsin-made Buell sport bike won a national road race. The victory came against Japanese and European competitors that have dominated the field for decades.

Read the full article here…

Not from the race in the article, but another recent one.

Our first Bike Night meet was a great success! We had 11 people in total meet up at the Mellow Mushroom pizza/bar on Polaris. 6 COBRA members, 3 significant others, and 2 guys that came across the club from Buell.com and showed up.

Mark
Dennis
Neil and Catherine Kathrina (aka Cat Kat)
Shawn and Sharon
Shawn L.
Bruce and Lisa
2 new guys
Greg
Harry

Apologies to the 2 new guys that showed up. I missed the opportunity to introduce myself and get your names. Please be sure to sign up on the Join the Club to officially become members of COBRA. Then check out the Information for New COBRA Members page and the forum to get you started.

After getting acquainted and chowing some food, we saddled up and rode as a group over to the ‘Lube. 7 Buells (and one BMW) rolling down the road and into the ‘Lube as a group is a pretty cool sight! Shawn L. doesn’t pick up his 1125R for another couple of weeks, so he was on his BMW.

Shawn L. had several helpful folks offer to pick up his 1125R and ride it over to his house for him! LOL

Once at the ‘Lube we hung out for a bit, wandered around to check out all the bikes, and enjoyed the atmosphere for a while. People started heading out around 8pm.

A couple of quick pics from the evening…we’ll try to take more pics at future events.  Mike, we need the photography experience of our CobraBuell Action Photographer! 

Next time we hope to see more of COBRA out there, although we all understand work and school obligations, as well as the distance for some. But having taken just a couple hours to hang out with other Buell enthusiasts, enjoy some good conversation, and take part in a short group ride to Bike Night is a nice way to break up the week.

In the future what we’ve decided to do as a club is meet the first Wednesday of every month for Bike Night, with the second Wednesday as a rain-day backup. The event calendar will be updated to reflect this. In the days preceding each monthly Bike Night we’ll determine where we’re going to meet via the forum.

Okay, our next meet will be Wednesday, April 1 at 6pm make that 7pm – right before the 2009 season’s Bike Night kick-off at Quaker Steak and Lube.

We’ll be meeting up at Mellow Mushroom on Polaris Parkway. It’s about 1/2 mile east of 71, the opposite side of the highway as Quaker Steak and Lube. We’ll stay long enough to enjoy a little food for those that don’t like wings or want to avoid the rush at the Lube. We’ll be leaving approximately 6:45pm to head over to the Lube, riding as a group.

Please leave a comment to let us know you’re going. We want to try and ride over as a group so if we have a list, we won’t leave without you.

We realize that while many of us don’t know each other by face yet, it should be pretty obvious who the Buellers are!

Hope to see as many of you there as possible!

For those not familiar with Mellow Mushroom, it’s a pizza/bar joint that’s just opened up in Columbus. Yes, it’s a chain, but it’s still pretty good.

Here’s the meet location:

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Bike nite at the  Columbus Quaker Steak & Lube starts up for the 2009 summer riding season on Wedensday, April 1.

Sponsored by A.D. Farrow Co. Harley-Davidson, these are held every Wednesday night during the summer and into the fall.  They are the biggest motorcycle gatherings in town, with close to a thousand bikes there during the summer nights!

As COBRA gets up and running we’ll be sure to arrange nights for Buell riders to ride up ‘en masse’ and show our support for Buell.

See ya soon at The Lube!

Title: Dual-Sport / Long-Haul Riding Seminar
Location: AD Farrow @ Northstar
Link out: Click here
Description: If you like to ride, a little bit on the road, a little bit off the road, or way on-down-the-road, this event is for you! Special speakers, food, refreshments, prizes! RSVP to darrisblackford@adfarrow.com
Start Time: 18:00
Date: 2009-04-09
End Time: 21:00

Welcome to the brand-new COBRA website!  We’re excited to get the club going!

We’ve put this site together to help coordinate and disseminate information among our members, as well as provide information to other Buell riders.  Are you looking to join a fun, dedicated, knowledgeable group of riders in Central Ohio?  Look no further!

See the Join the Club page for information on joining.  And thanks for stopping by!