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Airport WiFi Buell Motorcycle at Boston Marathon?
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gorickey
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Apr 21, 2004, 11:15 PM
 
Says a hell of a lot about the build quality of an Airport basestation if it can survive riding on a the vibrating and crap-tacular buell.

Kudos tho, cuz it is a really nifty idea.
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Apr 22, 2004, 01:24 AM
 
ohgreathereitcomesivegotasignalZOOOOOOOOOOooooooooommmmmmmm......crap
     
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Apr 22, 2004, 08:18 AM
 
The WiFi Buell is completely wireless � even power is supplied by a rechargeable DC power supply that can run the WiFi equipment for over 10 hours.

After ruining over 35 extension cords, the designers concluded that battery power would work best for this vehicle.
     
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Apr 22, 2004, 08:23 AM
 
The battery will only last 10 hours for the first 6 months...and then it will drop to half that before eventually not holding a charge at all and will create one helluva of an uproar in the Buell community. Heck, it will probably cause Buell to invent some sort of warranty repair service on the battery at that point...

     
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Originally posted by Montezuma58:
After ruining over 35 extension cords, the designers concluded that battery power would work best for this vehicle.
Marathon event planner John Edwards said "Ever since the horrible 'motorcycle electrical cord disaster' of 1998, we have outlawed the use of electrical cords on fast motorcycles.
     
   
 
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