I have heard some people mention that they wonder if the Buell has enough speed to actually qualify. I can't reveal any actual numbers here but the work done at Daytona indicates that speed should not be an issue. I can report that Jeremy McWilliams was very pleasantly surprised by not only how much top end the Buell had but how well they got out of the corners. If the dam clutch had not let go he was looking at a possible top ten finish in the 200 last year.

I don't think speed will be an issue.

I have also heard some of the usual "Harley puking oil" rubbish and I have to say that the Buell engine is vastly more developed than the Sportster it springs from and they do not leak. Add in that the bike use a dry sump oiling system with the massivly stong swing arm as the oil tank and I think a Buell is less likely to oil the roads the most of the other bikes with there wet sumps hanging off the bottom of the engine. You could take a sledge hammer to the oil tank on the Buell and likely not get any oil out of it.