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Just heard that on the news
probably a wise move.
Bummer.... Does that mean my Buell is a collector item now ? ;)
Wow, that caught me off guard. I thought they would be around for a long time especially after the 1125r was brought to market. I guess that's the end of the American sportbike.
This sucks for my uncle 18+ years at Buell in R&D. He's been working there since Erik needed a machinist in his garage. :Stare
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I'm sure there's more to it that we know.
oops double post.
:( That sucks
They finally come out with a bike with a decent motor (1125R) and now they have to go away. I was hoping that within a couple years they'd figure out how to hide those hideous radiators better, and if they did I would have been down at the dealer in a flash.
Does Buell leaving mean HD will become even more stagnant in their R&D?
I don't know much about the performance about the bikes. But they are just ugly imo. Sucks though for people losing out on their jobs.
Too bad.. Buell was the most technologically innovative part of that company for sure. Definately sad to hear :(
Sad to hear no doubt, but I think it was long since coming. Buell never had a brand loyal following, the bikes didn't measure-up and didn't really fit into a class (all were oddballs)... atleast untill very recently. They are going to be a novlity item now. I actually somewhat liked the new machine a lot, but when you compare it to something else, hmmm...
Not to start a shit storm, but the 1125r is powered by a Rotax motor, and wasn't the v-rod motor designed and build in Europe? By Porche?
And as a side note Buel/HD was pumping HUGE amounts of money to the AMA. Enough money that the AMA overlooked equally huge rule infractions by Buel. Winning a championship is easy when you don't have to follow the rules everyone else does.
It sucks to see another local company go down. I wonder Iif Eric Buel will be able to take his stake in the company and continue building bikes "in his garage" so to speak. That would be cool. Give them back some of the uniqueness and character they had before he got in bed with HD.
There was an article in the newspaper about how great Buell was just a few months ago.
Another one bites the dust. Someday HD will learn that in order to have a cult brand like Apple you have to deliver. On something. Otherwise the only thing you'll need to build for your dying clientele are tombstones.