Comments on: Buell closed for good http://www.helmethairblog.com/entries/buell-closed-for-good/ All about motorcycles. Lots of bike reviews. Race, touring, cruiser or chopper, who cares as longs as it has two wheels and an engine. Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:23:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Ganjar http://www.helmethairblog.com/entries/buell-closed-for-good/comment-page-1/#comment-155810 Ganjar Wed, 26 May 2010 17:43:31 +0000 http://www.helmethairblog.com/?p=984#comment-155810 Well guy.. everything can happen.. so keep running.. Buell motorcycles will be gone Well guy.. everything can happen.. so keep running.. Buell motorcycles will be gone

]]> By: health http://www.helmethairblog.com/entries/buell-closed-for-good/comment-page-1/#comment-155056 health Sun, 16 May 2010 13:13:56 +0000 http://www.helmethairblog.com/?p=984#comment-155056 So Erik next time dont sell your dreams so cheap. So Erik next time dont sell your dreams so cheap.

]]> By: miguel http://www.helmethairblog.com/entries/buell-closed-for-good/comment-page-1/#comment-151514 miguel Mon, 01 Mar 2010 10:34:42 +0000 http://www.helmethairblog.com/?p=984#comment-151514 You're right. It's a bit difficult to make sport bikes under the umbrella of HD. Anyway, Buell is working on other projects (EBR 1190RR), most related to the competition, which I think is what he always wanted to do. You’re right. It’s a bit difficult to make sport bikes under the umbrella of HD. Anyway, Buell is working on other projects (EBR 1190RR), most related to the competition, which I think is what he always wanted to do.

]]> By: BMW UBER ALLES (ZA) http://www.helmethairblog.com/entries/buell-closed-for-good/comment-page-1/#comment-151468 BMW UBER ALLES (ZA) Sun, 28 Feb 2010 10:14:02 +0000 http://www.helmethairblog.com/?p=984#comment-151468 Like all unadaptable design’s Mother nature has selected Buell for extinction, if it was such a great bike it would have survive. I have ridden a Buell once and hated it, under powered, crap brakes. I guess it’s a case of horses for courses I grew up around BMW’s and I can understand the love a true Buell owner will have for it. Sorry for the workers and Erick Buell, It must suck to have your dream your pride and joy sunk thru no vault of your own, the crux of the story is you can not build sport bikes when you have HD for a boss, HD! were the only progress made over the lass 50 years was the new paint colours and a louder pipe! O yes there was the V-Rod lol they look great in my rear view mirror. So Erik next time dont sell your dreams so cheap. Like all unadaptable design’s Mother nature has selected Buell for extinction, if it was such a great bike it would have survive.
I have ridden a Buell once and hated it, under powered, crap brakes.

I guess it’s a case of horses for courses I grew up around BMW’s and I can understand the love a true Buell owner will have for it.

Sorry for the workers and Erick Buell, It must suck to have your dream your pride and joy sunk thru no vault of your own, the crux of the story is you can not build sport bikes when you have HD for a boss, HD! were the only progress made over the lass 50 years was the new paint colours and a louder pipe! O yes there was the V-Rod lol they look great in my rear view mirror.

So Erik next time dont sell your dreams so cheap.

]]> By: Andy http://www.helmethairblog.com/entries/buell-closed-for-good/comment-page-1/#comment-148725 Andy Wed, 30 Dec 2009 20:20:55 +0000 http://www.helmethairblog.com/?p=984#comment-148725 Great. Now i have to return to Kawasaki for another knee dragger when the Buell 1125R get's to old and out of date. I own two Buell's both of them the 1125R with the rotax engine, One is set up for all out racing and they are the best mutha F&&ing street bikes on the road. Period. There handling is best in class. I was banned from my local track, that i have raced on for over 20 years, after i handed all the Jap and Euro boys there balls on the 1125R. I never got the Harley supplied V-twins to make it with out crocking half thru the race. I laped everyone when i took the 1125R out on it's first race. The rotax was smoth and reliable the whole 200 laps. Apprently the board of director's at Harley is sitting the whole company up for a close down, they just lost the only youth market share they had by cutting Buell out. Hate to say it but H-D is loosing it's share of the motorcycle indusrty 3 percent every year. And that is from not having new bikes that atteact young people, and Buell done that, it did it with me in 1996. I would have never sit my ass on any HD model if it had not been for Buell. I owned a Dyna for a few years liked the bike. Hated the fact it was a desighn older than me. Looks like HD is tailgateing GM down a one way road. In a few years all HD bikes will be collector items. As will all the american car companies. Hates off to corporate America, Thanks a billion. Great. Now i have to return to Kawasaki for another knee dragger when the Buell 1125R get’s to old and out of date. I own two Buell’s both of them the 1125R with the rotax engine, One is set up for all out racing and they are the best mutha F&&ing street bikes on the road. Period. There handling is best in class. I was banned from my local track, that i have raced on for over 20 years, after i handed all the Jap and Euro boys there balls on the 1125R. I never got the Harley supplied V-twins to make it with out crocking half thru the race. I laped everyone when i took the 1125R out on it’s first race. The rotax was smoth and reliable the whole 200 laps.

Apprently the board of director’s at Harley is sitting the whole company up for a close down, they just lost the only youth market share they had by cutting Buell out. Hate to say it but H-D is loosing it’s share of the motorcycle indusrty 3 percent every year. And that is from not having new bikes that atteact young people, and Buell done that, it did it with me in 1996. I would have never sit my ass on any HD model if it had not been for Buell. I owned a Dyna for a few years liked the bike. Hated the fact it was a desighn older than me. Looks like HD is tailgateing GM down a one way road. In a few years all HD bikes will be collector items. As will all the american car companies. Hates off to corporate America, Thanks a billion.

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