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Title: Buell out of business. Post by: ghostrider on October 15, 2009, 10:47:12 AM http://www.superbikeplanet.com/2009/Oct/091015buellfolds.htm (http://www.superbikeplanet.com/2009/Oct/091015buellfolds.htm)
Title: Re: Buell out of business. Post by: jimboecv on October 15, 2009, 11:20:28 AM Check out Buell's website, it's quite sad.
Title: Re: Buell out of business. Post by: DanTheMan on October 15, 2009, 11:55:44 AM Title: Re: Buell out of business. Post by: Le Piou on October 15, 2009, 02:38:50 PM :o
Couldn't believe it when I read it... Title: Re: Buell out of business. Post by: MendoDave on October 15, 2009, 03:05:11 PM They should have got rid of that engine years ago, then they might have had something.
Title: Re: Buell out of business. Post by: johnc on October 15, 2009, 03:55:40 PM http://www.superbikeplanet.com/2009/Oct/091015buellfolds.htm (http://www.superbikeplanet.com/2009/Oct/091015buellfolds.htm) wait ... buell made motorcycles? oh yeah ... those funky looking hog engined monstrosities ... (http://hellforleathermagazine.com/assets_c/2009/10/athletic_technology-thumb-415x327-6399.jpg) Title: Re: Buell out of business. Post by: Le Piou on October 15, 2009, 05:40:11 PM wait ... buell made motorcycles? You may not like the style, but the bikes Erik Buell engineered used a lot of true innovations that should inspire respect, IMHO.With Erik Buell out of business (I hope not for long) the motorcycle industry is loosing its only REAL inventor/engineer... And this is a real loss. Title: Re: Buell out of business. Post by: desmoquattro on October 15, 2009, 07:26:53 PM Being discussed here:
http://ducatimonsterforum.org/index.php?topic=30792.0 (http://ducatimonsterforum.org/index.php?topic=30792.0) Title: Re: Buell out of business. Post by: ROBsS4R on October 15, 2009, 07:27:25 PM You may not like the style, but the bikes Erik Buell engineered used a lot of true innovations that should inspire respect, IMHO. With Erik Buell out of business (I hope not for long) the motorcycle industry is loosing its only REAL inventor/engineer... And this is a real loss. +1 Title: Re: Buell out of business. Post by: Desmostro on October 24, 2009, 09:21:10 AM Harley's poisonous touch strikes again.
You may not like the style, but the bikes Erik Buell engineered used a lot of true innovations that should inspire respect, IMHO. In this country at least. There is one more though not as high performance: With Erik Buell out of business (I hope not for long) the motorcycle industry is loosing its only REAL inventor/engineer... And this is a real loss. http://www.confederate.com/confederate3/index.php (http://www.confederate.com/confederate3/index.php) Title: Re: Buell out of business. Post by: Michael Moore on October 24, 2009, 10:10:15 AM It is a shame - they were innovative bikes. Perhaps the brand will be revived a la Triumph.
Plus I really liked their most recent advertising ("Sitting is not a sport") although it may have hit a little close to the bone in Milwaukee. Lastly, any bike that can cause Spidey to go all sweaty-palmed on the track can't be all bad, can it? ;D Title: Re: Buell out of business. Post by: Spidey on October 24, 2009, 02:10:09 PM Lastly, any bike that can cause Spidey to go all sweaty-palmed on the track can't be all bad, can it? ;D f'n Buells. >:( Title: Re: Buell out of business. Post by: jimboecv on October 25, 2009, 07:13:25 AM Well, the last Blast ad I saw looked like a Spidey-bike.
Title: Re: Buell out of business. Post by: Drunken Monkey on October 25, 2009, 09:34:39 PM Well, the last Blast ad I saw looked like a Spidey-bike. They succeeded in re-making a "pig iron, chrome and testosterone" Harley into something new and different: A cheesy ass, plastic bike [puke] Title: Re: Buell out of business. Post by: linearpower on October 30, 2009, 08:41:16 AM Regardless of what one thinks of the Buell product line its sad to see someone like Erick Buell's life work fall apart like that.
They definitely gave us all something to think about with their technology and he was always working at perfecting the developments he pioneered... even if they weren't always quite right for everyone... The video on his site was heartfelt and sad it seemed. |