No more Buell...

[wbeck257]

http://www.buell.com/en_us/

 

[Porsche Monkey]

You beat me to it. I heard MV is for sale too.

[superjohn]

Wow. That's unfortunate.

[EvilSteve]

Poop.

[DrDesmo]

http://thekneeslider.com/archives/2009/10/15/buell-motorcycles-to-be-discontinued-and-mv-agusta-sold-off-as-harley-davidson-income-falls/

Adam

[gregrnel]

I feel terrible for the employees.
But seriously, if you were shopping for a sport bike, Buell would be way down on the list for most people. A v-twin vibrated way too much too be competitive, that's why thay had to outsource to Rotax for an L to win races.

[Slide Panda]

I had no particular love for Buells as something I'd want to ride - but it's crappy to see a company like that go down. I hope all the folks who are getting laid off find new employ soon.

[Porsche Monkey]

http://www.harley-davidson.com/wcm/Content/Pages/HD_News/Company/newsarticle.jsp?locale=en_US&articleLink=News/0581_press_release.hdnews&newsYear=2009&history=news

[Porsche Monkey]

Maybe we as a forum can all pool our money together and buy MV. What better than a bike company owned by true enthusiasts who actually ride. 

[EvilSteve]

I'm kind of annoyed that they're shutting Buell down & not selling it too. I'm not a huge fan of their aesthetics but their innovative ideas and unique designs shouldn't be locked up in a filing cabinet.

[Big Troubled Bear]

Another one bites the dust

[Spencer]

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They have been dropping Buell from dealerships around here for well over a year.
I fully expect Buell to partner with Bombardier/CanAm and come back strong.

MV..who knows....hopefully they survive and HD got out soon enough that they didn't do too much damage.

Now we just have to worry about Farfegnugen-ization of Ducati   

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[junior varsity]

This is sad, but then again - I didn't help. I have never purchased a Buell, nor seriously considered it. It is unfortunate that they will not be sold. I think that is a poor decision, maybe good for H-D to hold on to whatever patents etc, but poor for the community in general.

They begun limiting which dealerships could sell Buells in TN some years ago. Not enough product interest to have every H-D dealer trying (or rather, not trying) to sell them.

[DrDesmo]

Just spoke with MonsterMash about this, and couldn't agree more:

You know it's funny, whenever there is an economic crisis the over priced products that don't offer much value for the money are usually the first to falter. I'm surprised it has taken this long for HD to be in financial trouble.
 If you look at what Victory is doing though, they are growing every year and introducing new and exciting products every year. Maybe if HD took a different approach such as.... I don't know..... maybe selling a bike with decen't components without having to spend an additional $10K to make it look nice and perform as it should have from the factory? That would be a start, no? Oh, that and find someone other than a blind man to weld the frames together. Lol

Adam

[EvilSteve]

Oh, that and find someone other than a blind man to weld the frames together.

HD are an equal opportunity employer.

Why wouldn't you want to buy half a tractor?