Buell be gone

[sturd]

http://www.superbikeplanet.com/2009/Oct/091015buellfolds.htm

Now how does DMG get a Harley on the podium?

Go fast. Take chances.
Mike S.

[Dirt]

Homologated retrofit kits for 2009 1125RRs.

-Dirt-

[Andrew]

"Dirt" <christoph...@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:be7656fa-0224-461d...@w19g2000yqk.googlegroups.com...

Elsick just signed for another year on the Buell...wonder if that will be
affected.

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[Michael Sierchio]

MV Agusta, too. I had a baaaaad feeling about it last July, when
HD acquired MV. I hate it when I'm right. And Erik Buell is
crying because he took their money and the company was no longer
his.

Harumph.

- M

[Dirt]

On Oct 15, 2:04 pm, "Andrew" <yogig.nospamm.no.s...@hotmail.com>
wrote:
> "Dirt" <christopher.l.ca...@gmail.com> wrote in message

>
> news:be7656fa-0224-461d...@w19g2000yqk.googlegroups.com...
>
> > On Oct 15, 10:44 am, sturd <mikesturdevant...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> >>http://www.superbikeplanet.com/2009/Oct/091015buellfolds.htm
>
> >> Now how does DMG get a Harley on the podium?
>
> >> Go fast. Take chances.
> >> Mike S.
>
> > Homologated retrofit kits for 2009 1125RRs.
>
> > -Dirt-
>
> Elsick just signed for another year on the Buell...wonder if that will be
> affected.

Surely the 2009 Buell will still be legal for competition in 2010.

[Dirt]

On Oct 15, 2:53 pm, Michael Sierchio <kudzu-usen...@tenebras.com>
wrote:

> And Erik Buell is crying because he took their money and the
> company was no longer his.
>
> Harumph.
>
> - M

Makes a person wonder. I've gotta assume that if Buell had remained
independent (presuming they didn't solicit the H-D buyout to prevent
bankruptcy) that Erik would have found a way to weather the recession
and keep on keeping on.

-Dirt-

[pablo]

On Oct 15, 1:05 pm, Dirt <christopher.l.ca...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Makes a person wonder.  I've gotta assume that if Buell had remained
> independent (presuming they didn't solicit the H-D buyout to prevent
> bankruptcy) that Erik would have found a way to weather the recession
> and keep on keeping on.

I liked many of Buell's innovations, but their insistence on old HD
engines was both a unique differentiator and a boat anchor. Makes me
think the plan was always to be acquired by a thriving HD, and they
did that at just the right time too.

[Bruce]

I like this part:

"Over the past 26 years, Buell motorcycles won numerous design accolades
and awards, and countless races and championships around the world,
including the AMA Pro Daytona SportBike championship in 2009."

'Countless' ? really - no wonder they couldn't stay in business
if they can;t even count past one...

Bruce

[Henry]

so is Erik (or anyone else?) going to buy the Buell brand ?

[Dirt]

A good read. Well said...

http://www.roadracingworld.com/news/article/?article=38515

[Julian Bond]

Dirt <christoph...@gmail.com> Thu, 22 Oct 2009 19:28:58

>A good read. Well said...
>
>http://www.roadracingworld.com/news/article/?article=38515

"Certainly he initially built motorcycles that should never have seen
the light of day."

"Over time, the Buell Motorcycle Company began to produce very good
motorcycles"

Unfortunately he was still playing that game right till the end if
reports of the first journalist test of the 1125CR at Laguna are
correct. When was the last time you heard of a Triumph, Ducati, or any
of the big 4 being criticised at a launch for the bike being unfinished?

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[Henry]

On Oct 23, 3:28 pm, Dirt <christopher.l.ca...@gmail.com> wrote:
> A good read.  Well said...
>
> http://www.roadracingworld.com/news/article/?article=38515

it does hurt. Same as here with John Britten.