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Reepicheep
| | Posted on Friday, October 16, 2009 - 04:32 pm: | 
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This popped up on the HD facebook page...
by Victor Viarengo
October 16, 2009
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AP
Iwata, Japan
"In a statement released by Yamaha Motor Corporation, Hirofumi Osawa,
President of Yamaha Corporation of America, stated that the company is
looking into acquiring recently defunct Buell Motorcycles. =93We are
interest...ed in the spirit of innovation that Buell has used as a
foundation in their business. We feel their values align well with
Yamaha=92s culture=94, stated Mr. Osawa.
According to Yamaha, discussions of a purchase are in the exploratory
stage. Harley-Davidson Corp, owner of Buell since 2003, could not be
reached for comment."
Again, I call TOTAL BS... (Though I would love to be wrong. Wouldn't be the first Yamaha I have had in my garage...) |
Reepicheep
| | Posted on Friday, October 16, 2009 - 04:34 pm: |
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(And I think they got the date wrong... the rest of Buell may have been transferred in 2003, but HD has been an owner a lot longer then that)... |
Froggy
| | Posted on Friday, October 16, 2009 - 04:42 pm: |
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Interesting if it is true. |
Reepicheep
| | Posted on Friday, October 16, 2009 - 04:51 pm: |
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Never mind... I think the poster is a flake.
Ignore this thread beyond noting that it is here so we don't post seven other threads saying the same thing... and have to debunk them all... |
Froggy
| | Posted on Friday, October 16, 2009 - 04:59 pm: |
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Its already hit the quickboard |
Indy_bueller
| | Posted on Friday, October 16, 2009 - 05:08 pm: |
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I can't find that article online. For right now I'd say it's BS. |
Hosephnj
| | Posted on Friday, October 16, 2009 - 05:30 pm: |
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they already have used the same headlights on the new R1's |
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