| Author | Message | ||
     Lemonchili_x1 |
An interesting blog/editorial on RoadRacerX: http://www.roadracerx.com/features/backmarker/agv- backmarker-ctrlaltdel/ | ||
| Hughlysses |
Very interesting take on the whole mess. Thanks for posting. | ||
| Vampress |
I like the gist of this one.  | ||
| Gaesati |
Hmmm. Buell working for Hyosung? I suppose if Fischer can build a bike using Hyosung engines...Erik could build a firebolt using a supercharged Hyosung. I'd like to see that. Despite the comments of many journos I developed a really strong affection for HD hotrod engine in my Firebolt. IMHO it was amongst the most pleasant engines I have ever used even on the track up against 600 il4s. | ||
| Want_a_buell |
And two, either way, we haven’t heard the last of Erik Buell. God I hope not. | ||
| Hughlysses |
Didn't Hyosung basically copy the Suzuki SV650 engine? I'm sure they could do a Helicon given enough time. | ||
| Fast2win |
Hyosung builds the eng. for Suzuki. Amonst others. | ||
| Motomeow |
Great post! | ||
| 4cammer |
Hyosung in a Buell? Thanks, but I will pass. | ||
| Rasta_dog |
Yeah! And no KYMCO's in our Kawasaki's either. Because that would be terrible.  | ||
| Phwx2 |
Corporate America is full of s**t heads at the top and hard workers at the bottom. It isn't just bikes, its banks, its cars, its insurance companies and everything else. Demographics don't lie and Harley is jamming its head firmly into the sand. What will Harley be in 20 years? Will it still be trying to sell the equivalent of a 1972 Cadillac? Of course, one bike that was not "ignoring motorcycles’ potential as affordable traffic-busters" was the blast. Erik killed that himself. Maybe corporate america rubbed off on Erik a little more than we would like to admit. All vehicle suppliers need to have one foot in the practical and one in the exotic. I thought that was were Buell was going until it killed the blast. I can't get my head around killing buell. This must be the way the Vincent owner's felt so long ago. The bikes were too sweet to last forever. Maybe our grandkids will be smart enough to understand Buell. | ||
| Toecutter |
"Maybe our grandkids will be smart enough to understand Buell." I think that a majority of Buell owners understand and appreciate them now, and for what they had the potential to become. Undoubtedly, some of our grandchildren will have an appreciation for them as well. I found the RoadRacerX article very interesting. I guess I have been gazing at my navel ever since learning of the demise of BMC, and therefore did not recognize what has happened to the rest of the motorcycle industry. Everybody is hurting from the Great Recession. (That last statement is not meant to open this thread to a political discussion) | ||
| Weatherman |
interesting to follow all the posts and our shared grief over the shutdown of Buell. they exactly parallel the stages of grief and mourning set out by dr elisabeth kubler-ross 1 Shock- paralysis at bad news 2 Denial- hide from the facts, avoid the inevitable 3 Anger- pouring out of emotions 4-Bargaining- seeking a way out in vain 5-Depression- realization of the inevitable outcome 6-Testing- seeking realistic solutions 7-Acceptance- moving forward Buells are still great bikes that have the fun engineered into them. love your buell. grab up a bargain if you can and ride the wheels off it!!! | ||
| Buell2001b |
I wish Ford could buy Buell, they seem to be the only executives that know how to make a company profitable. | ||
| Buellybob |
I just posted this on Roadracer X - "I ride a XB12R Buell. Started riding in 1974. Had many different bikes since then. The Buell is an acquired taste. A serious corner carver, ask my R1 friend. A well kept secret. It's too bad that HD had so much of their hands in the Buell company. I think the red-neck targeted, land-barge building, chrome-plated looking, loud-mouthed sounding, designer-label clothing company is going the way of the dinosaur. About time. I'm so tired of seeing HD motorcycle (posers) who couldn’t ride around a corner safely or panic brake if their lives depended on it. HD is trying to ride out the economic storm by continuing to build a product that does NOTHING for the younger rider. They had a good thing going in the Buell lineage, and Buell was just coming onto the playing field with an attractive package in the 1125. The Harley execs won't even see this, but you really don't know what the mind and heart of the everyday average motorcyclist is. You are dead and don’t even know it yet. The quicker Harley Davidson leaves the scene, the better. Many of us are so sick and tired of the Halloween costumed HD crowd with their attitude and their total inability to ride a motorcycle that we could puke. Enough is enough. The only reason I don't pull my clunky, slow, archaic, HD derived engine out of my Buell and throw it in the toilet is because it motivates one of the best handling motorcycles on this planet. Period." Joe "Bueldog" Dillingham | ||
| Sparky |
Well said! | ||
| Jimocasio |
I feel so at home in this crowd. I could have said it better my self. |
