| Author | Message | ||
     Chadhargis |
I can't imagine how much work went into that beautiful machine and how sick those who worked on it have to be. Reading the article made me mad all over again. Just when I'd come to terms with it. | ||
| Xb9er |
when will this issue hit the news stands?! Or is this just a online thing only? | ||
| Wolfridgerider |
What retailer has that on the shelf? | ||
| Xb9er |
Our Sheetz gas station chain has cycle world on the shelf | ||
| Court |
>>>>You know, possibly the best part of this whole thing is it REALLY has to torque off some of the tight-asses at HD. None of what HD did was crafted to make Erik or any of the 200 folks who worked at Buell Motorcycle Company happy. I'd be hard pressed to see where Erik or anyone else has any obligation, in reciprocity, to act solely to make anyone at Harley-Davidson happy. Erik would never, unlike some of the folks at HD, do anything JUST for the purpose of screwing with somebody. Over the years we all gain some things . . . loose others. Erik's integrity has been steady all along. He's having a blast, working about 15 hours a day and playing the cards he was dealt to the best of his ability. I suspect he'll do wonderfully . . . call it a hunch. The article will appear in the print version and, depending on two factors, could be a doozie. I know kinda where it started, I'll be eager to see where it ended up at press time. | ||
| Doerman |
It took me .003 seconds to decide to spend $8 on the subscription. This is a fantastic read! Steve A. (the scholar and gentleman) did great in his reporting drawing on the history of the relationship Between Buell and FU HD over the years to get to the state of affairs as we know them today. Most things were as I suspected. Others were new to me. Specifically, that Wandell has such limited understanding of the motorcycling world. He evidently only lives in the world of spread sheets. I don't think his experience is going to fix the apparent addiction at FU HD to project cost over runs as evidenced by the Blast and XB motor development. Reading the Barracuda article was interesting. It is a great evolution of the 1125 platform that showcases what Elves can do when not chained to a stump. Since the remaining elves are now free, I am confident an even better rendition of the B2 will come to market sooner rather than later. | ||
| 2008xb12scg |
>>>This bike, or something even better from Buell will see daylight. The shell has just been cracked, the bird has not yet flown really??? It will be mine..oh, yes, it will be mine... | ||
| Reducati |
I was at ebr racing today, to have my race ecm flashed...i was given a quick tour, and all i can say is WOW...it looks like alot of things are in the works...from bikes, to parts...and who ever sent the FUHD shirt to Erik (in harley orange and black colors) its hanging in his office.  | ||
| Mikexlr650 |
at first the article on the B2 will make you sick at what could have been. then you think for a moment and realize this is just the beginning. damn! (Message edited by mikexlr650 on March 23, 2010) | ||
| Two_buells |
I just down loaded and read though the whole article . I am even more pissed at Harley (SPIT)••••••• Davidson than before. Through all the projects, Blast,XB and the 1125, the failures were on Harley's part. From Ford, One product, one team, what bullshit. Wandell got that idea from FORD. HD  I am really ••••••• mad now! | ||
| Steve_mackay |
Hey, I finally got to see some of my parts on that bike!! I designed the tooling for the chain guards, and a few other parts you can't see under the fairings. In fact, the molds are still sitting in the back of my shop... | ||
| Crusty |
Where can you download the article from? | ||
| Slaughter |
Wandell IS representative of Hardley's new target demographic: Complete ignorance of motorcycles until the age of 59. | ||
| Two_buells |
digital copy will cost you 5 bucks. Full year subscription costs $8. http://www.zinio.com/browse/publications/index.jsp ?productId=77581896&affId=cj&rf=cjaffcatalog&csid= cj (Message edited by blake on March 24, 2010) | ||
| Wolfridgerider |
stand by for heavy rolls while the ship comes about...... | ||
| Wolf102 |
thanks for posting the b2 article | ||
| Venom5sc |
>>>>>>It is not a hoax. A Barracuda accidentally got "lost" one afternoon. Court, when you say "A Barracuda" .... is/was there more than one built? Nevermind, read the article. (Message edited by venom5sc on March 23, 2010) | ||
| Joshinga |
Finely the truth comes out about what happened behind closed doors and now I hate HD even more or at least the CEO and board of directors (douche bags). I hope and pray that at the end of the non compete contract EBR finds some much needed free thinking backers (BRP??) and proceeds to rise up and crush HD. I'm not dumb enough to think that HD will ever fall (thou I would love to see the CEO douche bag fail miserably) I just want it to be shown to the world that HD was the problem and they closed Buell because they were stupid and scared.  | ||
| Joshinga |
Venom according to the article there were a dozen plus cudas made | ||
| Hughlysses |
By switching between 3 computers, I finally managed to read the whole article AND one other item of note- Peter Egan's column. Good news! Egan finally bought a Uly (a 2009 X)! He also went by the factory and bought a few things at the liquidation sale. NOW if my print subscription issue will just show up... | ||
| Two_buells |
Josh, well said! | ||
| A_s_r |
As promised, here is a merged PDF with both the 'Demise of Buell' and 'Barracuda 2' articles: Link to bootlegged copyrighted article removed. I must admit, I cried a little when I read the 'Demise' article. The fact that Buell, the man and the company, has succeeded at all is a tribute to countless amounts of courage and determination. (Message edited by blake on March 24, 2010) | ||
| Joshinga |
Oh and one more thing I was just amazed at all the different versions of all the bikes that were in the works that got killed for dumb ass reasons. I would have loved to ride one of those "diablo's" and at least seen the others. GOD I'M PISSED  How many Amazing bikes were lost because HD. I just want to choke the crap out of Wandell...douche bag. (Message edited by joshinga on March 23, 2010) (Message edited by joshinga on March 23, 2010) | ||
| A_s_r |
Almost forgot, thanks again for the upload Froggy! | ||
| Davegess |
>>>A Barracuda accidentally got "lost" one afternoon. Can't imagine how that could happen  Those pesky Elves! | ||
| Redbuelljunkie |
...and who ever sent the FUHD shirt to Erik (in harley orange and black colors) its hanging in his office. Thought it would be more appropriate than flowers...  | ||
| Too_tall_ss |
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| Tpoppa |
HD made life tough for Buell. If you think about it, the fact a small American Sportbike company was able to win the DSB title on a shoestring budget is amazing!! HD missed their chance to be a (small) part of American motorcycles that could have been icons for the current and next generation of riders, just as their big twins were icons for folks that were around in the 60s and 70s. I wonder if Wandell has any idea how many American riders HD has alienated in the last year. I seriously doubt it. My 1125R is probably my last full on sportbike. My next new bike will probably be a tourer or sport tourer. It could have been a HD, but now if I ever buy an American Tourer it will be a Victory. (Message edited by tpoppa on March 23, 2010) | ||
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