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Bads1
Posted on Thursday, April 03, 2008 - 06:48 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Biggest musical festival in the WORLD. Many concerts go on every year....RUSH,Tom Petty, many many more.
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Mikej
Posted on Thursday, April 03, 2008 - 10:00 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

http://www.summerfest.com/flash/
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Paint_shaker
Posted on Saturday, April 05, 2008 - 09:29 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Summerfest.... Is that like WayneStock?? LMAO
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Steve_mackay
Posted on Monday, April 07, 2008 - 05:17 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Just like Waynestock, but a few less mullets these days : )
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Sleez
Posted on Monday, April 07, 2008 - 01:15 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

i just checked the summerfest site, and there is no artist scheduled for july 4th?

that is the day that is included with our homecoming package.
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Davegess
Posted on Monday, April 07, 2008 - 02:05 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

THERE WILL BE
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Bads1
Posted on Monday, April 07, 2008 - 02:19 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Sleez,

Not even a 1/4 of the top bands have even signed yet. The 4th is the biggest night so the that day of bands headlining will be announced last. Count on knowing all of them in May.
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Buellinachinashop
Posted on Monday, April 07, 2008 - 03:26 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

just received an email from buell. you must purchase the package if you're going to do just the factory tour only. im heading up to my lake house in northern wis...my ticket is up for grabs.
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Trackdad
Posted on Monday, April 07, 2008 - 04:34 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Guys are you sure??? I've attended Homecoming for several years and never needed to purchase the tickets for entry into the factory tour. Many people show up and just do the tour no questions asked. Tickets are for the t-shirts, Summerfest, Road America and VIP parking there.

I'd double check your results!
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Court
Posted on Tuesday, April 08, 2008 - 07:36 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Let me see if I can't prompt the good folks at Buell to be a bit more forthcoming with some information. I'm getting e-mails from Europe and Australia . . . to the tune of "is it still on?". . ."where do we go?".

The idea is to keep future products, not future events, secret.
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Ulywife
Posted on Tuesday, April 08, 2008 - 08:36 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Let me see if I can't prompt the good folks at Buell to be a bit more forthcoming with some information.

Court - if you get some info we can post up top, please let me know. I've also ask Bads1 to do the same.
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Sleez
Posted on Tuesday, April 08, 2008 - 10:11 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

thanks Dave and Dana.

i was hoping it was something like that.

i wouldn't mind seeing Tim McGraw on the 3rd or Tom Petty on the 5th though.
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Bads1
Posted on Tuesday, April 08, 2008 - 12:37 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Sleez,

I did find out today though that the Stone Temple Pilots are one of the bands slotted to play the 4th. Found that out today from my Miller Beer Rep. at the bar.
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Sleez
Posted on Tuesday, April 08, 2008 - 12:53 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

STP!? cool
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Mikef5000
Posted on Tuesday, April 08, 2008 - 02:55 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

I stretegically planned my summer Euro vacation to leave the Tuesday the 8th, and asked for the weekend before off (Homecoming weekend)... to prepare... for the trip... hehehe.

Just talked to the bosses about it, and as it stands now, I've got about a 50/50 chance whether I'll have saturday off or not. If so, you better believe I'll be rolling out of my driveway at about 5 in the morning to at least enjoy a bit of the festivities.
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Steve_mackay
Posted on Tuesday, April 08, 2008 - 03:08 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Yeah, I planned for this as well....

By just taking the entire month of July off : )

It does help to have 4+ weeks of vacation a year
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Mikef5000
Posted on Tuesday, April 08, 2008 - 05:10 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

I'm taking something like 4 weeks of vacation this year... although I'm only getting paid for 2.

There's advantages to living with the parents.
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F_skinner
Posted on Wednesday, April 09, 2008 - 10:43 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Does anyone know where I can get a 25th Anniversary Patch? My local dealer does not have them nor do they know anything about them. I saw a couple at MBV but guess I missed out. I have seen them on ebay and assume people are getting them from dealer shows but wonder how or if the average Buell enthusiast could get one?

I plan on attending Homecoming but would like to have one before then. Thanks for any help.
Frank
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Ulywife
Posted on Wednesday, April 09, 2008 - 10:51 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Frank - e-mail sent
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Buellinachinashop
Posted on Wednesday, April 09, 2008 - 01:44 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

I hate to be a budd-in-ski, but I'd like to add one to my jacket as well UlyWife...possible?

Here's the email that Buell sent me.

"Hi John,



Unfortunately the activities at East Troy this day are exclusively part of the 25th Anniversary ticket package only and we will be checking wristbands that day. Activities for July 3 at East Troy include the items below, thus it will be required to have purchased a ticket package to participate in the activities this day.



Two separate technical seminars

Lunch

A vintage bike display

Erik Buell onsite and signing autographs

Factory Tours



Further, if a ticket package is purchased the registrant will also get a 25th Anniversary T-Shirt and patch, Commemorative event guide, a ticket into Summerfest for July 4 and a weekend pass to the races at Road America. (Overall, it’s a pretty good deal for $55!).



Below is general information about Factory Tours:
Tours can be set up by calling Buell Motorcycle Company at 262-642-2020. Tours are available from 8:00 a.m.-11:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. Monday - Friday except holidays or special events. Groups of 10 people or more require a 24 hour notice. Due to safety, children ages 12 and under are not allowed on tours while the assembly line is in operation.

Thanks,

Jill"
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Rocketsprink
Posted on Wednesday, April 09, 2008 - 04:34 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

SO what it sounds like is you can't even go to the Factory without the tickets.
To be honest with you, the factory tour, if you haven't done it, is ok.....once..I just got the new Fuell magazine and it says under the July 3rd headline:
"Noon-4PM Factory Tours, Vintage Bike Display, 25th Anniversary Apparel available
FOR PURCHASE."
I thought that was included in the $55? And the Vintage bike are out in the parking lot.
I don't want to sound like a cheap skate, but it boils down to this...
I've been to the Factory Tours, I have Erik's autograph, the seminars don't really interest me, I won't be going to Summerfest because I'll be at Road America racing Friday, Saturday and Sunday which means the admission to the track I don't need because I'll already be there!
I'd like to head to the Host Hotel to just hang out and ride to the Factory and hang out in the lot and talk to people. But from John's post above, it doesn't sound like that is an option. Pretty ignorant on Buells (H-D's) part to alienate owners like that. Guess I'll just see some of you at the track. Wonder if they'll be smart enough to try and get the Buell area at the track sectioned off for Buell racers so we can all be in the same area? I doubt it. Oh well.
Guess no Homecoming for me again this year.
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Crusty
Posted on Wednesday, April 09, 2008 - 06:59 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Wait a minute. The way I understand it is that for $55.00 I get:
A T-shirt and a patch
The Factory tour (which includes a lunch, seminars and a vintage bike display and the opportunity to purchase more 25th Anniversary apparel)
A Ticket to Summerfest on July 4
A weekend pass to the races at Road America
I think Buell is losing a bundle with every ticket they sell. I bet the lunch at the Factory costs almost as much as they're asking for a Ticket alone. And if they're still using American Apparel for their T-shirts, that will use up the remainder of the ticket price. And we still get Summerfest, Road America and a patch. I wonder how much those would cost if we had to purchase them at the regular price?
I understand that you're disappointed, but I also can understand why Buell is going to be looking for wristbands.
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Rocketsprink
Posted on Wednesday, April 09, 2008 - 07:06 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

the price isn't the point. I don't expect any of that stuff if I don't purchase the package. But I also thing it's dumb not to let people come to the parking lot of the factory to just talk with other fellow Buellers. I wouldn't try to sneak into the factory, or get a free lunch. I don't need to buy the package to get into the "Courtesy Area" at the track because I race a Buell and they let us in for the autograph session. My point is some people just may steer clear of the whole event if they have to pay $55 to hang out in a parking lot. I know, at this point in time, I'm not going to make it.
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Rocketsprink
Posted on Wednesday, April 09, 2008 - 07:10 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

"I bet the lunch at the Factory costs almost as much as they're asking for a Ticket alone."

Subway Sandwiches must be expensive in your neck of the woods!
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Alchemy
Posted on Wednesday, April 09, 2008 - 07:44 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

I am hoping they have some higher end 25th anniversary gear available for sale. Tee shirts are great but some other stuff for purchase would be great too.
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Davegess
Posted on Wednesday, April 09, 2008 - 10:12 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

I suspect you only need the wrist band to get into the building and to get lunch. The parking lot will be side open. After all there is not a fence around it, you could park on the public street and walk onto the property along about 300 feet of frontage. I rather doubt they are gonna string fence just to keep folks out of the lot.

Could be wrong and I suspect it not completely set up yet. They always seem to be behind on this stuff, something about being busy building bikes seems to get in the way.
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Mikej
Posted on Wednesday, April 09, 2008 - 10:42 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

I've been ticketless before and just stayed out of the building and away from the grub.

I heard something and haven't verified it and haven't heard or read it mentioned publically so I can't talk about it, but it should be interesting.
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Crusty
Posted on Thursday, April 10, 2008 - 05:50 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Subway Sandwiches must be expensive in your neck of the woods!


You obviously weren't there for the lunch last year.
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Rocketsprink
Posted on Thursday, April 10, 2008 - 02:46 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

You obviously weren't there for the lunch last year.

That would be correct. I was already at the track. But the previous years that's what we had.
I'm not trying to get into a pissing match with you. Is Homecoming worth the $55? Without a doubt it is. I'm only trying to say that the planners seem to be a little near sighted.
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Rocketsprink
Posted on Thursday, April 10, 2008 - 02:48 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

"I heard something and haven't verified it and haven't heard or read it mentioned publically so I can't talk about it, but it should be interesting."

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