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Bluebueller
Posted on Monday, April 29, 2019 - 10:41 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Bought mine new from Lancaster HD in May ‘99. And still going strong
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Screamer
Posted on Sunday, June 23, 2019 - 01:06 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

I bought my first Buell on this date, 25 years ago (June 22, 1994) - which I still have. Being a hoarder (my wife’s description - not mine), I also kept all of the original documents: bill of sale, temporary license plate, warranty registration, factory invoice, and original shipping label from the crate (a plywood box).
Sounds cliche, but it was life-changing event, leading to racing and setting records at Bonneville, traveling to Europe and South America (for Buell/H-D), and a twenty-one year career with Buell/Harley-Davidson.
The best moments have been meeting all the unique people connected to Buell, and memories of riding Buell’s with old and new friends.








(Message edited by screamer on June 23, 2019)
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Court
Posted on Sunday, June 23, 2019 - 09:33 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

>>>Sounds cliche, but it was life-changing event, leading to racing and setting records at Bonneville, traveling to Europe and South America (for Buell/H-D), and a twenty-one year career with Buell/Harley-Davidson.
The best moments have been meeting all the unique people connected to Buell, and memories of riding Buell’s with old and new friends.

And . . .don't forget the very positive impact you had on the world of Buell.

You just made my day!

Congratulations . . . from someone who understands "hoarding"
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Milar
Posted on Sunday, June 23, 2019 - 02:40 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

> Were you a BRAG member, do you remember >Tat owned American Sport Bike, SACBORG, >maybe Hellbuellies.

Yes to all of the above. My favorite Buell story was riding an S2 on a 3 Flags Ride. Up Hwy 191 from Douglas Az to the Canadian Border. No one on the ride thought the "unreliable" Buell would make it. Especially a guy on a Honda ST1300. Of course the Buell made it and he didn't.

I'm still riding Buells and still believe in Erik and the Elves.

Mike
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Court
Posted on Sunday, June 23, 2019 - 03:33 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

>>>>> Were you a BRAG member, do you remember >Tat owned American Sport Bike, SACBORG, >maybe Hellbuellies.


All great memories . . . .

B.R.A.G. - I remember when we were forced to change the name from B.O.G. (from the first gathering in Arkansas) to B.R.A.G.

Tat: I remember Tat Marcy calling to inquire about maybe selling Buell parts.

American Sportbike - Got a call from Jay Hawley one day . . shared his excitement about starting a "Buell Owners Club". I suggested he look for another name . . . Lots of good times. I still have the "global Buell Oweners Group) . . . from when Phil, Don and I had filed and protected the name . . . of all the owners . . about the time we all met at the Quonset hut . . it was on a legal pad and less than a page. We held the first owners meeting at my house . . with Erik, wife, kids, Willie G, his wife Nancy and Rich and Ann Teerlink and their daughter Veronica there. . . it rained so all the Buell riders rode to lunch in a Ford Aerostar van . . .

Great times . . .
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Falloutnl
Posted on Monday, June 24, 2019 - 11:28 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

I also kept all of the original documents: bill of sale, temporary license plate, warranty registration, factory invoice, and original shipping label from the crate (a plywood box).

I feel the term 'hoarder' should only apply to holding on to worthless crap, the original factory invoice for a Buell is not that. Would love to have those for mine. Sadly, I do not : (.
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1313
Posted on Monday, June 24, 2019 - 12:17 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Not only the "1B9" VIN...

But the "2815 Meyer Lane" address...

FREAKIN' SWEET!!!

Congratulations . . . from someone who understands "hoarding"
Please don't change! My comeback is - it isn't hoarding if your stuff is cool!

BTW, I bought my 1995 S2 on 6/6/1995.

And, yes Screamer, I am overdue in contacting you. Even more overdue in contacting Court, if it makes you feel any better...
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Screamer
Posted on Tuesday, June 25, 2019 - 12:53 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Court - thanks, you are one of the unique people, that I’ve had the chance to meet and become friends.

Mike L. - yes I remember BRAG, and the first iteration “Buell Riders Advisory Group”. I still have a full set of the questionnaires that early owners were invited to complete. And yes, I remember Tat. He helped me by buying and selling my air cleaner kits and by giving a few other parts I produced - some exposure. (Last contact I had with him - he had an accessory business for Jeeps/off-road vehicles.)

Falloutnl - I actually kept the plywood shell the S2 came for three years, but it had somehow gotten damp and turned into a stack of giant plywood potato chips, so I tossed it when we moved to Wisconsin.

1313
I noticed the “Meyer Lane” address when I took the photo. I would’ve never remembered that original name without seeing it again.
On hoarding... I bought a Yamaha Trials (TY250) new in 1974. I sold it and a few other Trials’ when we moved to Wisconsin. Often, when digging through tubs of documents looking for something, I’d come across the TY owners manual. Usually said to myself “better keep it”. Two months ago I bought another 1974 TY250. I spent hours going through tubs and found my original 1974 Owners Manual complete with plastic button-down protective sleeve. I waved it in the air while telling my wife “Look What I Found!” She rudely stated “Hoar - ding...”. I tell myself its just good planning.
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