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'o5 SuzukiGSX-1oooR (Custom Street Fighter).
'o6 Pitster Pro 50cc Pit Bike (125cc Big Bore Kit).
Good for him.
Looks like it still has that big nose.
Well... he never actually left. The 1190 was the bike in development when HD closed the doors.
Erik still needs to wait for his non-compete clause to expire, he needs to either purchase or license his designs that are now owned by HD and he needs to find a manufacturer as well as a distribution chain to sell the bikes.
Logically, you would think that BRP or Polaris would be the front runners if anyone would.
I wish him the best, the 1125R was a kick in the pants to ride. I would love to see Buell for sale at Fay's or Grand Prix some day.
Here's some pics and vid of the 1190S w/ tail lights... Erik wouldn't waste time with this if he wasn't considering a come back.
Do not put off living the life you dream of. Next year may never come. If we are always waiting for something to change...
Retirement, the kids to leave home, the weather or the economy, that's not living. That's waiting!
Waiting will only leaves us with unrealized dreams and empty wishes.
It would be great to see Buell come back and be successful.
There have been numerous articles recently regarding the aging Harley generation. the fact that the old guys are not being replaced with new, young Harley riders is stressing the company pretty badly. This is why they got rid of Buell. Trimming the fat.
I think that Buell, if given a REAL chance and not just presented as a secondary deliverable by Harley, would be a hell of a runner here in the U.S. where brand loyalty seems to be in vogue. Getting a younger generation on an American sportbike would be the equivalent of the G.I.'s embracing the U.S. made Harleys after the war. It could be epic.
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^^Gee...I can't imagine why young riders would pass up a Harley, especially when it's price to sell at the low, low price of just $30k otd...
I say more power to Erik. Make 'em local, make 'em affordable, and make 'em competitive and American sportbike manufacturing will be back on the map again.
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I would love to see Erik be sucessful .. that would be a niceat HD dumping Buell
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I just don't see it happening, especially not in this economy. There are definitely people out there who will buy them because they're different...but the sportbike community likes performance and technical prowess. Good luck to him...he is tenacious.
Dear God,
Please do not let Buell choose Polaris to manufacture and distribute his products.
Amen
^^ Any specific reason? They seem do have done fine w/ Victory...
Do not put off living the life you dream of. Next year may never come. If we are always waiting for something to change...
Retirement, the kids to leave home, the weather or the economy, that's not living. That's waiting!
Waiting will only leaves us with unrealized dreams and empty wishes.
yeah no latching on another cruiser chain..bad juju- the cruiser guys are a different subculture and his bikes will get the bastard child treatment again... best to offer franchises to people who want to sell buellls--- a tall order too-- the liter bike class is full of techno power houses--and the next round looks to have all of them offering traction control and abs--- somthing this buell lacks--of course if the price was really good he'd sell a bunch!-- I do believe the styling needs a bit more work--
Polaris also does Ski-Doo, Sea-Doo and Can-Am, way more than just Victory. It would actually be a good fit for their products.
Do not put off living the life you dream of. Next year may never come. If we are always waiting for something to change...
Retirement, the kids to leave home, the weather or the economy, that's not living. That's waiting!
Waiting will only leaves us with unrealized dreams and empty wishes.
my answer would be this:
http://www.motorcycle.com/news/polar...ant-89573.html
Polaris has announced plans to shut down its Osceola, Wis. manufacturing plant, while establishing a new facility in Mexico and creating “manufacturing centers of excellence” by enhancing existing facilities in Roseau, Minn. and Spirit Lake, Iowa. The Osceola plant employs more than 500 people. The town’s population numbers 2,421, according to the 2000 census.
^^Interesting read... sucks that more manufacturing jobs are being outsourced but this is nothing that HD or any of the big three automakers haven't been doing for years.
Polaris is moving its Wisconsin operations but Victory production will remain in Spirit Lake.
Do not put off living the life you dream of. Next year may never come. If we are always waiting for something to change...
Retirement, the kids to leave home, the weather or the economy, that's not living. That's waiting!
Waiting will only leaves us with unrealized dreams and empty wishes.
I guess that makes it all right then.
Never mind - sign me up
never said it was right, just that it's nothing new...
Do not put off living the life you dream of. Next year may never come. If we are always waiting for something to change...
Retirement, the kids to leave home, the weather or the economy, that's not living. That's waiting!
Waiting will only leaves us with unrealized dreams and empty wishes.
Not my cup of tea, but I wish them the best.
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-Theodore Roosevelt 1907
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Yep, until we hold China and others to the same labor and environmental standards that domestic manufacturers have to meet, the inevitability of the destruction of domestic manufacturing is a foregone conclusion.
Dirk
Formerly MRA #211 - High Precision Racing
"A strict observance of the written laws is doubtless one of the high duties of a good citizen, but it is not the highest. The laws of necessity, of self- preservation, of saving our country when in danger, are of higher obligation. To lose our country by a scrupulous adherence to written law would be to lose the law itself, with life, liberty, property, and all those who are enjoying them with us; thus absurdly sacrificing the end to the means."
--Thomas Jefferson
I am not a huge Buell fan, but I still think this is one of the sexiest bikes eva...
Yusuke (U-skay)
2002 WSBK Eric Bostrom Monza Wild Card Replica ZX-7R
2006 Track prepped ZX-6R
Always and forever will be a Kawasaki rider.
+1 not everybody and their aunt has one.
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Woohoo!
Randy
2008 Yamaha R1
2002 Subaru WRX
2004 Subaru Forester XT
2009 Subaru Forester
Not only the moving out of the country thing, but have you ever worked on a PaulHarris?
Torx, Metric, Standard, and other kinds of fasteners all thrown onto one machine.
Haven't met a mechanic yet that likes working on them. Esp with all of the stupid crap that goes wrong with them. I know of a certain known problem on a certain quad that goes wrong with EVERY one of them, and yet Polaris decided that even the recall (that usually goes bad too) is cheaper than doing the new part, and continued with the part for three years.
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