Good Bye Buell....... Buell Motorcycles Discuss Good Bye Buell....... in the Motorcycle Discussion of Specific Brands forums; The Company will discontinue production of Buell motorcycles. Remaining inventories of Buell motorcycles, accessories and apparel, while they last, will continue to be sold through authorized dealerships. Warranty coverage will ...

[kf4mtw]

The Company will discontinue production of Buell motorcycles. Remaining inventories of Buell motorcycles, accessories and apparel, while they last, will continue to be sold through authorized dealerships. Warranty coverage will continue as normal for Buell motorcycles and the Company will provide replacement parts and service through dealerships.

Relative to MV Agusta, the Company will immediately commence efforts to sell the business, which is based in Varese, Italy.

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Harley....html?x=0&.v=1

An Important Message from Erik Buell

http://www.buell.com/en_us/

[CBRClark]

This sucks, i dont even have a Buell but I always thought they where nice bikes. nows the time to buy a Buell I guess

[spectorman]

I don't think was unexpected. As I've read on other forums, Buell has been preparing for this for a while. I think Erik was looking to team up w/a euro bike company to keep Buell going. I'm guessing that has failed.

I'm saddened by this cuz even tho I've never owned a Buell, I really like a lot of what they've done & wished I coulda had one in my garage, especially the XB12XT. Erik himself is reportedly a great guy & its pretty obvious by his emotional video, he's destroyed. I hope he recovers cuz he's got a lot of innovative ideas to offer the motorcycling world. Hey, where all that recovery money now? Why can't Buell get some of its hands on it to keep the company running?

Big thumbs down to Harley Davidson. I probably never woulda bought one anyway but I'll surely never buy one now. Bastards.
Lee

http://www.buell.com/en_us/

[bbbob]

HOLY SH*T!!!, for those who own them (incl me) this sucks!! You had to ride them to appreciate them.

[kf4mtw]

This surprised me because I thought he totally separated from Harley years ago for some reason.

[bbbob]

It was with great shock and sadness that I heard the news of Harley-Davidson's decision to pull the plug on the Buell Motor Company today.

Erik Buell has been a hero of mine, as well as someone I have admired and respected throughout the years. I wish him all the best, and know his creative mind and relentless will to pursue the dream will serve him well.

My thought's also go out to the thousands of passionate Buell enthusiasts and employees that have supported and embraced what this brand stood for, and the spirit that it embodied. It is a sad day, not only for Buell enthusiasts but for all motorcycle enthusiasts.

Buell epitomized the spirit of individualism, innovation, passion and hard work, the same spirit that lives in the soul of all motorcycle enthusiasts. The loss of Buell is a loss for all of us.

It is with great misfortune and irony that, in these tough economic times, when the exact principles and values that Buell embodied, are the keys to our recovery and success, were not valued and were so easily discarded.

R.I.P. Buell Motor Company, your spirit and principals will live on forever in all of us.

Walter Roehrich
President
ROEHR MOTORCYCLES LLC

[bbbob]

Originally Posted by kf4mtw

This surprised me because I thought he totally separated from Harley years ago for some reason.

They actually started as a separate company in the mid-80's using engines bought from HD, they became a division of HD in the mid-90's..

[kf4mtw]

Originally Posted by bbbob

They actually started as a separate company in the mid-80's using engines bought from HD, they became a division of HD in the mid-90's..

Thanks, thought it was the opposite. I still feel more folks would have bought them if the name was Harley instead of Buell. I also think if they had adapted the new XR1200 tank and seat to a Buell chassis and suspension it would have been a huge success, 200 lb's lighter and ten times better handling. It would have knocked a dent in the Euro naked bike market here.

[platinum_space]

I think they are ugly especially the one that SpeedTrip rides, looks like a fag mobile.

[bbbob]

Originally Posted by platinum_space

I think they are ugly especially the one that SpeedTrip rides, looks like a fag mobile.

You don't have to look at them when you are riding them...