Harley-Davidson shutting down Buell

You know Buell was so close but they really blew it with the latest bike. It had a great motor and was fun to ride but it was so damn ugly.

The problem when you try to make a bike to appeal to the milkcrate brigade is that it's hard to convince tightwads to spend the dough for a new bike.

People don't buy products. They buy how products make them feel.

Here's the official video. Dang. Watching it makes me feel so bad for Erik.

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

Why not partner up with the Dali Obama? He's doing such a swell job running the auto companies.

longride said:

Sure he made a good go of it. He also hooked up with some deep pockets to get him started. I think Erik had some good designs and some nice bikes. I always like Buells. He was destined to be a niche guy though, and that niche has been squeezed.

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Maybe the Japanese can hire him for some original ideas like putting the muffler below the bike.

longride said:

"That means 1125CRs are going for about $5k right now. "

They are $6995 from the dealers brand new. That is the lowest price I have seen so far.

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I think you need to snap one up. It's a kick ass ride.