Sad day as Buell shuts its doors.

[torreytyler]

What a bummer. I've always been a fan of HD cycles. I'm questioning my loyalty to the brand now. I fell in love with my xb12r the day I saw it, and even more in love with it the day I bought it. I hate thinking that there won't be any new advancements in technology regarding my bike or others with my bike. I love having a bike that 1. No one has ever heard of, 2. Turns heads like no other, and 3. Has the heart and soul of a small company invested in its roots. I'm planning on moving to Arizona next December, and planned on attending MMI while I was there. I wanted to work on Buell/HDs some day. That's all changing now. In the meantime, I'm just going to stock up on some basic parts and hope for the best. [sad]

 

[buellboy007]

This suck's All i can say is thank you erik buell for building a bike that fits me and my style you have inspired me to ride long and hard. the bike you built has gave me more memories than i can count

to this i take a shot of so co for you
cheers

Erin in Washington

 

[Sayjackb]

DUDES, really? all this talk about the Buell Brand Being dead.... IF you have a buell, you are now one of the maybe 10,000-20,000 buell owners in the WORLD (i don't know how many bikes buell has made, probably a really crappy guess) but anyway, we have always been, but are now more than ever, Elite owners of a unique machine. A "Brotherhood of Buell" so what if the company is gone...

Yeah, Harley is a piece of crap that would rather cater to the HA then a younger, funner, more independent generation. Truth is, we don't need a gang to watch our backs. Harley never cared about the Buell, Harley, has never cared about you....

Keep your buell, ride your buell, Fix your buell... SHE is yours.

you now have a Model T of the motorcycle world, Innovation, and a collectors item.

Erik will be back, he is hopefully tired of being screwed by HD, maybe he will hook up with Duc. or .... Start something, entirely his own?

Keep heart my friend. and remember what it is to stand above the Buzz of the crotch rocket!

 

[buellboy007]

here here [up][up][up][cool]

 

[mart7]

i am completely speechless and disgusted

 

[1001yos]

Seeing as he still has his patents (ZTL, underslung muffler, gas in frame, oil in swingarm) no other company can copy this.

Buell is EXTREMELY marketable

 

[buellxb]

WOW!?!? I'm in shock as well. This has been my hobby ever since about 2005. I know I don't always chat on here, but from a community development standpoint I have poured a huge amount of my free time into this site.

BTW, No more Buell parts coming from the suppliers. I checked today. What we have in inventory at http://www.buellparts.net is all that's left. I think we will still be able to get straight replacement parts as HD should stand behind the warranty, but everything else is getting cut off.

 

[Dragonslayer]

My Buell shirts have Hardley's name on them. I'm gonna get Hardley's name on all of them airbrushed over.

 

[alsaleen]

I am organizeing a ride from Ukes HD in KEnosha WI to the buell plant in east troy then to either an HD plant or their museum in Milwaukee. no dates yet next 2 or three weeks there are a few people going from buelletinboard. IF you are interested let me know if you let me know in the next 2 or so days you can have some input on a date.

 

[rob06r]

Hd/Buell Tech looking for a new carrier. I'm interested in all sorts of paths, excepted working for Harley. This was the straw that broke the camels back.[confused]

 

[bajabomber87]

Seeing as he still has his patents (ZTL, underslung muffler, gas in frame, oil in swingarm) no other company can copy this.

Buell is EXTREMELY marketable

but if he comes back, will the name get to return?

BTW, No more Buell parts coming from the suppliers. I checked today. What we have in inventory at http://www.buellparts.net is all that's left. I think we will still be able to get straight replacement parts as HD should stand behind the warranty, but everything else is getting cut off.

Ok, this is fuzzy for me still. Where do we get parts, say a shift fork or gears for the inside of the tranny in the next year? Who are the suppliers, Buell themselves or a 3rd party?

 

[JacobsBuell]

I think I'm gonna be sick too. I always imagined getting a bike for my 2 year old son when he was old enough (hence the Jacob's Buell user name, Jacob is my son). And now, the only one he'll ever know and get to ride is my own. F*@k you Harley! You ruined the best kind of Father/Son Quality time there would have been.

 

[LeFox]

a sad day indeed...

my guess is that hd is going for the mv agusta instead buell.
yes, history & name is still a big commercial advantage...

good hint: stock up on aftermarket stuff cause all will go!

 

[LeFox]

just reading up on things and mv agusta is for sale too...

hd will focus on hd only ... dumbasses [mad]

 

[03Firebolt9R]

I am still sad.

 

[1sexynucca]

yea so depressing... I too feel as though there is a lot more going on behind the scenes between Erik Buell and Harley. watching the video on Buell.com I could hear the pain and regret in his voice. almost as if Harley was standing off to the side with a gun making him read cue cards. After all of the recent success and new products its makes no sense to me that they would suddenly stop production of such a wonderful Bike.

 

[sk8ace]

Yea he started looking like he was irritated when he got to the part about the warranties and stuff (things he prob had to say for HD)

 

[LionBuell]

That really sucks.

We are here in RSA so we'll really battle for parts.

This sucks[mad][mad][mad][mad]

 

[Codeman0535]

I wish, right now, that I could find the DUMBFUCK that decided to get rid of Buell and whooop his fuckin bitch ass, little cock suckerface retard of a human. I ABSOLUTELY 100% LOVE my 09 XB12Ss and NOW Im NEVER buyin a Harley EVER. FUCK HARLEY!!!!

 

[buellxb]

We had an economic downturn, nay a recession... But companies should expect that and plan for it. The economy is just starting to turn around. I am confident that all the recent Buell promotion would have begun to pay off by next spring. HD just trashed a great brand and I am sure they will regret it next summer.