Buell owners still mad at Harley (vid)

[Soltakr]

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izzlN2zC8PU&feature=player_embedded[/ame]

[1MileCrash]

hehehe...it's all true

[GTP231]

[Zapper2003]

Now, I'll laugh, but I own a fucking Springer.

[pajeff02]

That was funny. And I really did consider a Springer before buying our recently departed Fatboy.

[iam_dale]

LOL...saw that on the Victory forum I hang out on....had to show it to my wife...she rides a Harley.

[Conflict]

[dklowrider]

that must be some mad crotchrocket jockeys there.
it was funny though, even if content was false.

[wheeliE-maxx]

what was false? The poor personal hygene doesn't apply around here, it's all dentists and business men all decked out in tassles and studs with a huge ass harley for their first bike.

[GTP231]

that must be some mad crotchrocket jockeys there.
it was funny though, even if content was false.

True not all harley owners are drunk dirt bags. Everything else is pretty much dead on

Buells are crotch rockets?

[Zapper2003]

I don't follow the 'news' of the motorcompany, but what's the story behind them dropping buell?

[wheeliE-maxx]

money. They said the official reason was to focus on their core products or some horse shit like that though

[Zapper2003]

Still not following, but 'money' is always the root.

Aren't very many buells out there, 'least not around here.

[pajeff02]

Still not following, but 'money' is always the root.

Aren't very many buells out there, 'least not around here.

Both of my brothers own Buells. Middle brother has an older Thunderbolt that I really like riding. Younger brother just sold his several weeks ago.

[Soltakr]

HD brought Buell and then closed them

[GTP231]

HD brought Buell and then closed them

Thought they owned Buell from the get go since they used that ancient engine technology

[dklowrider]

what was false? The poor personal hygene doesn't apply around here, it's all dentists and business men all decked out in tassles and studs with a huge ass harley for their first bike.

True not all harley owners are drunk dirt bags. Everything else is pretty much dead on

Buells are crotch rockets?

i'm not going to go thru every dig from the video, but for example the '50s technology referenced about the springer front end. you don't have to buy a springer if you don't want to, in fact it only exists in the product line because some people want it. and reliability issues? what reliability issues would that be? maybe that guy rides an amf harley.

and yes, i call the buell a crotchrocket because it is [was] a high end 'race bike for the street' type of machine. it just happened to be made in the usa with a sportster-based power plant.
i don't know why they're pissed at harley, they should be pissed at eric buell for selling the company to them in the first place. or did they buy controlling stock and then took it over? i don't remember exactly, but anyway, they didn't sell by the boatload like the jap crotchrockets, and with the sales slump across the board it was sacrificed by the company. it could be that they thought younger riders were lured away from sportsters and if they were buying buell instead of japs that they could get them on the newer more sport oriented sportsters if the buell went away.

[dklowrider]

Thought they owned Buell from the get go since they used that ancient engine technology

you mean like gm with their antique ohv pushrod ls1, ls6, etc. with only 1 camshaft?

[Zapper2003]

and no Vtec, Yo!

[GTP231]

you mean like gm with their antique ohv pushrod ls1, ls6, etc. with only 1 camshaft?

Which runs far smoother and far more efficient. Some of them also have d.o.d.