Buell is done, finished, gone

wildchild · 10-15-2009, 10:11 AM

http://www.jsonline.com/business/64352232.html

I usually don't post links but the gist is HD is dropping Buell and looks like maybe shutting it down. Loss of 180 jobs.

Dave · 10-15-2009, 10:16 AM

sucks to hear but not entirely unexpected. Wonder what will happen to mv now? Piaggio group maybe?

Trip · 10-15-2009, 10:18 AM

This makes me giggle like a schoolgirl. Although it sucks for the people losing their jobs.

I want to go laugh in DMG's face. So you attempted to run off Japanese bikes and now your precious Buell has failed.

dReWpY · 10-15-2009, 10:32 AM

just means marko will have something new to bitch about lol

it actually sucks, i was loving the buells and what they stood for

Rider · 10-15-2009, 10:37 AM

I wonder is Eric Buell has the means to continue the company on it's own feet.

CasterTroy · 10-15-2009, 10:23 AM

Shame

I really wanted to see them succeed with this new engine (one that didn’t shake the bike across the room at idle)

z06boy · 10-15-2009, 10:26 AM

I think it's funny as far as DMG is concerned.

Overall though I hate to hear it...kinda sux.

Trip · 10-15-2009, 10:27 AM

Erik has a video that looks like he is about to cry and glosses over the competitive advantage he was given over factory teams

www.buell.com

Dave · 10-15-2009, 11:21 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Trip

Erik has a video that looks like he is about to cry and glosses over the competitive advantage he was given over factory teams

www.buell.com

looks like one of those gunpoint ''confessions'' third worlds are so fond of

Phenix_Rider · 10-15-2009, 01:21 PM

Seems retarded to me. HD drops the only things that made them interesting to the sportbike/youngish crowd. Now they're going to focus on making more slow, overweight, over-accessorized, oil cooled bikes?

10-15-2009, 10:11 AM	#1
wildchild cruiser Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: on the run Moto: '09 HD superglide, 16 Yamaha FZ 09 Posts: 2,749	Buell is done, finished, gone http://www.jsonline.com/business/64352232.html I usually don't post links but the gist is HD is dropping Buell and looks like maybe shutting it down. Loss of 180 jobs.

10-15-2009, 10:23 AM	#6
CasterTroy ................ Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: NC Posts: 3,028	Shame I really wanted to see them succeed with this new engine (one that didn’t shake the bike across the room at idle) __________________ “Being tolerant does not mean that I share another one’s belief. But it does mean that I acknowledge another one’s right to believe, and obey, his own conscience.” Viktor Frankl

10-15-2009, 10:16 AM	#2
Dave Chaotic Neutral Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Cherry Hill NJ Moto: GV1200 Madura, Hawk gt Posts: 13,992	sucks to hear but not entirely unexpected. Wonder what will happen to mv now? Piaggio group maybe?

10-15-2009, 10:37 AM	#5
Rider Moto GP Star Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 12,156	I wonder is Eric Buell has the means to continue the company on it's own feet.

10-15-2009, 10:26 AM	#7
z06boy Letzroll Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Lake Norman area, NC Moto: 07 Red R1 & 07 Blue R6 Posts: 5,265	I think it's funny as far as DMG is concerned. Overall though I hate to hear it...kinda sux.