Why Harley will always be 5H1T

Buell: the potential and the fate - Hell For Leather

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I would like to think there is an explanation for such ignorance. But I doubt it.

 

Have I completely missed something here...has Buell production come to a halt? As in finished, unless an investor other than Harley comes to the table.

 

Another sad chapter for Erik Buell.......whether you think he's a visionary or a nut the guy managed to make American sportbikes, for lack of a better term. Maybe he'll reincarnate himself in some other fashion.

We are are funny bunch here in the USA, we like the rags to riches story, until someone actually achieves something, then all we want to do is hate on them.

Regardless, photos like that one wont do anything but feed Hog hatred now haaahaahaaa

 

I would love ti find that dumpster.......parts is parts and people are gonna need them........

 

I know the story about buells demise,but whats the story behind the bikes in the skip?

 

buell is done. last bike rolled off assembly line last week.

 

it is too bad about buell....i just wonder how much harley dealers wanted to move them..at our ft myers dealer.. if you walked in to look at buells noone even came over to say hi....seems like they didnt give a shit.. typical of the harley mindset...

 

Those bikes look used and half way assembled. I doubt they are new off the showroom bikes. It's a great picture though and will get HD a lot of flak over the image. That prototype on the article looked pretty serious...

 

Dude that is exactly what I was thinking. goldmine right there.

 

I don't get that picture at all.
WTF, looks like a lot of usable stuff in there, including rims and rubber.

ace57

 

looks photoshopped to me

 

You know I really respected HD to try and go the route they did with Buell but seeing pics like that really piss me off. It seems to me that their way over priced bikes are the only route they want to take. What respect I had for HD is gone. I can only hope that the Honda Fury/ VTX or even the Yamaha Stratoliners can stomp the crap out of them. (Its definately an underdog thing that I have to root for)

 

Its sad really. Like the article says, they could have donated the bikes. Its just typical. Perpetuating the culture "that it rather be wasted than shared".

 

My mom worked at the Capital Dr. Plant here in Milwaukee. She worked with some of the ppl in the Product Development Building. All the prototypes when finished were either shipped to the archives downtown or cut into pieces and what... thrown in to the dumpster.. Could Buell build a more fugly motorcycle. A sportbike with a belt drive, doesn't seem that sporty to me. I'm not sad or shocked in the least bit.

 

Lets hope that that bikes are going somewhere useful and Harley needs a lesson in packaging/shipping.

 

The guy's at badweb say's "the dumpster pic" is real. Harley owns everything that is Buell unfortunately, probably even the name.

The drive belt is a neat feature to me, it gives a great feel to the rear wheel.
I've been on the BadWeb site a while and the belts are holding up fairly well.

The bike is a real thrill to ride, has a powerband similar to the VFR I own, but
the accell is much more. I think its unique to have a large v-twin with a powerband like that,, its never boring, thats for sure.

Buell being X'ed out was a blow to me, mostly cause I paid $12,000 for a bike that has just been sold out for around $8,000 new at many dealers.

Bitter? , nah, I never much liked Harley anyway. Have tons of friends that I grew up with around here that ride them. I find it impossible to ride with them,, I get tired of waiting all the time.