sucks, these were cool bikes.
Mike will be happy.
:rofl
saw this coming…marketing was a huge issue, nobody wants to buy American sport bikes, not easy to compete with the Japanese sport bike market and now with Ducati making leaps and bounds with there quality and maintenance Buell never really stood a chance…I’m actually surprised they have lasted the 16 years they have been around in the first place.
EDIT: I think there only chance for survival ended only a couple years ago (not sure what year exactly) when they became there own subsidiary of Harley Davidson.
Hear it from Erik Buell himself: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5i7JDNACtI
Buell is no more? AW MAN! their bikes look and sound amazing! I’ve never ridden one, but I heard they perform great as well. DAMN. So are they collectors items now or what? Should I buy one and store it for 5 years then triple my investment on selling it?
This just in…
American businessmen to meet with Erik Buell with view to keeping production alive
Posted: 19 October 2009
A GROUP OF American businessmen are looking to take over the Buell name and keep motorcycle production going, following Harley-Davidson’s shock announcement last week that the company is to be axed.
The Walworth County Economic Development Alliance has formed a team of officials from the Village of East Troy, Walworth County Board and East Troy Chamber of Commerce, according to an economic development alliance news release.
The company’s factory and HQ is currently based at East Troy, Wisconsin. It’s reported the takeover bid would see production kept at the plant, which employs around 170 people.
Reports say, the team is planning to meet with company founder Erik Buell with a view to saving the defunct business.
source: visordown