# Goodbye Buell
**URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/goodbye-buell/247605
**Category:** Shift518 Automotive
**Created:** [October 15, 2009, 10:47am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/goodbye-buell/247605 "2009-10-15T10:47:30Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@Wayne64SS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Wayne64SS)
#### Post date: [October 15, 2009, 10:47am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/goodbye-buell/247605/1 "2009-10-15T10:47:30Z")
> **[Harley-Davidson kills off Buell, will sell stake in MV Agusta \[w/VIDEO\]](https://www.autoblog.com/2009/10/15/harley-davidson-drops-buell-will-sell-stake-in-mv-agusta/)**
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> Erik Buell announces demise of his motorcycle brand - watch video after the jump
sucks, these were cool bikes.
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### Author:  [@Boost\_Creep](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Boost_Creep)
#### Post date: [October 15, 2009, 10:56am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/goodbye-buell/247605/2 "2009-10-15T10:56:28Z")
Mike will be happy.
:rofl
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### Author:  [@usmc2801](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/usmc2801)
#### Post date: [October 15, 2009, 12:10pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/goodbye-buell/247605/3 "2009-10-15T12:10:33Z")
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.
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### Author:  [@RocketPunch](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RocketPunch)
#### Post date: [October 15, 2009, 3:14pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/goodbye-buell/247605/4 "2009-10-15T15:14:31Z")
Hear it from Erik Buell himself: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5i7JDNACtI](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5i7JDNACtI)
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### Author:  [@votblindub](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/votblindub)
#### Post date: [October 16, 2009, 5:50am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/goodbye-buell/247605/5 "2009-10-16T05:50:42Z")
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?
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### Author:  [@RocketPunch](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RocketPunch)
#### Post date: [October 19, 2009, 6:16pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/goodbye-buell/247605/6 "2009-10-19T18:16:07Z")
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