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Old 12-04-2009, 03:54 PM   #11
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So HD wont give Erik Buell the right to continue making the motorcycles he designed? Thats beyond fucking low!
You are starting to see why there has been so much HD hate around here lately.
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Old 12-04-2009, 04:02 PM   #12
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Good thought. Guess we'll see at the end of the month when they release the pic. It's entirely possible. That was rumored to be a 1199cc 200hp version of the current 1125R.
true nuff. If this turns out to be the case its time to start beating hd over the head with open checkbooks. Might see a street version yet. This also makes me wonder how much interaction there was between buell and the FIA because this bike, their fate, and FIA's new stricter homogolation rules are conspiratorially close together
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Old 12-04-2009, 04:03 PM   #13
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You are starting to see why there has been so much HD hate around here lately.
I hadn't paid much attention, because honeslty, the HD dealer I bought my bike from, told me they sold 4 buell's in over a year. So I just thought HD was dropping some dead weight to stay afloat. I didnt realize they were just being fucking pricks!

If I wasnt already planning on trading for a Busa, this would be the final nail in the coffin.
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Old 12-04-2009, 04:04 PM   #14
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true nuff. If this turns out to be the case its time to start beating hd over the head with open checkbooks. Might see a street version yet. This also makes me wonder how much interaction there was between buell and the FIA because this bike, their fate, and FIA's new stricter homogolation rules are conspiratorially close together
I dont know anything about the FIA, the CIA, the FBI, or any of the others. But I do know if the rumors are true and this bike was a 200hp beast than it shoulda came out 2 years ago instead of the 1125R thats out there now. Sales might have been better and Buell might still be in business.
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Old 12-04-2009, 04:06 PM   #15
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I hadn't paid much attention, because honeslty, the HD dealer I bought my bike from, told me they sold 4 buell's in over a year. So I just thought HD was dropping some dead weight to stay afloat. I didnt realize they were just being fucking pricks!

If I wasnt already planning on trading for a Busa, this would be the final nail in the coffin.
I found that most dealers that didn't move many Buells had self induced problems. They didn't advertise, or promote Buell at all, plain and simple. How many guys that are coming in to look at an Ultra Classic are going to see a 1125R and go "wow, screw the Ultra, I want THAT!"...

right, none.
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Old 12-04-2009, 04:07 PM   #16
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Sales might have been better and Buell might still be in business.
Well what is it? I thought they were making money? Because if Buell was making $$$$, they are doing far better than HD is atm.


I just dont understand why those idiots would drop a brand that isnt in the red.

And I also dont know why they wont give Erik the rights and let him go elsewhere. That pisses me off the most.
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Old 12-04-2009, 04:15 PM   #17
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good news is you can buy the goodies and change your mild mannered 1125R into a fire breathing 1125R thats street titled, when u factor in the dealer discounts and add the cost of the kit it is still well under the price range of most 200hp bikes
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if they werent so tiny, I would LOVE to have an 1125r!
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Tommy Mac rides an 1125...
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Tommy Mac rides an 1125...
Arent they even smaller than yours?

Cuz if they are, theres no way i'd be anywhere near comfortable on it for any length of time.

Would be in my top to choices for a track bike though (If I had a track to go to), along with another rc, which is a fairly big bike.
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