Harley-Davidson shutting down Buell

Paul · Oct 16, 2009

Sad news for Buell and MV Agusta:

http://www.motorcycle.com/news/harleyda ... 88821.html

The tubular frame Buells were on their way to become Classic bikes (as no longer produced since 2002). I think the sad news from yesterday will only accelerate this process.

grandpaul · Oct 24, 2009

Buell should have stayed independent.

MV Agusta going away is just sad. Aprillia, Ducati or one of the other Euro marques should have rescued them.

Paul · Oct 24, 2009

That's still possible: MV Agusta is for sale again. On the contrary, Buell is not. Apparently H-D doesn't want anyone else to continue the Buell make.
Some say that it doesn't change much. For them, Buell stopped producing the real Buells in 2002 when the producion of tubelar frames was discontinued.

acotrel · Aug 11, 2018

An S1 Buell is close to being a real motorcycle - something which Harley has only ever achieved once with the XR750TT road racer.

xbacksideslider · Aug 13, 2018

The XBs are sweet, I like the XB9. Light, agile, competent, innovative. All they needed was a 4 valve head. No need for OHC, pushrods/forked rockers would work fine and would preserved compact head. Then . . . H20 cooling. Could have evolved.

acotrel · Aug 13, 2018

Usually a 4 valve head gives about a 10% increase in power. If the bike is light and it's handling is excellent, that 10% is not essential but nice to have. The way the power is delivered is probably more important. If it comes on with a big rush, the bike will be more difficult to ride well. I don't think Harley know what they have with the Sportster motor. The Buell was almost a decent bike.

Harley-Davidson shutting down Buell

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