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why ,is Warren looking for a Commando :lol:
john robert bould said:why ,is Warren looking for a Commando :lol:
JimC said:john robert bould said:why ,is Warren looking for a Commando :lol:
Because he hates Harleys? :roll:
If he truely hated Harley, he would buy them!
Jim are V Rod's 125 bhp slow? 135 in unfaired ,stock engine form ... some tuned bikes are 150mph!JimC said:This is from GTA Motorcycle.com explaining why Harley sold MV shortly after acquiring it and closed down Buell: "Harley sold Buell and MV for a single simple reason. Fast motorcycles scare HD".
Jim are V Rod's 125 bhp slow? 135 in unfaired ,stock engine form ... some tuned bikes are 150mph
Hardly-Ferguson = "yesterday's technology at tomorrow's price's and you get to pretend they are American-made".
JimC said:This is from GTA Motorcycle.com explaining why Harley sold MV shortly after acquiring it and closed down Buell: "Harley sold Buell and MV for a single simple reason. Fast motorcycles scare HD".
BrianK said:Speaking of irony:
"Please buy American-made X-mas gifts this year!, EMPLOY AMERICANS!!
1973-1/2 BMW R75/5 (LWB)
1971 Norton Commando
1952 Triumph TRW
1936 BMW R2"
If the Commando was $30,000.00 and was touted as the end all/be all of motorcycles THAT woud be ironic, but that is not the case!
Fullauto said:Buell were running in profit with Erik selling truly unique motorcycles. The pulling of the carpet from beneath him was a simple "f@ck you" to Erik with love from harley davidson (lower case intentional). Buell was an extremely good buy for harley as Erik and his team did all the development work on the Sportster motors for free to the point where harley now have a Sportster which is not far from where Buell were 25 years ago. That's progress for you.
Rohan said:The problem was that the bikes suddenly started sitting in showrooms, and HD saw the writing on the wall (ie big losses) and pulled the plug - no point making things that aren't selling.
Not the problem that Mr Garner is having though...
Rohan said:Fullauto said:Buell were running in profit with Erik selling truly unique motorcycles. The pulling of the carpet from beneath him was a simple "f@ck you" to Erik with love from harley davidson (lower case intentional). Buell was an extremely good buy for harley as Erik and his team did all the development work on the Sportster motors for free to the point where harley now have a Sportster which is not far from where Buell were 25 years ago. That's progress for you.
I think you will find that Erik Buell had eventually sold his entire share in the business to HD, in several stages, and was only a consultant/figurehead at the end. The problem was that the bikes suddenly started sitting in showrooms, and HD saw the writing on the wall (ie big losses) and pulled the plug - no point making things that aren't selling.