Cheap Buell stuff anyone?

[diggyduo]

Buell liquidation sale starts Jan 28th. Here is the link for the inventory. Even have a Super Duke and speed triple up for grabs.

http://www.LiquidAssetPartners.com.

Bit of a shame to see another company down the gurgler, whether you liked their bikes or not.

[arj127]

Interesting Diggy, they dont seem to say anything about Buell parts though

[diggyduo]

Yeah, looks like you could setup an awesome workshop out of it.

Wonder how they plan to support existing Buell owners now H-D are selling up all the tooling?

[shrub]

Kind of heartbreaking really. There are a lot of dreams going up in smoke there and Buell made a fine motorcycle.

Fricking HD destroying them!

[ukusa]

Kind of heartbreaking really. There are a lot of dreams going up in smoke there and Buell made a fine motorcycle.

Fricking HD destroying them!

If I had a Buell, I think I'd be shedding a few tears. Can't understand why it wasn't sold as a going concern.

[Mully]

If I had a Buell, I think I'd be shedding a few tears. Can't understand why it wasn't sold as a going concern.

Probably cos most of the range used Harley engines.

So anyone buying them to keep manufacturing would have to use Harley engines (at least in the short term)

That causes two issues:
Anyone with pockets deep enough to buy the name from Harley wouldn't want to keep throwing money at HD to keep the engine supply
Harley might restrict what products Buell could sell to avoid hurting their own market share.

[ukusa]

Probably cos most of the range used Harley engines.

So anyone buying them to keep manufacturing would have to use Harley engines (at least in the short term)

That causes two issues:
Anyone with pockets deep enough to buy the name from Harley wouldn't want to keep throwing money at HD to keep the engine supply
Harley might restrict what products Buell could sell to avoid hurting their own market share.

Happens in the car industry though, Aston Martin, Bentley, Rolls Royce, Lamborghini etc all sold to foreigners. Plenty of other engine manufacturers out there.
Maybe the Japs could have bought it, put a Suzuki V twin in it LOL.

[Mully]

Happens in the car industry though, Aston Martin, Bentley, Rolls Royce, Lamborghini etc all sold to foreigners. Plenty of other engine manufacturers out there.
Maybe the Japs could have bought it, put a Suzuki V twin in it LOL.

Harley aren't stupid - they would want to protect their market share. Plus they'd sell a few engines to Buell, which doesn't hurt the bottom line.

They'd probably (well, I would) written a lot of very draconian requirements into the contract for sale. Anyone who could afford to buy it wouldn't want to adhere to a lot of the rules.

I don't know for sure, but if the Japs bought it, they'd probably have to reengineer the frames to cope. Which takes time and costs money. Plus, you then have a "non-American" American motorbike. Sales would go through the floor from Johnny American.

Who else has a big air-cooled Vtwin to chuck in it?
Guzzi? V goes the wrong way
Victory? (are they air cooled?) Harley probably wouldn't sell it to them

It's sad, but these things happen. It's like Cadbury being sold to Kraft. End of an era, and all that.

[diggyduo]

Hope MV Agusta aren't next in line...

[James Deuce]

It's not just the "Harley Engine" thing. Harley-Davidson own Buell's IP, including the new 72 degree Rotax V-Twin in my bike, which I might add, is a thing of fierce beauty. Buell were also embedded in Harley-Davidson's dealer network to the point of being inseparable. It wouldn't surprise me to find that the air-cooled sportster based engine was on the way out at Buell anyway. I'm half convinced that the Rotax will turn up in the next iteration of the V-Rod.

MV Agusta are next in line, but are up for sale, though I would be surprised to see it survive as anything other than a name only holding company given the lack of interest from anyone with proper money.

[Starky307]

There are some nice bits an pieces up for grabs in that lot, if I was around there I'd be in like a robbers dog scoring some wicked workshop toys.

[Mully]

It's not just the "Harley Engine" thing. Harley-Davidson own Buell's IP.

Yeah, that too.

Take what you want and dump the husk.

Someone will be along shortly to blame John Key.

[Madmax]

some nice CNC gear there