Buell All Done

[Chippertheripper]

there were a few brandy new 1125's at hh5 this weekend. and a few more guys picking up new one's they had just scored. all in the 5-6k range.

and you're totally right typeone, that dude needs a dirtbike of some sort...

[richw]

I worked at Remington Arms for 3 years

Everytime someone brought up a new product the powers that be remebered that a shotgun at the time cost $11 and wholesaled for $89.

So if the new product didn't measure up they were like why?

I think Harley sees an unlimited future in selling their farm equipment to an ever stupider populace.

I had even put the 1125 on a look see list.

[typeone]

what the fuck?

ATK, Hyosung to collaborate on bike range for Harley dealers

EICMA: ATK Partners With Hyosung, Plans to Enter Street Market

ATK Motorcycles has partnered with S&T Motors, the South Korean maker of Hyosung vehicles. The partnership eventually will produce a small-displacement ATK streetbike to be sold through Harley-Davidson dealers, ATK announced earlier this week at EICMA. Dealer News link

[eboos]

Each HD dealer is owned and operated independantly, and do not need HD's aproval to sell other brands. I wouldn't worry about this at all.

[Chippertheripper]

When are the trumpets rollin in?

[eboos]

Not soon enough, but they will be here by January 1st. I hope it stays warm, because I am looking forward to playing with a couple.

[Chippertheripper]

Oh word! You guys gonna have demos? Wink wink.

[typeone]

Each HD dealer is owned and operated independantly, and do not need HD's aproval to sell other brands. I wouldn't worry about this at all.

i realize, eboos but WTF? ATK + Hyosung at an HD dealer (?) wow.

[eboos]

I wouldn't want them. Not unless the quality improves quite a bit.

Chippy,

[spicy]

soo.... what's ATK?


also, the hyosungs in the US must be different from the domestic market ones, since i see them by the boatload here and their fit/finish quality is pretty much on par with my SV...

[gregp]

soo.... what's ATK?

Cannondale. E-Yuck.

[gregp]

Although, ATK did offer this:
http://www.atkusa.com/atk/(S(pjffnr5...TK700620cc.pdf

[eboos]

I was just on ATK's website, and the specs are pretty impressive for their supermoto bike, but with that being said, how come I have never seen anyone on one? Ohlins forks and shocks, fuel injection, ect. but nobody has one. Suspicious if you ask me.

[eboos]

I wasn't around during the Cannondale thing, where did they go wrong?

[typeone]

i have respect for ATK, they've built some cool bikes over the years, used to lust over their bikes as a kid back in the day.

the connection with Highland has been interesting to follow:

[gregp]

Ohlins forks and shocks, fuel injection, ect. but nobody has one. Suspicious if you ask me.

Word on the street is that the ATK Ohlins components are/were not "the good stuff". Some of the Cannondale NOS Ohlins stuff was going for cheap on E-Bay a little while ago.
There was really not too much wrong with the original Cannondale engine design, other than they sounded like coffee cans filled with ball bearings. There were some reports of poor reliability and maintenance intensive ownership concerns. The biggest issue for them was that they were an unproven design, and their overall performance was no better than the Big 4 (5 - KTM).

[Tricky Mike]

I wasn't around during the Cannondale thing, where did they go wrong?

I don't know all of the details, but IMHO, they tried to do their R/D AT the races. Bike kept breaking because the parts weren't thoroughly tested. Gave the whole program a reputation for unreliability. Keith Johnson couldn't even finish a race on the thing. It was a shame, really. I wanted to see them do well.

[richw]

Greed will do them in

Hyosung was a poor mans sv650 but basically was selling for the same money.
So unless your MAMA owned the dealership wtf.
Harley must be spending a lot of time with Milwaukee's other famous product.

Kill the Buell sport bike
add
cheesy Korean and overpriced dirt bikes ???

I was around for Harley's Italian 2 stroke stuff.. All the Japs laughed

The economy will be in the sh*tter for a LONG time. If you are in the toy business you better face it and
get the business plan of pure survival until unemployment is down at 7% and credit is available.

[eboos]

Greed will do them in

Hyosung was a poor mans sv650 but basically was selling for the same money.
So unless your MAMA owned the dealership wtf.
Harley must be spending a lot of time with Milwaukee's other famous product.

Kill the Buell sport bike
add
cheesy Korean and overpriced dirt bikes ???

I was around for Harley's Italian 2 stroke stuff.. All the Japs laughed

The economy will be in the sh*tter for a LONG time. If you are in the toy business you better face it and
get the business plan of pure survival until unemployment is down at 7% and credit is available.

Harley is not involved with this at all. This is an independant dealer thing.

[richw]

Sorry didn't see that

[KillBill]

It's a surprise?

The market has spoken and people
have voted with their dollars.

[ff36buell]

E. Buell Racing? looooove it

http://www.buell.com/en_us/racing/ra...p?news_id=1507

[OreoGaborio]

[Paul_E_D]

So, Harley has licensed Erik to sell the 1125R? What's new? Just that they dropped the other models?

[eboos]

It's going to be race only now. They still produced and shipped 2010 models, so there shouldn't be any homologation issues.