Daaamn. Well, maybe Harley will stick to what they do well now and stay out of an arena they really have no market in.

 

What Harley does well? Wuzzat? Produce more squids than Suzuki and Kawasaki combined?

 

Selling primitive, overpriced pieces of crap to the midlife crisis demographic?

And yes, there's one in my garage, so I'm allowed to make fun Although if we only had sportbikes in the household I'd never have experienced the pleasure of having a bike die because the battery cables vibrated loose

 

Bahahah!

Hey, I was being reserved in my teasing :P I wouldn't be caught dead on a Harley, but they're practically an icon at this point.

 

To say they are an icon is "stretching" the belt a bit ..........LOL

 

Edsel

 

they were a good hoolum bike. everyone on here that builds a streetfighter likes the style. buell just had the big crutch of a HD motor. the new ones with the rotax seem like a damn decent bike. no, not as refined as the manufactures that have been making that style for the last 20+ years, but a nice start in the right direction. sad to see any business die at this point, just means things are getting closer to being bad for you or someone you know...

 

If you did say buy a Buell for a cheap price (new),I wonder how long Harley will be able to supply parts for it?

 

HD has to be able to repair / replace parts long enough to cover the warrantees on existing bikes. Can guarantee some enterprising soul is already gobbling up parts to be a supplier later.

 

So sad, great bikes, possibly too over the top for the current times and styling in sportbikes. But great company, good products, innovative. Hope their crew all have jobs with Harley (even though i hate harley.) lol.