h-d spit in the faces of about 135,000 people (plus peripheral people) and if shutting down Buell was to get me into a "harley brand" sport bike owner.....it ain't gonna happen!!!!. I'll buy "real Buells" on eBay,craigslist or where ever....but not from h-d. They can go pound sand as far as I'm concerned.
Posted on Wednesday, November 04, 2009 - 10:40 am:
For now, the point is moot for me. Don't have the bucks to buy anything. I'm in a business where cuts just keep coming and great products don't matter as much as stock prices and bottom lines.
It's a brave new world out there, and H-D did what it did to save its stock. I hate what happened, but I don't hate H-D. It's just a company and only the hype around it made me think of it as family.
Should I be in a position to augment my Blast, I'd consider an XR1200, an FX6R, a used XB Ss or whatever is available.
If Erik is designing bikes for any company, whereever it's built, I'll give it priority. To me, one man putting his vision into metal and motor is worth supporting.
He's as close to "family" as you can get in the motorcycling world.