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Whisperstealth
Posted on Thursday, March 31, 2011 - 04:47 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Got to thinking - I know, scary.

With Erik's no-compete with Harley up; and with Harley Lawyers being told not to expend any resources defending Buell intellectual property, why can't he build and sell street 1125's to the public?

What got me thinking is the new Street Fighter Typhon, and how street fighter kits are going to be for sale. Why not just build whole bikes? Make R's, CR's, Street Fighter's, AND Sport Touror's.

He has already said he long ago wanted to build the 1190's for the track, and make 1125 ST's.

Or is Erik already gearing up for something like this? Is something like this a long the lines of Court's vague and here one minute, gone the next clue's? Like this one: ". . . . . but when I reappear . . . I suspect you'll be quite amazed with the story of what's going on . . . . well, right under that very nose."

When will more be reveled????.........
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Xl1200r
Posted on Thursday, March 31, 2011 - 05:05 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

He has the non-compete out of the way, but Harley still owns all of the patents on the 1125R as it sits today. He'd need to redesign the bike to get around that... and if you're going to do that, you may as well end up with an 1190.

That's my take, anyways.
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Andymnelson
Posted on Thursday, March 31, 2011 - 05:26 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)


quote:

What got me thinking is the new Street Fighter Typhon, and how street fighter kits are going to be for sale.




Erik Buell Racing is not making the Typhoon kit...
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Buellkowski
Posted on Thursday, March 31, 2011 - 05:30 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

"...and with Harley Lawyers being told not to expend any resources defending Buell intellectual property, why can't he any manufacturer build and sell street 1125's to the public?"
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Jaimec
Posted on Thursday, March 31, 2011 - 05:34 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

TyphOn, not Typhoon.
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Ratbuell
Posted on Thursday, March 31, 2011 - 07:00 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Erik isn't sitting around.

Search "1190RS".

Why build version 1.0, when you already have a proven design and total freedom to build version 5.0?
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Whisperstealth
Posted on Thursday, March 31, 2011 - 07:06 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Because version 5.0 cost 42,000.
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Froggy
Posted on Thursday, March 31, 2011 - 07:18 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

6.0 will cost half that.
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Froggy
Posted on Thursday, March 31, 2011 - 07:23 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Majority of the cost of the RS is due to its top shelf components. Those magnesium wheels, titanium valves, and other exotic bits aren't cheap. One Erik is established he will have a more civilian model that you can buy.
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Woody1911a1
Posted on Thursday, March 31, 2011 - 08:47 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

funny how half of what Court posts , he deletes ; ) most of the time i see his post and click on the thread it's pooof gone . ?
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