| Author | Message | ||
     Timn |
Does anyone have the part number for these. They look like brushed Aluminum with charcoal accents. as seen on ebay. I have an 08 uly and would like the "american motorcycles" part of the decal as well. Thanks Mike  | ||
| Svh |
I would also like to add the AMERICAN MOTORCYCLES to mine which has this same brushed look. | ||
| Froggy |
As far as I know, the American motorcycles part is not available separate, you need to order the whole decal. M0725.1AK GRAPHIC, AIRBOX, FRONT Retail Price:$17.55 Need two of those. | ||
| Timn |
Thanks Frank. How do you seem to know all these part #'s so quickly? Mike | ||
| Froggy |
Sad part is I got a chunk of the parts book memorized. I then look it up online to confirm and get the prices. M0725 is the code for airbox decal, and .1AK is 06 uly, .2AK is 07 Uly, .3AK for 08 decals, and .4AK for the 09.  .1AM is 08 1125R, .2AM is 09 1125R. I should make up a nice spreadsheet for they codes. | ||
| Groundpounder |
I too, like the "American Motorcycles" decal below the Buell decal and wanted to add it to my '08 XB12XT as well. Was it dropped/deleted from the entire line of Buell bikes, and if so, I wonder why? | ||
| Wolfridgerider |
The Buell name needed/needs to stand on it own...... For the same reason you don't see.... ..................HONDA.................. JAPANESE MOTORCYCLES | ||
| Ulynut |
Sad part is I got a chunk of the parts book memorized. I need to look up my own phone number.  | ||
| Svh |
The Buell name needed/needs to stand on it own...... I guess but it didn't say "by Harley-Davidson". I would think being an American Motorcycle, or at least American assembled, would be something you would like to advertise. Maybe the % of parts are no longer American produced and that is why they dropped that. Doesn't matter I want them on mine | ||
| Ft_bstrd |
Froggy I need to find you a girl friend. No red blooded male of breeding as such as yourself needs that much time to themselves that they can memorize part numbers. Ain't natural. | ||
| Fastmag |
I think Svh is going down the right right road. % of parts made in America. They had picture a year or so back that kinda showed where they all came from. | ||
| Ft_bstrd |
This issue has been hammered to death. The percentage of parts sourced previous to the removal of American Motorcycles was the same as after the removal. It was a marketing decision. It didn't negatively impact US sales, but it probably made the bike more globally attractive. Nothing nefarious, just marketing. | ||
| 4cammer |
I replaced my OEM tank rubber stickers with OEM S2 tank decals for just this reason. I wanted "American Motorcycles" on my bike as I am proud as hell my girl came out of Wisconsin. I also added a new OEM 2003 timer cover that says Made In USA for just the same reason. Honda does not need to say Japanese motorcycles as everyone knows where they originate. I love when people stop and say to me 'THAT is made HERE?"! | ||
| Ejc |
F-b is correct. I think Erik himself said something to that effect in a past Fuell issue. BTW most of the uninitiated folks I come across guess that the bike is German,(morons). It even says "Made in America" on it. Froggy, your new nickname is Rain Man. | ||
| Cyclonedon |
my motorcycle will ALWAYS have a "Made In America" sticker on it!!! Because I'm proud that it's an American motorcycle! I have never owned, nor will I ever own a Honda! I rode Suzuki's and Kawasaki's when I was younger, but I have grown up now. No more foreign motorcycles. I've never owned a foreign automobile either and never will! | ||
| Hangetsu |
I believe the picture Fastmag was referring to was published in Cycle World magazine with the first review of the 06 Uly. it was a side view of the Uly with arrows pointing to each part and a flag showing it's country of manufacture. About the only [part on the Uly that is "American" is the engine. Nearly every other major part is sourced from another country. | ||
| Hangetsu |
The sign should say: Buell - International Motorcycles. | ||
| Arcticktm |
All complex products (vehicles) are international, and have been for quite a while now. Even the engine is only assembled in USA. The parts come from all over. We make turbos at our company, and they go all over the world into US, German, Japanese and other engines, that are built all over the world. It's just the way it is in the world now. The design and engineering of the vehicle is US, but you are still going to look around the world to find the best parts and best prices that you can. I like the Made in America part of my Buell, but am under no illusions that all the parts were made in the US. My old Dodge was assembled in Mexico, after all, and my current truck was assembled in Canada. I would not have been able to justify a $20K+ Buell, if they had decided to insist on finding someone in the US to make every single part. Not every specialty exists in every country, even the US. Of course, I also have German and Austrian bikes, and even used to (gasp) own Japanese bikes, so maybe I am an international biker. I am still an American motorcyclist, no matter what brand of bike I happen to be riding. | ||
| Dr_greg |
Hey, just buy an '06! Still the best. MHO, of course. Oops, I forgot. This one is still available...  --Doc | ||
| Red_chili |
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| Timn |
DON'T SAY LIKE THAT!!!!! | ||
| Ft_bstrd |
The sign should say: Buell - International Motorcycles. So Toyota cars built in Kentucky should be called American Cars? | ||
| Jammin_joules |
At least it never had Buell-AMF | ||
| Johnboy777 |
""So Toyota cars built in Kentucky should be called American Cars?"" A Honda Accord, built in southern Ohio, has more American content than my Pontiac G6. Amazing. . | ||
| Froggy |
The Honda Accord had 95% of its R&D done in Japan. | ||
| Ft_bstrd |
Know what auto marque has the largest domestically sourced parts content? Isuzu | ||
| Johnnylunchbox |
Kind of makes me respect my Isuzu a little more...  | ||
| Ft_bstrd |
The Honda Accord had 95% of its R&D done in Japan. Given the end result, maybe we should too. | ||
| Gsilvernale |
R&D jobs are not as many as Assembly/Manufacturing jobs. It should also be noted that a lot of the American Automakers and suppliers are shipping "Engineering" work to India and other locations. So its not just parts that are being outsourced. | ||
| Hooper |
I LOVE these decals, and when I buy my next Buell (CR?), I'll insist on the same ones. Reason 1: because non-H-D American motorcycles are rare enough as they are, and I'm with 4cam...I LOVE the reaction the logo gets. "Booo-ell? How do you pronounce that? Is that some sort of dirt bike? I've never heard of that!" LOVE THIS BIKE! BUELL - AMERICAN MOTORCYCLES. (it almost sounds like it's theMOST American motorcycle!) The logo looks like it has a bold UNDERLINE under the "Buell". 4cam is right. In my opinion, the reason a logo is on our bikes is to advertise, and to announce to others what we're riding. Or we're unwilling to remove them because it might reduce the resale value. We add logos and remove logos for opposite reasons...I'm thinking of taking the really cool H-D logo off my Street Bob. Although I LOVE the bike, I think I'd love it more if it was anonymous...just black metal and brushed chrome and a dude blasting around town, making people guess. People make assumptions when they see a logo. Yeah, I don't like to be instantly associated with the H-D "thing" when people see what I ride up on, or when I'm sitting at a bar and some dude looks at my helmet and asks what I'm riding. Frankly, I love when people ask, "What kind of bike is that?!?!" I'm just plain proud to help the Buell brand - it needs as much help to promote it as we can give, no? Buell's proclaiming that it is an "American Motorcycle" is like planting a flag, and there really aren't many other international brands that could get away with that. "Ducati: Italian Motorcycles". Yeah, duh. "BMW: German Motorcycles". Yeah, duh. "Triumph: British Motorcycles". Yeah, more or less duh. "Yamaha..." I would say that planting the "brand name" of "American" on a quintessentially American product such as a gnarly-looking motorcycle, a rock band, a truck, a burger, a jazz musician, a lonely highway, a transformative national leader, an action movie, or Stephen Colbert is one of the BEST things you can do for an international brand. I LOVE it. Having a Buell sets me apart. Having an American motorcycle called "BUELL" sets me apart even further, and I really value that. I love this bike! Heck, there's a lot of love going around the DC area these days!  (Message edited by hooper on January 23, 2009) |
