| Author | Message | ||
     Rex |
wonder where the new buell will be manufactured? the current plant is up to 50 bikes a day now.... the old buell garage site? kansas city? a new building in east troy? I would think they will need to make a ton of these a day to take care of the demand. not only in the usa, but in europe? thanks rex | ||
| Rex |
 the new buell. something to discuss at ASBN in the new couple of months. who will be the first one in california to have one? rex | ||
| 72ssabody |
East Troy. 50 bikes per shift is nothing for an assembly line. They're no where near capacity on that assembly line. | ||
| Ducxl |
WOW,the frame is now made in USA!! You all know what that means to me! | ||
| Unibear12r |
I'm wondering if the frame is made by the same people who make the fairing bracket for the XB12R? | ||
| Rex |
that is cool. the folks in that plant have a lot of pride. It would be good knowing that they are behind this one too....rex | ||
| Interex2050 |
I will make an effort to be the first in CA! | ||
| Paintballtommy |
i hope to god its not true that we are gonna have to wait till late this year. i might loose it... such a gorgeous bike although the scoops for the radiator on each side look kinda awkward fromt he side. other than that perfection. | ||
| Al_lighton |
I've had one on order, sight unseen, for months, because it didn't really matter what it was, I need one for the biz. I won't have the first one, but I should have an early one in any case. I do, however, have the California plate 1125R  . It will go well with the CA plates XB9S and XB12X that I already have on the other two shop bikes. | ||
| Tommy_2stroke |
Al, you sneaky devil. Just how long have you had that plate on reserve? Hmmm? | ||
| Court |
The frames are made in Illinois, USA. The East Troy facility is preparing to undergo a major upgrade. | ||
| Gentleman_jon |
The East Troy facility is preparing to undergo a major upgrade. they better get cracking....... at $11,999.00 I don't imagine they will be able to make them fast enough. | ||
| Ebear |
Al.....you signed that agreement..........now you know you can't answer that.........Oh yeah....I got ..........MY 1125R......... (for Rotax , dontcha know!!!) | ||
| Kuuud |
During the Homecoming tour, it was pretty obvious when you saw one end of the building as mostly empty. When an employee was asked about it they said something about 'big plans' for that part of the building, but nothing else. | ||
| Asym50 |
Guess we'll be writing you ALOT Al. Should have known you'ld be in front of the line.  | ||
| Al_lighton |
I didn't have any info anyone else didn't have, just fast fingers and a strong desire to have that plate. I heard plenty of rumors, probably more than most. Some of the rumors I'd heard were true, some weren't. I didn't have any inside info on what the bike was going to be, and preferred it that way. Because if I knew, then it wouldn't be like Christmas morning today, and I wouldn't be able to play the speculation games with everyone. I learned when I was 10 not to peek at the Christmas presents hidden in the parents closet. Fact is, this really isn't a bike that I would be strongly compelled to buy if I didn't run American Sport Bike. I'm not a racer, I don't really need to go faster than my Uly will take me, and I LIKE the air cooled lump, especially with the new improvements that they've added. I left water cooled rice rockets years ago to go to the tuber Buells because I really liked the mix of simplicity and performance. That said, I do like this new bike. I'm a twin kinda guy, and a big Buell fan, and I like the technology that has gone into the beast. I'll be happy to take it out on weekend jaunts to the hills and maybe the occasional track day. But I suspect the Uly and my old trusty S1W will call me out for a date more often than the 1125R will. Sure is nice to HAVE to buy one of these, for purely business purposes, of course. Buell is leaving a lot less low hanging fruit for product improvement purposes these days, that's for sure. You can bet I'm studying these pictures mighty hard. Al | ||
| Unibear12r |
Well (please) start thinking about a cheese grater remover/license plate relocator Al!!!!! It looked bad enough on the Lightning but it looks horrible on an R bike! | ||
| Curtyd |
From the looks of the exposed oil lines to the oil cooler on the left side, engine guards might be on the top of the list. POD guards, too, somehow. Looks like the passenger pegs mounts are the slightly widest point of the bike, might be a place to start protection from tipovers or worse. | ||
| Wolfridgerider |
When I was at Homecoming we went out back to BS with the people cooking the burgers and dogs. There was a bunch of bikes in crates out back ready to ship........ some of those crates said 1125R. Who is getting those bikes? | ||
| Court |
Not sure where the "Made in America" thread went but I was looking at the Jensen Alnico Blue 12" speakers in my amplifier last night . . . arguably some of the best in the world. Guess where they are made?
Outsourcing . . . .works well for everyone. | ||
| Bobup |
Al ya' missed the one I have XB9SX hee hee c'ya at ASBN just ordered WKD1125 (WICKED)!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (Message edited by bobup on August 02, 2007) | ||
| Cyclonedon |
interesting tread here because someone posted something about 50 bikes a day on a shift. I like to know actually how many motorcycles are produced everyday at the plant in East Troy, because if my memory serves me correctly, at the 2006 Homecoming open house, I thought they had a sign on the wall showing what their plan was for the day and the actual count on motorcycles made that day. I thought the count was around 76 completed and I went through there around two in the afternoon so there would have been more made that day after I saw that count. Maybe someone knows the exact figure. Inquiry minds want to know! | ||
| Court |
50-100 would provide the proper order of magnitude. Growth is possible and likely. I recall when "1 a week" was the dream of dreams. | ||
| Mikej |
The 2008 Homecoming should be interesting on many levels.  | ||
| Davegess |
I remember the time we did 104. Of course that took and entire YEAR to accomplish. It is very hard for me to grasp 100 a day. | ||
| Hclem3 |
The frames are made in Illinois, USA. Hey Court, Where in Illinois are the frames made? | ||
| Reepicheep |
Bobup... behave well when you are in Ohio... That's my plate as well | ||
| Court |
>>>Where in Illinois are the frames made? I'm looking . . I'm looking. I had it here somewhere but there are actually a couple firms involved. One firm like does the casting and another the forming and finishing . . . . or something along those lines. We'll be getting more details and I'm thinking one of them may actually be in Wisconsin. If I find it, I'll post the info. |
