Erik Buell Racing Announces 1190RS

[veefer800canuck]

Why do they have a screaming inline-4 at 0:08?  

[Rincewind]

Today's EBR tease c/o their Facebook.  Guess what - no pods!

[Schneegz]

From Asphalt and Rubber:

The 1190RS loaded up for the trip to Indy.



Side mounted exhaust.  That's sure to annoy the Buell faithful.

[Tyrroneous]

The main exhaust is still hidden inside the belly pan...where it belongs.  The Buell faithful are speculating that the side mounted portion is designed to help the bike clear emissions (noise and chemical).  Further, the Buell faithful are speculating that the visible portion of the exhaust is designed to be easily removed.

[Schneegz]

The main exhaust is still hidden inside the belly pan...where it belongs.  The Buell faithful are speculating that the side mounted portion is designed to help the bike clear emissions (noise and chemical).  Further, the Buell faithful are speculating that the visible portion of the exhaust is designed to be easily removed.

That makes sense.  Erik Buell also talked about adding a race exhaust and ECU, so I assume we'll get to see how it looks at the reveal at Indy.

[Bueller]

Now that would be good.  The rising Exhaust is the only part of that creature that I don't like.  Underslung is one less thing to damage in a drop.

[naustin]

@ $40,000+, There is no risk that I will ever own one of Erik's new bikes.  They are now firmly in fantasy land with Ferraris and Bimotas and 100 foot Yachts. The fact that Erik is actually building a limited number of bikes, and certain privileged rich people can actually own doesn't make me feel any better about what Harley did to Buell....   Overall, I'm only mildly interested to be honest.  I'm just posting here to see how the headlight turns out....

I wish him luck though.

[Squidbuzz]

From an interview that I saw on Facebook, he is looking to sell 100 of these.  With that he will hopefully make something for us regular folks, not to mention something that would be more Sport Touring in nature.