Buell ramping up street bike production

[tankhead]

http://www.motorcyclepowersportsnews.com/Item/104903/erik_buell_racing_expands.aspx

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[Kootenanny]

Good article.  Thanks, guys.

[Baz]

20 million? Nowadays that might buy you a nice lemonade stand.

Don't get me wrong, I love Erik's new bikes, apart from the exhaust, but geez, how fast does Ducati burn through 20 mil??? A day and a half?

Big company, little company, apple, meet orange. I get it.

I do hope he does well, the guys got passion and talent and dreams.
After the royal boning by the motor company, he deserves a break.

Just that in today's business climate, 20 mil don't get ya far.
It's bus money.

I am with you Veefer. 20 million is small potatoes when it comes to passing all the legal hurdles just to make them legal to sell. I am pretty sure H.D.s lawyers will be crawling up his butt on a daily basis regarding patent infringments etc. (I would doubt he has their blessing). I am guessing he will require the 20 million just for lawyer bills.


I wish Eric luck though.

[Roadscum]

http://www.motorcyclepowersportsnews.com/Item/104903/erik_buell_racing_expands.aspx

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Nothing new here folks, now move along, move along.

Regards Paul

[falconati]

Agree.  No dealerships announced, just an advertisement for dealers to sign up

[steve.ski]

I am pretty sure H.D.s lawyers will be crawling up his butt on a daily basis regarding patent infringments etc. (I would doubt he has their blessing). I am guessing he will require the 20 million just for lawyer bills.


I wish Eric luck though.

Quite the contrary. HD has been very helpful in letting erik run with this ball.

[Bueller]

The 1125 stator issues occurred in '09 after Buell increased the output, which in turn produced too much heat for the cooling circuit.  The result is overheating stators.  The fix never made it out due to Buell's closing.  However, the fix actually does exist through Erik Buell Racing, which replaces the stator with one with a larger cooling circuit.  The stator was not an issue in '08 and '10.  I don't know why they increased the stator output really.  The previous output seems fine to me.  Erik Buell Racing still supports 1125's with parts and upgrades.  So does H-D and internet retailer American Sportbike.

I've been through three stators on my '10 Rogue.  They are the same as the '09.  H-D said they fixed the stators and maybe they have because I've got 18,000 km out of the latest and it is still going.

The '08 stators do fail - just not at the stupid rate of the 09-10. There is almost no cooling around the stator in the Rotax motor.  Just a tine bit of oil that can't really circulate.  The holes in the Rotor in the latest EBR fix are working (anecdotally at least).   I'd acutlly see someone proposing and doing this on BadWeb before they were released but EBR, so I wonder if the idea came from that post.