The last of the Buells

2009 saw the closure of Buell, a company characterised by quirky models like the XB9SX, 1125 Cafe Racer and 1125R. But will we miss them? Or are they gone for a reason?

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[aaronbuell]

They didn't go out of business they were shut down by Harley.

[EpiDemic117]

WHAT THE FUCK??? HARLEY SHUT DOWN THE ONLY GOOD THING IT HAD!!! Now they will make completely dated shit products. FUCK THAT.

[z71zimm]

Harley saw the writing on the wall. The future is headed towards a sport bike design. Every manafactor is there or headed there. They saw the market slipping away from the street cruser, and they didn't want to promote any bike that would take away from their bread and butter. Shame on you HD.

[TheAllAmerican2012]

Buells are better then unsafe hondas and toyotas.

[SailWINGZ]

my second xb9 is enormous fun. I owned a lot of sport-bikes including Aprilia RSV, cruisers and dual purpose bikes but the Buell is still my favorite . Harley was stupid to dump them. The evolution engine is not sophisticated but surprisingly nice in this chassis .

[hereisthankappan]

You can never go wrong with a Ducati ! Period .

[buellfuel2001]

What do you mean by Quirky? Innovation? The engine? The handling? The brakes? The frame?

Do you mean Quirky as in single sided swingarms? High reving engines? Unusable powerbands?

I don't understand?

[reneerockergirl]

I own a BUELL and initially tried to treat it like a dirt bike; however, they do not operate that way. EVEN so, this is a great bike to STAND right up on the seat, LAY DOWN on, and RIDE with ARMS WIDE OPEN!!!! I did my time on this bike and I am KEEPING my BUELL, it has many flaws and I have had better, parts are a bitch to get, but yes, I RIDE A BUELL!!!!!!!!!! It is a fun bike to play on...

[JLozdrummin]

I've watched a lot of vids from MCN and I've never seen a good weather it's always bad when they ride. Just thought to let everyone know this in case no one ever notice it :D

[hzuiel]

@phoenixme74 The funny thing is the best buells they made weren't even harley powered, the 1125r has a rotax 72 degree helicon v-twin.

[hzuiel]

@an50331 I have heard that their highest profit section is merchandising, i looked into harley brand jackets and they are 400-600 dollars. I can get a nice riding jacket with free breathing mesh and joint protection for less than 200 at s&s powersports and even cheaper online. If you got a harley helmet, harley glove, harley helmet, harley boots, harley riding pants and harley jacket You could potentially spend 2000 dollars.

[phoenixme74]

Weak! The only Harley powered bikes that didn't look like ten pounds of crap in a five pound bag. Oh well.