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EBR closes, files for receivership

EB will be in bed with Polaris next.

Seems like Polaris would have the motivation to produce a American Sport Bike. Just need to get EB to engineer bikes that will actually appeal to some section of the market!
 
EB will be in bed with Polaris next.

Seems like Polaris would have the motivation to produce a American Sport Bike. Just need to get EB to engineer bikes that will actually appeal to some section of the market!

Nope.
Polaris has its hands full with too many promising projects.
Not worth their time....or money.
 
for what it's worth, Team Hero EBR will be racing at Assen this weekend

Team Hero is financed out of the Hero marketing budget and apparently Hero isn't ready to shut the doors

I suspect the bike they're racing will shortly be known as the Hero 1190RS :laughing
 
You have no clue as what it takes to go Racing. A few tires and a can of gas will definitely not cut it.

The Mercedes F1 team shop in England employees 800 hundred people, mostly high-tech experts. Think about how much money that is. A bike team is much smaller but at the SBK level you still have a big team and major expenses. Even Suzuki had to drop out of racing because it was costing too much. When you are a small company, racing is frivolous.
 
for what it's worth, Team Hero EBR will be racing at Assen this weekend

Team Hero is financed out of the Hero marketing budget and apparently Hero isn't ready to shut the doors

I suspect the bike they're racing will shortly be known as the Hero 1190RS :laughing

I hope they have a lot of spares.
 
Personally, it were me, I'd get tired of all my shit getting auctioned off for pennies on the dollar, every few years
 
He might prefer that to seeing a bunch of new bikes go into the crusher.
 
EB will be in bed with Polaris next.

Seems like Polaris would have the motivation to produce a American Sport Bike. Just need to get EB to engineer bikes that will actually appeal to some section of the market!

The only reasons Buell failed:

1. poor production quality consistency
2. Poor dealership experience
3. Price vs perceived value
4. Poor marketing
 
So basically everything? :laughing

Not really:laughing

With a few tweaks and some better quality control the bikes would have been fantastic. The core product was unique and great.

With better support by HD they could have moved 10 times the bikes.

Polaris knows how to push product, if Buell ends up with them you will see a very successful brand.
 
EB will be in bed with Polaris next.

Seems like Polaris would have the motivation to produce a American Sport Bike. Just need to get EB to engineer bikes that will actually appeal to some section of the market!



or..............................Arlen Ness and Eric Buell w/Vicotory-Polaris partnership?
 
LOL @ doing well on the racing circuit...


Well..... What other American manufacturer has done better in the last 50 years ....? LOL
Not picking on you. Just being real.
Mr B. gave it the best effort and engineering of anyone. Kenny Roberts tried. Others have as well.
It takes huge $$$ to get this sort of deal done these days.

good effort sir. You have my total respect for that.

So easy for the average man to make fun of it.
It takes an above average man to even come close to it.
 
The best and the worst in American racing - it's basically internet argument catnip. :laughing
 
Not really:laughing

With a few tweaks and some better quality control the bikes would have been fantastic. The core product was unique and great.

Yes to the first part, no to the latter. Buell did not build bikes the masses wanted or were willing to buy, period. The guy has failed repeatedly because a) he's elected to try to compete in a cutthroat business and b) he's never had a product capable of competing with the entrenched players. Period.
 
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