Harley has a portion of their website called "Freedom Ain't Quiet". It's where riders can post their thoughts about Harley and Freedom. Up until recently these nuggest of wisdom were automatically published.
Then HD announced their decision to quit building Buell motorcycles....
....and this happened.
Evidently now the word Buell and it's derivatives are marked as swear words on the site.
"Freedom Ain't Quiet" indeed.
A few more from advrider.com
VW is shopping for a motorcycle line and is considering Ducati... I wish Buell had their own facilities ;)
But on the flip side they did come out with a newly designed chrome dipstick handle for the Poserglide and Geezerglide models....attorneys for H-D are currently working on patenting the sound they make as they are retracted from the oil tank.
zoomx2
Reader
10/16/09 10:10 a.m.
John Brown wrote:
VW is shopping for a motorcycle line and is considering Ducati... I wish Buell had their own facilities ;)
They do, in East Troy, WI. Very nice facilities at that......
Vigo
New Reader
10/16/09 10:11 a.m.
this is great! I never was much a fan of buell, but im glad their fans are getting their word in about it.
Just entered in one myself. "I'm annoyed you guys gave Erik and his sportbike division the axe. I'd been planning to buy a Lightning soon. So much for racing heritage."
Gonzo_Bmod wrote:
But on the flip side they did come out with a newly designed chrome dipstick handle for the Poserglide and Geezerglide models....attorneys for H-D are currently working on patenting the sound they make as they are retracted from the oil tank.
Where can I get this dipstick handle? Do you have a part number? What models does it fit?
These are awesome. Keep 'em coming!
Dr. Hess wrote:
Gonzo_Bmod wrote:
But on the flip side they did come out with a newly designed chrome dipstick handle for the Poserglide and Geezerglide models....attorneys for H-D are currently working on patenting the sound they make as they are retracted from the oil tank.
Where can I get this dipstick handle? Do you have a part number? What models does it fit?
Umm, what you are riding... the poserglide and the geezerglide... jeez, read the post!
This one.
Does it come in "Black Chrome" also?
why'd you let that ugly dude sit on your bike?
It's the dude's bike, the Doc rides bitch
Any time I see a Buell around town now, I think of it as a collectible. A very tragic collectible.
Vigo
New Reader
10/16/09 12:28 p.m.
I usually think of them as the only bike i can win against in a street race
DrBoost
HalfDork
10/16/09 2:08 p.m.
Figures, HD would want to stifle "Freedom". So, I see the company is a bunch of posers, just like the riders.
I liked the "enjoy your Starbucks run" comment.
well, it is only freedom when it does not pertain to how HD runs their business.
has Buell sales tanked that much? Or have harley's sales gone down so much they think that Buell is hurting them?
For 99% of people, motorcycles share more in common with boats than cars. As soon as money is tight, they are currency, not transportation. I am surprised that HD's sales did not drop more over the past year; cutting Buell just seems shortsighted.
They are also ditching MV Augusta, which they bought just last year...