Erik Buell is back...

Road Racer X has an interview with the iconic Erik Buell, in which he talks about the killing of the Brand by Harley Davidson, and the path he sees from here.

"Say what you will about Erik Buell, but the guy doesn’t know the meaning of the word quit" -- Mark Gardiner

He's looking at other sponsors, other ways to build bikes free from Harley Davidson.

The issue was, they didn’t understand the sport bike industry. -- Erik Buell

What's ahead for Erik?

I’m looking to creating all-new bikes in the long run. They won’t be Buells [H-D retains the trademark—MG], but they’ll be something else.

Meanwhile, he's building track-ready bikes, and will build and install enhancements to existing Buell bikes.

"...if you’ve already got an 1125R, you can bring it to him and have it brought to race spec. That’s pretty amazing, when you think about it; it’s as if you could bring your CBR1000RR to some little shop and have it breathed on by Soichiro Honda himself."

The full story is worth the read, at roadracerx.com

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