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Richard230

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It's a tough business - Buell goes broke
« on: April 16, 2015, 09:19:01 AM »
In today's sad news, Erik Buell Racing has declared bankruptcy, laid off 126 employees and has stopped manufacturing motorcycles:

http://www.autoblog.com/2015/04/15/erik-buell-racing-declares-bankruptcy/
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Re: It's a tough business - Buell goes broke
« Reply #1 on: April 16, 2015, 09:43:55 AM »
Reminds me of this, taken after Harley dumped Buell:

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Re: It's a tough business - Buell goes broke
« Reply #2 on: April 16, 2015, 10:00:09 AM »
Ouch!    :o
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Re: It's a tough business - Buell goes broke
« Reply #3 on: April 16, 2015, 10:03:50 AM »
Quote from: Brammofan on April 16, 2015, 09:43:55 AM
Reminds me of this, taken after Harley dumped Buell:


I hate this picture so much  :-[
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Re: It's a tough business - Buell goes broke
« Reply #4 on: April 16, 2015, 12:42:18 PM »
Reminds me, sadly, of the images of EV1's stacked up for the crusher.



FWIW, there's a discussion of the event on the Bay Area (San Francisco) Riders Forum:

http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=476484
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