This actually makes a good case for people to buy old blast frames and start shoving 500/650’s in there (not that I’ve done the research to see if any would fit/match)...

From what I’ve read he’s always struck me as a good engineer who couldn’t run a business.

Yeah fuck them for killing off the only interesting thing I liked about the company- Buell.

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“All-digital is the future! Anyone who has concerns over an always-online system and DRM policies that curb consumer rights is obviously an ignorant Luddite.”

The line for crow stew forms over there.

Everyone loves to hate the Buell Blast but it wasn’t as bad as people like to think. It was a simple, belt driven city bike. It was a bit ugly, I’ll admit, but for a smaller city bike it’s ok. I’ve often thought of picking one up or buying a blast engine to build a bike like Mac’s Blast-based motorcycle-

In my opinion, Buell made some amazing machines that were dragged down by the connection to H-D, and the terrible-quality parts involved in that connection. It’s almost safe to suggest that H-D deliberately sabotaged Buell from the start of that partnership. Even the Blast could have been an excellent bike if it had…

I learned a long time ago that you can’t keep a good man down. This has been the case with Buell from the gitgo. Erik has more lives than the proverbial cat. He may or may not decide to build bikes again. But whatever he does will be amazing. Mark my words. The guy is congenitally unable to do anything but quality.

After the trouble with Harley having such a huge stake in the company, even before owning it, why the hell did he let hero take such a large stake? I understand you need funding and the contractual obligations of such funding, but it doesn’t seem like he learned his lesson. While your article seems to grandeurize…

Great write-up. More people need to know and respect Erik Buell, since he’s arguably the only engineer in the game that tries to bring innovative, forward-thinking shit to the sportbike market.

I just got onto a roll about anthropomorphizing cars. by the time I finished I had gone into a whole new direction.

You know there are more than one Miata right? Besides you are thinking of my brother. He is a Prius, and his wife is a jetta. I’m more of a 944: eccentric, kinda hipstery, from the 80’s, semi athletic, easily overlooked by some, and surprisingly good at camping.

I like to think that the girl I married is like a mx-5. small, visceral, fun with her top off, and very low maintenance.

“This place was so bad they ripped off my grandparents”

“Please stop reminding me.”

I loved watching Mickey Thompson racing when I was a kid. Also played a lot of this: