Buell not having a modern engine is half of the true problem,the other half being that Harley was never really committed to sport bikes.the core sport bike consumer buys a sport bike for speed,period.Buell's antiquated engine design never even compared to the japanese engines.and for the record there are a couple of japanese production v-twins pushing over 130hp,the Honda rc51 comes to mind,so Buell could have developed a better engine and still stuck to v-twins.i do find it odd that Harley is basically "crying broke"but i just read"introducing the 2010 model range with 34 models,our largest range yet".i feel that they refuse to accept the facts,that for the most part motorcycles have been a fad for the last 7 or 8 years similar to the "Fast and the Furious"import cars of 10 years ago,and now the fad is over.the true "bikers" or "motorcyclists" or whatever you want to call us will still be here,whatever your brand may be,but that will require putting sales expectations back in line with what they were before the "RUB/American Chopper" craze/fad wave that ALL motorcycle companies rhode the last 5 or 6 years.
