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but I also know that HD did precious little to help Buell out, as evidenced by the support available from the dealers (and the general lack thereof). HD buried Buell, and never thought of them as anything other than a red-headed stepchild.




I'm with Jaeger on this one. I read a lot of complaints about this (on another forum) from owners of the Ulyses model. The HD dealer down the road from me has the same attitude.
It is a shame, the only American company that had some notable innovation and didn't try to get a chunk of the cruiser market. I actually loved their latest Rotax-engined sportbike (especially in white.)
What makes me curious is why they didn't offer up the breand for sale.
Surely an independent dealer network (worldwide) would have supported the brand much better.
What a waste!

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