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Coulda, shoulda, woulda? Triumph a privately owned company doesn't have to deal with the parameters of corporate governance,ie stockholders. Mr Bloor rolls the dice on his own dime, HD management doesn't. Triumph is far more progressive than HD for this reason. All one has to do is check out Triumph's line of bikes.
Both firms have to deal with banks and bondholders, but I don't believe Triumph finances bike purchases like HD. I imagine HD has taken a huge hit with the current economy on that.
My guess is that Buell MC is worth more than 125 mil selling it in pieces. I have always like Mr Buell and wish him the best.
It's interesting that all these critics of HD's decision to pull the plug on Buell don't own Buells. Will all these critics " roll the dice on their own dime", pony up and invest in the new Buell MoCo? If so Mr Buells future looks bright.



Well Mac, you made some valid points there, however do you think it's at all possible the reason all those folks who passed on purchasing a Buell were maybe just a little less than enthusiastic with them once they saw that it was powered by a relatively low-tech and somewhat dated engine, and thus might've felt them a bit too much of a compromise in design?

Yep, I have to say that I'm one of those folks who always kind of appreciated Eric Buell's innovative frame designs(his specialty), but was also always less than impressed with what was placed inside those frames of his. And that seemed to almost always be the consensus among the motorcycling press all the years Mr.Buell produced his machines with the apparent half-hearted help of H-D management, also!

(and like I said, that half-hearted "help" was during all those years H-D was makin' money hand-over-fist and could most likely afford to invest a little more capital into a little more R&D engine design, so Mr.Buell wouldn't have had to go to Austria to find a motor for his sportbikes, thus possibly keeping more jobs in America!)

Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)