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View Poll Results: is a buell a harley
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definately yes
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definately not
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mostly
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who cares they are fun to ride regardles
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31st July 2008
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Flat Track Champion
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Join Date: May 2008
Location: southern indiana
Posts: 619 Sportster/Buell Model: xl1200c Sportster/Buell Year: 2001 Sportster/Buell Model #2: xlch900 sportster Sportster/Buell Year #2: 1966
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is a buell a harley
ok guys my first poll i was speaking with a friend who says a buell is not a harley i say they have the heart lung liver and kidneys of a harley and are sold in harley dealerships therefore its a harley so let us know what you think
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31st July 2008
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Custom Bike Builder
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Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Ingersoll Ontario
Posts: 2,208 Sportster/Buell Model: gone Sportster/Buell Year: 05
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It's like asking if a Chevy is a GM.
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31st July 2008
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Master Custom Bike Builder
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Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: northern IN.
Posts: 3,336 Sportster/Buell Model: 1200R 90+HP Sportster/Buell Year: 2004 Sportster/Buell Model #2: 2276cc VW sandrail Sportster/Buell Year #2: 1976
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So is a custom chop a harley if it has a harley drivetrain? If they can be a harley and American Iron considers them to be then so is a Buell.
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31st July 2008
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Greasemonkey
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Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: San Diego
Posts: 120 Sportster/Buell Model: 883 Sportster/Buell Year: 2003
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What about the Buell that uses the Rotax Motor? Other than the fact that Harley is the majority owner of Buell, there's very little about that bike that has anything to do with Harley.
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31st July 2008
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Master Mechanic
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Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: North Las Vegas
Posts: 281 Sportster/Buell Model: 1200R Sportster/Buell Year: 2008
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Mostly because ....
If you are born from within a company you are inspired by it's spirit ...
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31st July 2008
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Master Mechanic
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Join Date: Oct 2006
Posts: 293
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Is a Saturn a GM?
I say No
Buell may have been spawned from H/D but it is on it's own.
If you take a H/D frame and seat and put an SS power plant into it is it a H/D?
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1st August 2008
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Flat Track Champion
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Join Date: May 2008
Location: southern indiana
Posts: 619 Sportster/Buell Model: xl1200c Sportster/Buell Year: 2001 Sportster/Buell Model #2: xlch900 sportster Sportster/Buell Year #2: 1966
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excellent points being made all around thanx guys
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1st August 2008
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Bike Builder
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Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: ORANGE COUNTY
Posts: 1,883 Sportster/Buell Model: XL 50
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The technical answer is look at the legal registration. That always gives the truth, not opinions. Just like American IronHorse, Big Bear Choppers, Big Dog, Titan, etc. are also not Harleys.
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1st August 2008
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Senior Chief Harley Engineer
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Join Date: Apr 2007
Posts: 1,020 Sportster/Buell Model: 1200 conversion Sportster/Buell Year: 1997 Sportster/Buell Model #2: FLH Sportster/Buell Year #2: 1971 Other Motorcycle Model: FLHTC Other Motorcycle Year: 2004
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Quote:
Originally Posted by GWHuntter
If you take a H/D frame and seat and put an SS power plant into it is it a H/D?
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Some will say no... Some will say yes...You can title it as one since the title goes to the frame (go to DMV and change the engine #)..... but I know one thing.... it will run alot better..... |
1st August 2008
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Senior Chief Master Mechanic 2nd Class
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Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Illinois - Home of the White Tailed Deer.
Posts: 1,575 Sportster/Buell Model: Custom 1200 Sportster/Buell Year: 2004
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A Buell motorcycle is not a Harley! It is a Buell, manufactured by the Buell Motorcycle Company!
The Buell Motorcycle Company is an American motorcycle manufacturer based in East Troy, Wisconsin and founded by ex-Harley-Davidson engineer Erik Buell.
The company first partnered with Harley-Davidson in 1993, and became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Harley by 1998.
Harley-Davidson having majority control, Buell has been a subsidiary ever since. Buell has utilized modified Harley-Davidson Sportster engines to power their motorcycles.
Other than utilizing modified Sportster engines, Buell motorcycles have little else in common with Harley technology. In fact, it's construction is higher technology.
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