Crap....the only american bike built to compete with rice burners...
A sad day...
Really don't know much about motorcycles do you?
What Japanese motorcycle does/did the Buell compete with? Their Rotax sourced 1130cc had to go head to head with 600cc bikes to even be competitive on the race track and that old XL engine models were pig toad slow and too fragile to even be on a race track. As for sales, Do you really think Honda, Suzuki, Yamaha & Kawasaki even knew Buell was on the planet?
The Buell is really just poor competition for BMW, Aprilia and MV Augusta (and HD owns MV.) Ducati? Not in this lifetime. No, The Buell was nothing more than a boutique brand and boutique brands just ain't gonna make it in today's market.
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The HD XR-1200 is supposed to be pretty darned good ,, comparable to a sporty Japanese "standard" motorcycle,, my HD dealer had new 2009's at $1,500 off and under market financing rates back in July.
Having ridden and worked on both Buells and "rice burners", I can tell you that Buell was NO threat to ANY import. While the frame/suspension wasn't all that bad, the XL-based engine was a boat-anchor that severely handicapped the marque. Even worse was the Blast (half the cylinders, twice as bad).
Furthermore, if you knew how many of the bits and pieces of the bikes were "imported", then that "American bike" marketing ploy wears very thin.