{"id":8221,"date":"2009-11-02T14:19:03","date_gmt":"2009-11-02T14:19:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.influx.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=8221"},"modified":"2022-10-19T16:17:04","modified_gmt":"2022-10-19T15:17:04","slug":"buell-harley-davidson-commits-infanticide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.adrianflux.co.uk\/influx\/blog\/buell-harley-davidson-commits-infanticide\/","title":{"rendered":"Buell: Harley Davidson Commits Infanticide"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8223\" title=\"1_Buell_History_1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.adrianflux.co.uk\/influx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/1_Buell_History_1.gif\" alt=\"1_Buell_History_1\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>The message that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.harley-davidson.com\">Harley-Davidson<\/a> killed its sporting sub brand Buell broke to shocked yank bike loving global community last week. In response, Harley CFO John Olin told the press recently &#8220;We have not quantified the benefits of increased focus on [the] Harley-Davidson brand as a result of discontinuing Buell nor included any potential savings in our restructuring estimates.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Reports have been current that net income across the HD empire has fallen 71.4 percent so far in 2009 compared to the same period during\u00a0 2008, whoch was already a very quiet trading period.<\/p>\n<p>According to various sources the company plans to get themselves out of their very large financial hole by building more large-capacity tourers and cruisers, as well as offering more performance add-ons and accessories to their existing range. They also plan to shut down production of the erstwhile perennial big seller the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=3fdUhDSmU9Q\">Sportster <\/a>for the rest of 2009<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s always a tragedy when companies go under, people lose their jobs and an absence is created in the culture of quality machinery. Though they were not to everyone&#8217;s tastes, Buell certainly produced some spectacular bikes over the years <a href=\"http:\/\/www.motorbikestoday.com\/reviews\/Articles\/buell_xb12s_lightning.htm\">(our fave being the muscular XB 12-S<\/a>), and pioneered some truly innovative technology, notably fuel-in-the-frame.<\/p>\n<p>This obviously emotional statement from company founder Eric Buell says it better than any of us could hope to. 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