Monday, April 30, 2012

Buell Unknown


The history of the company Buell has its origins in the distant 1983, when the engineer of the company Harley-Davidson - Erik Buell ( born 02. 04. 50g. and r. Pittsburgh ), a former mechanic and kastomayzer, as well as a professional racer motoformuly -1, started in the workshop of his home in Wisconsin for the production of motorcycles racing on the basis of motor sport Harley-Davdson XR750, a model called the RW750, and by 1986 evolved into a model with the RR1000 BattleTwin . with. liter.
Until 1990, the company worked on the job and letting bikes for connoisseurs, but since 1993 the company Harley-Davidson is the owner of a controlling stake in Buell Motorcycle Co. and builds a new, ultra-modern factory in Milwaukee Buell, which reduces cost and increases quality and quantity of manufactured motorcycles. In 1994, there is 86- strong sports -tourist S2, as standard it has a luggage and travel trunks vetrovik.













1996 - Cyclone M2 model road bike in the style of Naked with a horizontal mono- shock swingarm. 1998 marked the transition of the Corporation Harley-Davidson Motor Co. That meant expanding the dealer network throughout the world and invest in the development of innovative models. In 1999, the company closes a gap in the product line release of a light -cylinder models with the Blast, 34 -horsepower engine capacity of 492 cubic inches and weighing only 163 pounds, Blast immediately fell in love with novice riders and increased the company's sales doubled. Since 2001, the company returned to their sporting ambitions and began production of the Firebolt, the only drawback is an ideal model for the Lightning, but the wrong full sport bike motor Thunder Storm... And in 2008, the 25th anniversary of the Buell 1125R model appears . with. liquid-cooled Rotax Brp from the company.
As the power unit is used all the same, time-tested air motor lubricant Thunder Storm.
In 2008, saw the light of a new model of Ulysses XB12XT, which acquired the saddle too low, slightly altered the slope of the forks, large vetrovik and a set of three removable luggage wardrobe trunks as standard. To date, the production range of Buell, supplied the European market, eight motorcycles in the three major families, street fighter - 5 models with an engine volume of 984 to 1203 cubic centimeters, enduro - 2 models with engines 1203 cubic centimeters and a sport bike with the engine ROTAX Brp. 1125 cubic centimeters, as the top priority of the company is individual approach to customers, the models within the same family have different saddle height, and the model 1125R regulated by government.