Buell

The first Buell motorcycle, the RW750, was built in 1983 purely for competing in the AMA Formula 1 motorcycle road racing championship. At that time, Erik Buell was a top contending privateer motorcycle racer. Buell then turned his focus towards racing-inspired, street-going machines using engines manufactured by Harley. In 1993, Harley-Davidson joined in partnership with Buell Motor Company as a 49% stakeholding minority partner and the company formed was renamed "Buell Motorcycle Company". In 1998, Harley purchased majority control of Buell. On October 15, 2009, Harley-Davidson announced the discontinuation of the Buell product line. The last motorcycle was produced on October 30, bringing the number manufactured to 136,923. This sound uses the following sound file from Freesound (http://www.freesound.org): Buell99_1.wav by bdhammer