DevilStars Club Buell Italia

minchia ho appena capito cos'è successo....che bordello e che tristezza ...io ora per ripartire ad avere un v twin sotto il culo ho appena comprato una

iron ma sono comunque triste per tutto sto casino.... parere molto onestissimo eric doveva continuare a fare moto di nicchia evitando di buttarsi nel mare jap già colmo di prodotti stracollaudati e con un assistenza e prezzi molto migliori dell hd....la ducati fa lo stesso motore da anni e continua a vendere, doveva continuare anche lui su quella via e tenersi stretto la fetta di mercato che aveva.....ora come ora dovrebbe magari aiutato da ditte come ad esempio la s&s tirare fuori un bel traliccio col 1600.....e ricrearsi una fetta di mercato fatta di cacirri come tutti noi...perchè alla fine un pochino lo siamo tutti e non provate a contraddirmi!!!!!

fatto sta che sti sytronzi potrebbero anche venderla invece di chiuderla......stardi

Ti quoto in pieno...per un AD l'importante è far vedere numeri sempre crescenti e poco importa se lo faccio facendo + ricavi o tagliando costi....l'importante è che l'utile netto sia sempre maggiore dell'anno precedente. Questo sistema ha drogato i mercati e ha causato quello che è successo nel 2008......c'è anche da dire che piuttosto che mandare a puttane tutta la HD si devono fare dei sacrifici per salvare la parte che sembra "più genuina" e quindi concentrare tutto su un brand.

Lu' ... non hai idea di quanta gente 'sta per strada in USA e che viene messa dalla mattina alla sera per strada.

Posted on Friday, October 16, 2009 - 12:11 am:

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Thanks Dave . . . it's why . . . since that day I walked in the quonset hut and met you that we've made such a great team!

Okay . . . . we'll not get through everything tonight . . . but let me shed at least a little light . . . . knowing full well it'll likely create as many questions as answers. This will be rambling, I know . . but I'll try to hit on some of the questions I've gotten and share a bit of insight.

First a couple cute anecdotes to give you a flavor for why, good day or bad, I am always fascinated with the world Erik Buell tossed me into.

For starters . . . . and this, looking back, was kind of funny, but this could not have happened on a worse day for me. I was up at 0430, morning meetings in Manhattan and then off to meetings at the Nuke plant. To the 847 of you who sent e-mails from 9 countries today . . . and the 1032 Badweb posts . . . thank you for making my cell phone skating about the glass conference table the entertainment today. I've asked Erik to be more sensitive to the demands of my "day job" when he schedules the next "bad day".

Wait? . . . did I say "bad day"?

I'll tell you what I told Erik . . . . . of the 5 REALLY crappy days in Buell history . . . I'd put this one in perhaps the top 5 but nowhere near #1.

Today's announcement is, in my eyes, is one of the most amazing dawning of opportunity I've seen. Some of you may not have realized it but the Harley-Davidson dealer network has. . at times. . constrained Buell.

In fact . . . when the deal with Harley-Davidson was cut in February 1993 Harley-Davidson offered two things to Erik . . . . a motor and a dealer network. Take a guess at the two most difficult things Buell has dealt with over the years.

Selling MV Agusta made sense . . . every idiot who has ever bought it (and I personally love the bikes) wakes up the next morning sleeping next to what Claudio sold them . . . . realizes what they bought while drinking the wine the night before, pays the back taxes to the Italian government and sells it. It's a company filled with more passion than sense. I hope they live long but I'd never want to try to sort out the business model. Harley wisely canned a couple of the folks who made the deal and are now getting rid of the company.

Buell is a different story. Buell MOTORCYCLE Company . . . . . only designs and builds motorcycles. Harley-Davidson, through their subsidiary Buell Distribution Corporation, handles EVERYTHING else from dealer relations, demos, pr, marketing, media, technical service, technical publications, legal, customer service, warranty and so forth. Selling Buell to another company would entail granting unfettered access. Justifiably unwise.

So. . . where do we go from here.

I've got two answers . . . . . both that I am 100% certain of.

1) I have no idea.
2) It's going to be damned exciting.

My confidence is based on experience and a keen insight in the the way Erik's mind works.

Everybody is going to need a bit of time to sort things out. There are some housekeeping issues to be dealt with immediately. It will be welcome news to many of you that the premier "deliverable" from Erik's standpoint is the support of Buell Customers.

Buell Elves are hard at work making certain that everything that Harley-Davidson will need to support Buell Customers over the coming years is delivered complete, in the proper format and in a fashion that will allow Harley to provide the best customer support they can.

Interesting tidbits . . . . just cause I know many of you will understand and appreciate.

Erik did indeed make the announcement to the Buell employees. He would never allow anyone else to do that. Period.

There are a couple, it's what I've come to expect from Elves, AMAZING stories that have already happened of Elves, having just got the news, who are doing extraordinary things on their own to insure certain things are completed prior to the winding down.

There is another amazing story that I'm sure I shouldn't share but am going to . . . . . most of you know Erik Buell and Jon Flickinger . . . this will seem "just the way Buell operates" to you . . . other need to hear this and I'm going to make an exception to my long standing practice of not talking about families.

Today Erik's wife was at home . . . . there is a knock on the door. She opens the door to see the TV trucks and a reporter is standing there.

He tells her that he'd gone to the factory and that HD PR folks had the building secured and were not allowing interviews so he figured he'd try the house.

But as he was leaving some Buell employees came out and he got to speak to them.

The reporter when on to say that "for 20+ years I've been covering business and lots of plant closings in the Milwaukee area. As I spoke to the Buell employees today each of them talked about their dedication, how much they loved their job, the company and what an amazing company it was". The reporter told Mrs. Buell . . "please tell your husband that we were impressed, that's not what we typically hear following a plant closing announcement".

I've got to sleep but I'm going to share with you what I told Erik this morning. . . I was guessing about some things but here's what I know.

I don't know what he's going to do.

I do know him.

I know he's not going to retire. (his wife affirms that work or not . . he's leaving the house every morning )

I know he has realized only a fraction of some of his amazing ideas.

I know that each and every time, over the last 23 years I've been around him . . . . .and something like this has happened that sticking to the Buell Values has always resulted in the most amazing things happening.

I, in my PERSONAL OPINION, feel quite certain the best chapters in the history of Buell are yet to be written.

It's going to take Erik a bit to take a couple deep breaths and get his balance. I watched that video today, made it to 15 seconds and started crying. I thought back to the last time I sat in Erik's office late at night, just the two of us and he cried.

I was hurt today as I watched my friend hurt like that. I knew the pain he felt had nothing to do with him but was his personal feeling that he'd somehow let others, owners and employees down.

In closing . . . . I'd suggest that I have no ill will toward Harley-Davidson and no purpose is served with unkind words. I think the decision will be one they will come to regret. When I look, particularly after they'd led analysts to believe they would be sharing rosy information, at the results they posted today . . . any losses resulting from Buell would be immaterial, they've much bigger concerns.

I summed it up when I got home tonight and visited with my wife . . . . I told her it there were two boats in the harbor, one marked Buell and the other marked Harley-Davidson . . . . . I'd get on the Buell boat. I suspect it'll be going amazing places.

Thanks to all of you for your patience . . . that's not much but its a glimpse of what I can share.

I will say I'm excited and eager to see what the future holds for the next 174 years.

Most of all . . . and I can't speak on Erik's behalf . . . .but I can tell you that your loyalty, friendship and support is what drives and sustains him.

For those of you who would like . . . and trust me he could use a few kind words from owners (more on that later) . . . it'd be great if you could just drop him a note and tell him "I believe in you".

I have for years and I've never once regretted it.

We'll talk more. By the way . . . . I wanted to try to catch up tonight . . . but there are 1032 posts here. I've talked to folks, as Char said from 9 countries today, been inundated with e-mails and even heard from 2 investment bankers . . . so if you wrote, be patient and I'll try to help with anything I can. You guys are wonderful.

Court

P.S. - Ya gotta love the carefree Aussies at Philip Island . . . . . they are at the Moto GP laughing, drinking and having fun . . . I call "did you get the news about Buell?' . . .and the Aussies . . ."no, we didn't even know they were entered".

riporto paro paro da BWB quanto ha scritto court questa notte.

...Sinceramente... visto quello che m'è costato in ricambi, spinte, bile, guasti, moccoli, santini, gomme,benzina,assicurazioni,bollo,cerotti, ciò che unicamente mi preoccupa è trovare in futuro pezzi di ricambio.. Mi ero ripromesso di venderla, MA; passatemi il paragone, sta moto è la classica ragazza stronza e bona, ti fa impazzire per poi spezzarti il cuore per poi farti impazzire, un giorno angelo, un giorno putt@na.. Per questo.. dopo l'ennesima riparazione non la vendo più...ci rinuncio, non fa, è più forte di me, la tengo al caldo, la uso quando sono malinconico e ho bisogno di consolazione, come ho sempre fatto, è una fottuta medicina, costosa ma efficace.. ma ci affianco un'altra moto, affidabile, economica, precisa, bella e veloce.
Con le donne non lo puoi fare, con le moto si, l'amante sesso e trasgressione a piccole dosi, e la brava mogliettina affettuosa, buona madre che non disdegna la buona cucina!
Dio maledica il giorno benedetto in cui ho comprato questa merdosissima moto fantastica!!!
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