CHURCHILL wrote:
, if you look at Buell,s especially proper ones
errrm I know I am new to Buells but if it says buell on the Tank and was produced by Buell is it not a Buell, or is there some sort animal farm concept where all Buells are equal but some are more equal than others?
Good analogy. And of course you're right.
Ask yourself these questions:
Were late AJSs 'proper' AJSs or just rebadged Matchess?
Was the 1980's Matchless G80 a 'proper' Matchless (with its Rotax engine)?
Are the Bloor Triumphs 'proper' Triumphs?
Is the new Brough a 'proper' Brough?
etc etc etc
I think it all depends on your standpoint. If you have an oldie of any of these marques, I suppose you might well regard newer models as 'not proper', especially if there had been a subsquent break in the company's history or a complete change of direction, or directors (ie a takeover).
We Tuber owners know beyond all doubt that our bikes are 'proper', whereas the Fuellers were built down to a price at the MoCo's insistence are not
.
Perhaps EBRs are more 'proper' as they were built back under Erik Buell's direction, away from HD's bean-counters, interestingly without the Buell name on the tank?
Or maybe the only 'proper' Buells are the earliest race bikes that he built for himself, when he had no corporation pulling his strings...
Discuss.