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Bikesales Staff28 Dec 2009
NEWS

Disappointment of the year 2009

The Buell closure leads the way

You've read all the high points -- the great motorcycles, the smart men and women and the canny decisions of the corporate high-flyers. But what about the stuff-ups? The nails? The absolute shockers of the year just gone...

Mark Fattore
Motorcycle Editor

The flat and unimaginative marketing of new models by some motorcycle companies: one press release, a few ads in specialist motorcycle magazines, and one pressbike to feed a voracious media corps just doesn't cut the mustard anymore.

Feann Torr
News Editor

Buell closing its doors…

Rod Chapman
Contributor

Buell closing - and right when its model line-up was looking so good…

Ken Wootton
Contributor

Closure of Buell by H-D.

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