Buell Motorcycle Company

The Buell Motorcycle Company is an American motorcycle manufacturer based in East Troy, Wisconsin and founded by Harley-Davidson engineer Erik Buell. Since 1998 it has been a wholly-owned subsidiary of Harley. The company is the only significant manufacturer of "sport motorcycles" in the United States.

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America - Motorcycle - East Troy, Wisconsin - Harley-Davidson - Erik Buell - 1998

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Buell motorcycles were first built in 1993 by a partnership between Harley-Davidson and Buell. Mr. Buell started with a stock Harley-Davidson "Sportster" engine, then highly modified it and bolted it to a frame of his own design. Buells typically employ radical frame designs and unconventional suspension systems that, along with the relatively (for Harley) high output Sportster engine, culminate in a nimble and atypical, however less powerful and somewhat more expensive alternative to the Japanese sport bikes.

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