Editing Buell

'''Buell Motorcycle Company''' is an American motorcycle manufacturer based in East Troy, Wisconsin and founded by ex-[[Harley-Davidson]] engineer Erik Buell. The company first partnered with Harley-Davidson in 1993, and became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Harley by 1998.

The first Buell motorcycle, the [[Buell 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. After completion of the first two RW750 racing machines, one of which was sold to another racing team, the Formula 1 series was cancelled. Buell then turned his focus towards racing-inspired, street-going machines utilizing engines manufactured by Harley. In 1993, Harley-Davidson Incorporated 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, and it has been a subsidiary ever since. Since then, Buell has utilized modified Harley-Davidson Sportster engines to power their motorcycles.

Most Buell motorcycles use [[Four stroke|four-stroke]] air-cooled V-twin engines, originally built from [[Harley-Davidson XR1000]] engines. After these were depleted, a basic 1200 Sportster engine was used. In 1995, the engines were upgraded with Buell engineered high performance parts, and further upgraded in 1998.

[[Image:1999-Buel-M2.jpg|left|thumb|1999 Buel M2]]
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[[Image:1987-Buel-RR1000-Battletwin.jpg|left|thumb|1987 Buel RR1000 Battletwin]]
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[[Image:1989-Buel-RS1200.jpg|left|thumb|1989 Buel RS1200]]
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[[Image:1998-Buel-S1-Lightning.jpg|left|thumb|1998 Buel S1 Lightning]]
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[[Image:1995-Buel-S2.jpg|left|thumb|1995 Buel S2]]
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[[Image:2005-Buell-Blast.jpg|left|thumb|2005 Buell Blast]]
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[[Image:2001-Buell-Cyclone-M2.jpg|left|thumb|2001 Buell Cyclone M2]]
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[[Image:2002-Buell-Firebolt-XB9R.jpg|left|thumb|2002 Buell Firebolt XB9R]]
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[[Image:2004-Buell-Firebolt-XB12R.jpg|left|thumb|2004 Buell Firebolt XB12R]]
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[[Image:2001-Buell-Lightning-X1.jpg|left|thumb|2001 Buell Lightning X1]]
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[[Image:2004-Buell-Lightning-XB12S.jpg|left|thumb|2004 Buell Lightning XB12S]]
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[[Image:2003-Buell-Lightning-XB9S.jpg|left|thumb|2003 Buell Lightning XB9S]]
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[[Image:2006-Buell-Lightning-CityX-XB9S.jpg|left|thumb|2006 Buell Lightning CityX XB9S]]
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[[Image:2001-Buell-Thunderbolt-S3.jpg|left|thumb|2001 Buell Thunderbolt S3]]
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[[Image:2006-Buell-Ulysses-XB12X.jpg|left|thumb|2006 Buell Ulysses XB12X]]
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[[Image:2006-Buell-XBRR.jpg|left|thumb|2006 Buell XBRR]]
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==See Also==
*[[List of Buell motorcycles]]

[[Category:Motorcycle manufacturers]]
[[Category:American motorcycles]]