Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 33. Chapters: Buell motorcycles, Harley-Davidson motorcycles, Indian Motorcycles, MTT motorcycles, Buell Motorcycle Company, Harley-Davidson Sportster, Harley-Davidson FL, Harley-Davidson VRSC, Harley-Davidson WLA, Erik Buell, Tote Gote, Harley-Davidson Super Glide, Harley-Davidson Servi-Car, Harley-Davidson Hummer, Buell Blast, Indian 841, Roadog, Indian Scout, Softail, Buell 1125R, Harley-Davidson Model 7D, MTT Turbine Superbike, Indian 101 Scout, Motus MST, Harley-Davidson Topper, Armstrong MT500, Bi-Autogo, Harley-Davidson XA, Erik Buell Racing, Harley-Davidson MT350E, Marman Twin. Excerpt: The Buell Motorcycle Company was an American motorcycle manufacturer based in East Troy, Wisconsin and founded in 1983 by ex-Harley-Davidson engineer Erik Buell. Harley-Davidson acquired 49% of Buell in 1993, and it became a wholly owned subsidiary by 2003. On November 17, 2006, Buell announced that it had produced and shipped its 100, 000th motorcycle. On October 15, 2009, Harley-Davidson announced the discontinuation of the Buell product line as part of its strategy to focus on the Harley-Davidson brand. The last motorcycle was produced on October 30, bringing the number manufactured to 136, 923. In November 2009, Buell and Harley-Davidson announced the launch of Erik Buell Racing, an independent company run by Erik Buell which will produce race-only versions of the 1125R model. The first Buell motorcycle, the 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 canceled. Buell then turned his focus towards racing-inspired, street-going machines using engines manufactured by Harley. In 1993, Harley-Davidson purchased 49% of Buell, investing $500, 000 and taking Erik Buell's house as security. Erik Buell took the deal, against strong advice from his attorney. Harley-Davidson CEO Jeffrey Bleustein had bought it as a skunkworks development. In 1998, Harley-Davidson bought a majority stake and took control of Buell, and it has been a subsidiary ever since. Since then, Buell used modified Harley-Davidson engines, primarily from the Sportster, to power its motorcycles. Buell FacilityMost Buell motorcycles use four-stroke air-cooled V-twin engines, originally built from XR1000 Sportster engines. After these were depleted, a basic 1200 Sportster engine was used. In 1995, the engines were upgraded with Buell engineered high per