Easy bet: In 2010 you are going to see lots and lots of custom bikes built on a Buell base. Several reasons for this. 1- Builders and smart individuals are rushing to take advantage of one in a lifetime bargain on the remaining 08 and 09 zero miles models 2- Buells have always been excellent bikes to start riding and building a project for a very reasonable budget.
And now, more than ever! For example if you want to build a bare bone Chopper with an American soul, Buell is the perfect donor bike for such a project. Many builders are doing it since years and carry the right parts for it. Bare Knuckle Choppers was the 1st shop not to forget to remind me that they have developed a whole array of products to assist you in converting your stock Buell into a very cool ride. Of course, they also have the expertise to complete your “it was a Buell” project. So, if you don’t have a Buell, get one. When and if you have already one, give it the complete custom treatment. The custom motorcycle landscape will look a little bit better. Bare Knuckle Choppers. 636-745-3316.
We love the Buell conversions, they are fast and fun to ride, and can be made to look as good as any other bike out there, plus blow the doors off of most of the others as well!
Steve Carr
Paul and the guys at Bareknuckle built one of my favorite custom chops of the last few years using an XB engine. ‘Helena Handbasket’ was the name and it was awesome and Paul told me it was fairly cheap to build as well.
Hey cyril. With your article on the Buell discount and this one you must have helped Harley sell quite a few Buells. Hope that Harley send you a big check! Ha, ha.
Buells turned into choppers. And I thought it could not get any more sad…
Paul & Rad build solid bikes.
It is a shame to destroy these classic bikes, but if I was going to have one, it would be a buell. I would rather build a bobber. Just save the s2 models. These are truly classics. Thanks
For those who don’t understand that NOTHING is sacred in the world of choppers, I have to say I can totally dig a stock Buell with some performance tweaking just as much as I can admire a chopped Buell like Helena Handbasket from BKC! Opposite ends of the spectrum from a great platform! Roadside
these buels are good for donor bikes for a nice redneck or custom build, for 4-5k a used busa can pull one these sporty engined buels and still PUT DOWN A hi 10’s ET ……..LOL
“these buels are good for donor bikes for a nice redneck or custom build, for 4-5k a used busa can pull one these sporty engined buels and still PUT DOWN A hi 10’s ET ……..LOL ”
Great insight Captain Obvious….aka 1550tc
Now I know all I need to know about used Busa’s and the cost of such a sweet ride and the awsome performance value they offer, never knew just how fast and cheap that bike was until now.
Thanks for this valuable information.
By the way, what is so funny about the fact that a Hyabusa will out run a Buell in the 1/4 mile, is it as funny as a Corvette ZR1 racing a Stock Mustang? Lets all laugh together because one that we all know to be faster can beat one we all know to be slower.
“Hey, my 57 Chevy with a 502 just blew away a pinto at the last stop light,…………LOL”
And it was OK to strut when the Buell bike beat a bunch of 600’s? Nuff said for tha. I think this is a great opportunity for a chopper base, as Cyril noted. You get a complete, running, donor bike-with all electronics, brakes, etc. All for what you might have paid for a motor………………SWEET!!
oh yeah, congrats on the Thunder Beach showing Great looking bike!!!
Atlas has been doing Buell conversions to our Rigid Chassis or our Softail Chassis for years. They are a great way to get someone started on a bike and make it look any style they want, with a reasonable price