I hadn't heard about EBR - which I knew as Erik Buell Racing - But you're right - its on their website: https://www.erikbuellracing.com/single-post/2017/01/31/EBR-Motorcycles-Announcement Maybe its me - but - racing motorcycles have, in my lifetime, been a big thing in the US. Other countries? Yes - but not in the US. I would think then it would be an uphill battle for a US company to try and keep a company going on race bikes. Am I wrong? Please correct me! -Joey
-Joey Kelley JoeyKelley.com - My Life Online JoeyKelleyPhoto.com - Photographing Today, For Tomorrow On Tue, Feb 28, 2017 at 11:36 AM, Richard Potter <[email protected]> wrote: > EBR shut down as well > > > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto:nighthawk_lovers@ > googlegroups.com] *On Behalf Of *Joey Kelley > *Sent:* Tuesday, February 28, 2017 8:25 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* [Nighthawk Lovers] Did anyone else get the word... > > > > All, > > Not Honda related, but did anyone else hear that Polaris will be > killing off the Victory brand name? http://ride-ct.com/ > stunned-reaction-to-polaris-killing-victory/ > > It came out last month, and I for one am saddened. Any removal of a brand > from the market, no matter if you ride it or not, doesn't help motorcycling > in general. > > In retrospect, Polaris tried to buy Indian motorcycle once before - > and on their second attempt, they managed to buy it. If you owned a brand > that had history in motorcycling since 1901 - would you keep your own brand > that you spontaneously started less than 20 years ago? > > I'm not sure I would. I'd take everything I learned from that > brand, all the talented people I'd hired and roll them into an effort to > make that historic brand name the best line of motorcycles it could be. > > Simple fact - in 2017, in the United States, the people that can > afford to buy a new motorcycle at a cost of $20,000 plus are going to buy > what they like and if they want something other than a Harley, but want an > American Made bike, Indian has a lot more nostalgia and history than > Victory. I suspect that was part of the decision. > > Thoughts? > > -Joey > > > > > -Joey Kelley > JoeyKelley.com - My Life Online > JoeyKelleyPhoto.com - Photographing Today, For Tomorrow > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > ------------------------------ > > THIS MESSAGE IS INTENDED ONLY FOR THE USE OF THE INDIVIDUAL OR ENTITY TO > WHICH IT IS ADDRESSED AND MAY CONTAIN INFORMATION THAT IS PRIVILEGED, > CONFIDENTIAL, AND EXEMPT FROM DISCLOSURE UNDER APPLICABLE LAWS. If the > reader of this message is not the intended recipient, or the employee or > agent responsible for delivering the message to the intended recipient, you > are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, forwarding, or > copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received > this communication in error, please notify the sender immediately by e-mail > or telephone, and delete the original message immediately. Thank you. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
