Talk:Buell Motorcycle Company

message: I have removed external links to discussion forums as they are a violation of WP:EL. -- MakeChooChooGoNow 04:47, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I would vote "no." Please see number 10 above. Forums rapidly change in value depending on the people who populate them, and don't often contain reference material that are useful to people seeking encyclopedic data. Thus criterion number 13 varies widely over time too, and unfortunately, as can be seen on many other articles, once one forum has been added, it seems to become popular for every forum operator and fan to try to promote their own favorite community discussion board over others. I'd vote to keep this kind of clutter out from the very outset. OldMan 14:35, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

text: Dave, I didn't remove your link (for once! <g>) but it does look like it was in violation of WP:EL under the section, "advertising and conflicts of interest." ("You should avoid linking to a website that you own, maintain or represent, even if the guidelines otherwise imply that it should be linked.") I see from your page that you claim copyright on the contents of that page, though, so would you consider donating some of that content to Wikipedia under the GNU Free Documentation License? There's certainly room for more detail in the history section of this article! Your contributions would be quite welcome. OldMan 17:37, 29 June 2007 (UTC)

text: Dave, I did remove your link. Not only is it WP:COI, but I don't believe (opinion here) that a site can be the "best" at anything if it is isn't complete/still under construction. Take OldMan's advice here, and enhance the article with information you feel is important. If you're just looking to promote your website, develop it to truly be the best and some other editor will include a link to it in the article as a reference. Also, while viewing the article, click the history tab at the top. This will show you all revisions to the article, and you will be able to see that I was the one who took your link out with this note "(rv to exclude COI external link. please see talk page discussion about links)" Corey Salzano 15:16, 30 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  External Links 

message: This entry reads very much like a Buell advertisement.  I believe it should be rewritten from a more neutral perspective with regards to Buell's attributes and innovations. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 76.17.242.187 (talk) 23:24, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I have added two sources to this article along with a references section. The first paragraph reads a lot better now, too. Corey Salzano (talk) 15:21, 21 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ad Copy? 

message: Wonder why no MotoGP bike adept the ultimate idea of Buell. I belive that Buell is the best race machine who never made it to the tracks. Ppl who confuse reality and psp-worlds. I still believe that the article should breath the philosophy of the motorcycle and the ambition of it. But as long Buell gets beaten by Honda and Yamaha superbikes or race bikes its only ambitions of a race machine.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.114.119.180 (talk) 03:38, 8 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Super pov 

message: Why are there no articles for each seperate model? - Adolphus79 02:22, 29 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Because nobody has started writing one.... feel free to make a start! Mathmo Talk 11:58, 1 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Models? 

message: I removed the inadequate sources tags and replaced them with a clean up tag. I've added three sources to this article today that have lots of facts that could be used to expand this article. Thanks for any help you may offer. Corey Salzano (talk) 14:34, 14 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  New sources, clean up now needed 

message: How so? If anything, being much larger than a standard one, it INCREASES the wheel's weight. The perimetral disc only makes braking more efficient by putting the braking system in the outside of the wheel where less torsion is needed to counter the wheel's force. --uKER (talk) 05:36, 18 October 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Easy, the Buell systems uses a single disc with the corresponding weight reduction that brings through having one fewer than a traditional setup i.e. less hoses, bolts and brake fluid. I updated the article to make this more clear.--Biker Biker (talk) 06:49, 18 October 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: What I heard at the time was that it was due to (a) the rim not needing to be as strong, since the forces go directly to the tire, and (b) no supporting hardware (the center part of the disc). Of course, it has other problems.. tedder (talk) 07:03, 18 October 2009 (UTC)

text: While true that the setup eliminates the need for additional brake fluid, bolts, etc., I think the main savings is in the elimination of the second disk and caliper themselves. Also, the disk does not mount directly to the tire of course; it bolts to several lugs manufactured just inside the rim. This eliminates the need for the heavier hub mount MarcoDeSade (talk) 00:38, 28 December 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Perimetral disc brake reducing unsprung weight? 

message: I made some edits today, and made me think of a Manual of Style type thing. I'm using "Buell" to refer to the company, and "Erik Buell" to refer to the person. It's against MOS to use "Erik", so "Erik Buell" seemed to make the most sense. Posting here because I hope that's a decent way to keep the article. tedder (talk) 05:37, 24 March 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Buell vs Buell 

message: This is wrong...
Quote from article 12 May 2011, "The company first partnered with Harley-Davidson in 1993,..."
In fact it was the "Buell Motor Company" that partnered with Harley Davidson in 1993 to CREATE the "Buell Motorcycle Company".
"Variations on the RR 1000 Battletwin include the RR 1200 Battletwin (1988–1990), the RS 1200 Westwind (1989), the RS 1200/5 Westwind (1990–1992) and the RSS 1200 Westwind (1991."
RS1200 Westwind was built in 1989 (production 7) and 1990 (production 95) not only 1989.
RS1200/5 Started in 1991 (could not be 1990 as Harley had not made the 5 speed engine yet) and the last three were made in 1993.
"...and the RSS 1200 Westwind (1991)."
The RSS model was not announced until September 1 1992.
These are serious mistakes.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Agusta74 (talk • contribs) 02:42, 12 May 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: It looks like you have interesting information to add and a reliable source to back you up.  Now you need to combine these two elements if you want to make valid edits to the article.  Read Wikipedia:Citing sources and reference the book appropriately.  Also, please try to keep the formatting of your edits consistent with the current formatting of the article.  Note that I am not an expert on this subject matter, so if the source you suggested provides information that is countered by other reliable sources, then your source will probably be deemed unreliable and your edits could be reverted.  Ebikeguy (talk) 13:52, 12 May 2011 (UTC)

text: There is absolutely no need to have two articles - just expand this one. The history of Buell back into the early eighties is briefly covered in this article, and with your help it could be greatly expanded - with proper reliable sources of course. --Biker Biker (talk) 20:33, 14 May 2011 (UTC)
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