Don't forget the big San Mateo International Motorcycle Show this Nov. 20-22 in San Mateo Ca.http://www.motorcycleshows.com/SanMateo

Don't forget to go to the Harley booth and ask them what they were thinking when they closed Buell. From all reports it was operating in the black which is certainly better than many companies.

Bikebandit is running a promo deal (http://www.motorcycleshows.com/bikebandit) for a free $15 gift certificate to the first 35,000 people that buy tickets online. Also, if you plan on doing a demo ride, get there really early.

From all reports it was operating in the black

I haven't seen any reports of this anywhere. The only related information was that Harley said they never release financials of smaller portions of their business like Buell. They very well could have been making money, or losing money, but nobody other than those with the actual accounting and financial numbers in house would be able to tell us for sure.

Someone on one of the Buell forums pulled some data out of a stockholders reports. Harley motor company was actually still in the black, but harley financial was way into the red and pulled the whole thing down. From what was said Buell was barely in the black but could (probably) have been turning a bigger profit if they had the full backing of the marketing department.

It's all speculation. Buell P/L was never released to the public, nor was any other P/L for anything other than Harley as a whole & Harley financial. The only folks stating that Buell was making money are Buell owners. :) The financial arm was in some real trouble, and bankruptcy of the entire enterprise wasn't such a farfetched thought.

Motorcycle Show locations and dates: http://www.motorcycleshows.com/motorcycleshows/static/staticHtml.jsp?id=359253

Dallas, TX Nov. 13-15, 2009
San Mateo, CA Nov. 20-22, 2009
Long Beach, CA Dec. 4-6, 2009
Seattle, WA Dec. 11-13, 2009
Novi, MI Jan. 1-3, 2010
Greenville, SC Jan. 8-10, 2010
Washington, DC Jan. 15-17, 2010
New York, NY Jan. 22-24, 2010
Cleveland, OH Jan. 29-31, 2010
Minneapolis, MN Feb. 5-7, 2010
Chicago, IL Feb. 19-21, 2010

Thanks for posting cities and dates :)
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Thanks for posting cities and dates :)
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You're welcome.
As previously mentioned in this thread,the Bikebandit $15 gift card promo is a great deal. Buy a ticket for $13.50 online and get a $15 gift card from Bikebandit, so you go to the show for free.