Buell 2025 RSD Super Cruiser preview.

Reply Subscribe

Thread Tools

Search this Thread

Sep 9, 2024 | 01:43 PM

#31

stratplexi

Grand HDF Member

Joined: May 2006

Posts: 3,636

Likes: 1,207

From: Ohio

I doubt this bike actually happens. We will see if any here who put their $50 down are going to put their $2K down. I don’t think so….lot of talk but lets see there is anything to back it up.

Sep 13, 2024 | 04:50 PM

#32

Tommy C

Seasoned HDF Member

Joined: Oct 2015

Posts: 13,462

Likes: 34,516

From: Pine Flat Dam/South Bay Area, CA

It would have been nice if this new Buell company kept the design of the supercruiser closer to the original FXR, so accessories like seats and saddlebags could be used. The FXR chrome fender struts and FXR side covers would have been a nice touch as well.

Sep 18, 2024 | 04:40 PM

#33

Hannibal Smith

Road Captain

Joined: Jan 2013

Posts: 546

Likes: 606

From: Out West

For what they are asking (23-25K) it is a bargain. Even if they spec it "lower" than initially thought. Go bust out a calculator, sit next to your bike in the garage, and starting from the front tire ($150) start adding up everything. Even the small fasteners are 10 cents apiece at volume. The raw casting of a small engine side cover is $7 for example, and that does not include initial mold cost,($150,000) machining, and finishing.

It sounds expensive, and 25K is.................but they are not ripping you off, believe me.

Last edited by Hannibal Smith; Sep 18, 2024 at 04:47 PM.

Sep 20, 2024 | 05:21 AM

#34

Stretchman

Thread Starter

Stellar HDF Member

Joined: Feb 2006

Posts: 2,506

Likes: 416

From: South Florida

Quote:

Originally Posted by tngarren

More details. MSRP $25,900, 175HP, No SC Project exhaust, no Ohlins, available Fall 2025. I was excited when I saw the prototype at Daytona in '23. I'm losing some enthusiasm as I see the production bike evolve. I'll take the FXLRS with a performance cam. I'm giving up 50HP but getting H-D style, sound, feel, and saving a few bucks. Nonetheless, I'm glad the Super Cruiser is happening.

Buell Unveils Pricing and Availability for Super Cruiser (youtube.com)

It's not only the 1175 HP, but tthat, coupled with the weight reduction, is going to be amazing. Back in the day, the EBR was pitted against a KTM Super Duke, which only slightly edged it out for Bike of the Year. OF course, that was 10 years ago. I don't lnow if the peak numbers are actually useable, though, so we'll have to wait and see.

The Dyno chart tells a story here.

All of that being said, we'll have to wait and see how much of that power is actually streetable. I'm sure it's a great bike, just not certain it's 26000 great of one. I still have a thing for that KTM though, although there'll probably never be one in my garage. My sportbike days are well behind me, and when I was on one, it wore a Bar and Shield. I'd like to see how it compares the the revolution MAX. IF Harley ever gets around to making a streetfighter with that particular engine, I might get interested again. After I've paid off the one I just bought, of course.