Buell, Roland Sands Super Cruiser Concept
T
he first rolling concept of
the reborn Buell Motorcycle
company was unveiled to the
media in Long Beach on Friday,
February 10, with the unveiling of
the new Super Cruiser.
Designed by renowned cus
-
tom bike creator and racer,
Roland Sands, the Super Cruiser
is a mix of custom bike cruiser
design and superbike power by
taking the company's 180hp,
1190cc water-cooled V-twin and
mashing it into a street trellis
cruiser chassis with a claimed
wet weight of 450 pounds.
"Building a cruiser was some
-
thing we always contemplated,"
said Bill Melvin, CEO of Buell
Motorcycle Co. "The market is
full of American manufactur-
ers known mostly for big, heavy
bikes—not fast, hot ones like
the famous V-twins of the '30s.
Our Buell Super Cruiser will be
the hottest bike on the market.
Period."
The Super Cruiser runs its
footpegs more rearward than
a traditional cruiser and also
utilizes the traditional Buell
perimeter-mounted front brake
disc mated to a four-piston
caliper with 17-inch wheels and
a swingarm off the 1190 Ham
-
merhead sport bike.
"Ground clearance, bar posi-
tion, comfortable seating and
foot positions are key to getting
the cruiser look with sport bike
handling," said Sands. "I've been
working on projects like this for
20-plus years, and this is the first
time we've been able to build a
performance cruiser without the
typical V-twin performance com-
promises of weight and motor
width and length," said Sands.
The Super Cruiser is still a
concept but will be production
ready by 2025 and Buell is cur-
rently taking pre-order deposits
on its website.
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Buell is back and the Super Cruiser will be production ready by 2025.
