BY ALAN CATHCART
PHOTOGRAPHY BY PATRICK DALY
E
xactly 20 years on after
the 1994 debut of Harley-
Davidson's short-lived
VR1000, it's once again possible
to buy and ride a series produc-
tion all-American Superbike.
Because a little more than four
years on after Harley shut down
his eponymous motorcycle com-
pany in October 2009, Erik Buell
is back in business – not that he
ever really went away (even if H-D
management continues to refuse
him the right to use his own name
on a customer motorcycle). But
until now his EBR/Erik Buell Rac-
ing company had produced just a
single model bearing its name -
the ultra-costly $39,995 limited-
edition 1190RS V-twin sportbike.
That was basically an homolo-
gation special aimed at getting
Buell back to where he wanted to
be - on the race track, competing
with in AMA Superbike racing.
But now, as a direct spinoff of
its massive growth in the past two
years (primarily as a development
partner of India's largest manu-
facturer Hero MotoCorp), EBR
has debuted a series production
version of its RS Superbike con-
tender under the 1190RX label.
It's the first of at least three new
models the company is planning
to launch in the next 12 months
sharing the same water-cooled
DOHC 72-degree V-twin engine
platform. First it will be the SX
streetfighter later this year, and
then there's an AX adventure
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The EBR 1190
RX – the first
all-American
Superbike to be
built in 20 years.
Some 3000 of
the new EBR 1190
RX will be made
in 2014 with two
more versions
based around the
V-twin due later
this year.
ALL-AMERICAN SUPERBIKE
WE TAKE THE NEWEST FROM EBR ON A SPIN AT THE JENNINGS CIRCUIT IN FLORIDA
