Buell set up a large drawing board in the “barn ... - Whitehorse Gear
Buell set up a large drawing board in the “barn ... - Whitehorse Gear
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ike after runn<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> premier class was not an acceptable option soErik really had to buy Barton. He was conv<strong>in</strong>ced he could make <strong>the</strong>bus<strong>in</strong>ess work and sell some motorcycles. There was a market for a decently-pricedreplacement for <strong>the</strong> TZ750 <strong>in</strong> AMA rac<strong>in</strong>g. It took untilvery late <strong>in</strong> 1982 to arrange all <strong>the</strong> details and <strong>the</strong>n <strong>in</strong> early 1983 Erikwrote <strong>the</strong> check. He was <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> motorcycle bus<strong>in</strong>ess. Unfortunately, by<strong>the</strong> time <strong>the</strong> pieces all arrived, <strong>the</strong> 1983 race season was half over andvaluable development time was lost.Development of <strong>the</strong> RW 750Erik labored on cont<strong>in</strong>u<strong>in</strong>g to develop what was now be<strong>in</strong>g called <strong>the</strong>RW 750 motorcycle. Then <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> spr<strong>in</strong>g of ’84 he conv<strong>in</strong>ced Harley-Davidson to witness a test at Talladega (a track where Harley-Davidson rents countless hours of test<strong>in</strong>g time) hop<strong>in</strong>g to get <strong>the</strong>m totake <strong>the</strong> project under <strong>the</strong>ir w<strong>in</strong>g and get him <strong>the</strong> resources to competeIt usually looked like this <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> shopat <strong>the</strong> farm, where you can see onepartially assembled RW 750 andone bare frame.23
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