.....in the coffin for Buell owners
After years of stirling service, making absolutely the finest products for tuber owners, Spondon 440 has made the decision to cease production of all his Buell parts

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Mithered ta death.
92 MB
96 S2T
98 S1W
00 M2
01 X1
03 P3
10 CR

Thanks for the parts Andy.

Thats a shame. Maybe s influencing skills will win back his great support...

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08 Specialized Langster

Just when you think it's going quite well for the buells

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The sound of a V-twin engine braking is music to my ears!!

why's that then

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Feros Ferio

Hmmm.

Wow That’s a real shame

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Better to Burn Out Than Fade Away

In the garage -

2001 X1
KTM390 Duke
Ducati 950 Monster +
CCM Spitfire Scrambler

supply and demand within a limited dwindling market.

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Buell Ulysses XB12X 06/08

Surely he'll hang on to the programs and would be able to run off eg an engine mount in the future?

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'98 M2 Razorback, it's a keeper.

The four horsemen of the apocalypse didn't just ride into town.
I do an extremely stressful job, grant you its my own business but I have a business partner that isn't worth a soapy wank so it pretty much comes down to me to sort almost everything and the older I get the harder it gets.
Its also getting harder and harder to make a profit but somehow over the last 18 months we have managed to generate a lot of new customers and business and managed this growth on less staff, all of this has meant me doing more.

Sadly, we make nowt out of making bike bits, as a business we need to make £60 an hour and on bike parts I'd be exaggerating if I said we make £20, I am a business man and it makes no sense at all to stop someone making me £60 p/h to not even cover their wages on something else.

All this said I've always made a lot of stock over the years, Maz has a lot at the Emporium but I also have quite a bit and given that it really doesn't sell that well and it is definitely a shrinking market I would think nothing will run out for at least 12month, I'm not in the game of dropping anyone in the shit, I'm just tired of doing it, sorry.
when I retire from what I'm doing I'd be interested in making parts again because I'd be making them but I won't lie that will be ages.
I thank everyone especially Maz for the business and support over the years.

Andy

And thanks for all that you have done for the community here, Andy. The time that goes into each piece is obvious and every item is a work of art. I feel privileged to have my S1W adorned with your front engine mount, front pulley cover and especially the Pro-Series Air Cleaner Backplate.

Good luck with pushing forward with the business and try to structure things to give yourself a bit more time. I'm not one to preach on this but I hope to reach this happy spot within the next 12 months.

Steve

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Back on the road again!

Well said Steve, and good luck to Andy for the future

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If your dreams don't scare you, they are not big enough.

I get that, thanks for explaining.

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'98 M2 Razorback, it's a keeper.

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Feros Ferio

Like others have said Andy a big thanks for what you have done for us mate, fully understand where you are coming from and wish you all the best.

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2001 X1 2009 1125CR 2006 Uly X3 2010 Uly a fully Maz'd S1 and a 1991 RS1200 Westwind.