Unveiled: Erik Buell’s hot new EBR1190RX
American race bike designer Erik Buell has taken the wraps off his highly anticipated new entrant into the U.S. sport bike field.
It’s the EBR1190RX, and it’s a beauty.
Cranking 185 horsepower and 102 foot-pounds of torque, and weighing in at 419 pounds, it’s also going to be a screamer.
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Unveiled Wednesday at the American International Motorcycle Expo in Orlando, Fla., Buell’s new machine is the latest in a long line of cutting-edge motorcycles from the East Troy, Wis., bike builder.
Buell went solo a couple of years back when his relationship with Harley-Davidson went south -- orphaning owners of the Harley-Davidson-powered Buell sports bikes that Harley had been selling through its wide network of dealerships.
The designer returned to racing, and began winning podiums, and retailed a much-admired street version of that racer, the limited edition 1190RS Super Bike.
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But that bike retailed at around $50,000. The EBR1190RX, though, will hit showrooms with a sticker price of $18,995.
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