“You’ve got all these bad ass cars, why don’t we have cool bikes?” Well, Erik Buell is here to fix that conundrum with his EBR 1190RS. We realised we skipped the Buell “Made in America” episode three video from the EBR Nation series, so that’s above, and after the jump is a close look at the bike itself and what it’s like to ride.

Described as looking like an “exotic, high performance machine” on the aesthetic front the EBR 1190RS is up there with some of the best bikes on the market and we’d agree. The great thing about this particular motorcycle is that Erik Buell has made it specifically with racing in mind - it’s about competing and that’s the driving notion behind this bike.

Aside from the technical aspects of the bike and what it’s like to ride, Erik Buell says something very pointed in the video above and that’s about innovation in America. Rather than sitting around “waiting for someone to take care of you”, he and his team have gotten on with the job, being “pioneering” and “willing”, and have produced a great bike doing so. It’s something to be noted in our world of economic downturn and presumptions over job guarantees, and proves that innovation in the 21st century is just as important as it was 100 years ago.

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From the Prologue to the making of the EBR 1190RS, we go to another video called “Fingertips” on the new Erik Buell Racing 1190RS bike. The video series - EBR Nation - traces the creation of the new Buell bike and the man himself says he wanted to be “pioneering” and “innovative”.

Does that sound like bragging? Who cares, really, as Erik Buell is probably one who can brag about his engineering prowess. More from Geoff May in the video reveals how good the EBR 1190RS handling is and, despite the research and development that’s gone into it, just how easy it is to ride it fast.

There’s also more on its power delivery, throttle response and traction from Tony Stefanelli, although the video is not loaded with information. At this stage we’ll forgive them all the hyperbole - check it out in the video.

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There’s no doubt that the Erik Buell Racing 1190RS is a hot bike and now it looks like we’ll get a series of videos on the making of the EBR 1190RS, starting with this prologue. The new bike from the brain of Erik has made its AMA Pro Superbike racing debut, and now we get to see just exactly what goes into this impressive (and expensive) US sports bike.

The word that Erik Buell “held nothing back on this bike” (from Geoff May) reveal what the man intended to do - come back into the industry and prove exactly what he could make. Luckily for us, it’s not always true that great people have nothing to prove because that’s exactly what they like doing, and these are the kinds of creations we get.

The man himself says “I’m Erik Buell and I do motorcycles”. And we’d like to see more here in Europe, please. Nice video - we’ll be bringing you more if it proves to be a series.

Source | A&R

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Bolted-on fairing never looked so good as on the 2012 Erik Buell Racing 1190RS road bike - and it never cost as much, either. The hot new creation from reborn Erik Buell’s racing bike building outfit is going on sale in a limited run of just 100 models in the US, and the base price kicks off at a whopping $39,999 USD. That converts to about 26,650 euros and here in Europe it’s being described as more than justifiable given the engineering prowess behind this machine, and the fact it’s almost a hand-built and designed bike.

The Erik Buell Racing 1190RS superbike is truly a powerful unit with 175 hp and weighing just 176 kg, dry. The roadgoing bike has been based directly on its racing big brother, and with the team focusing on its production, 100 units will be made in the course of 2012. The components are top quality, using an Ohlins front fork, rear TTX shock and a purpose-built EBR braking system. An Erik Buell Racing 1190RS carbonfibre edition is also available (for another $4,000 US). We doubt if any of these will be hitting European roads, but we’d love to see them if they do. 1190RS full technical specs after the jump.

2012 Erik Buell Racing 1190RS

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Another motorcycle brand jumping on the teaser video band wagon (we don’t mind for the moment but how long will this go on for?) is Erik Buell Racing, who has produced this video of its first street-legal bike, the 1190RS. It’s based on the 1190RR track-only bike and should be available from February next year in the US.

The racing bike was originally based on the Buell Barracuda 2 which never made it to production before Harley-Davidson shut down Buell operations, but the new 1190RS will be equipped with a v-twin engine. We’re expecting more videos to come but so far the Americans are not happy with the marketing efforts, saying that this world class, high end bike comes across as a red-neck barn build (from HFL).

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