I know all you Buell fans out there have been totally bummed out since the motorcycle company had the plug pulled on them last year. And if you’re a fan of the 1125R, there could be a light at the end of the tunnel for you. Magpul, a firearms accessory manufacturer (oh sorry, they consider themselves “…a design and manufacturing house, not just a gun company”) created a prototype based off of the Buell called the Magpul Ronin.
Magpul Ronin
The prototype was introduced at the SHOT show in Vegas earlier this year. According to their website: “the model 1125R was selected due to its high level of performance and aesthetic potential that were never fully realized by Buell as a subsidiary of Harley Davidson.” Basically they redesigned the outer shell (it looks pretty futuristic, eh?), tinkered with the mechanics a little and lightened the load by 50 lbs.
Currently it is not available for purchase. But one day it very well could be…
If you’d like to learn a lot more about the Magpul Ronin, Hell for Leather magazine wrote an incredibly detailed article about this bike.