Huet Brothers Collection

Ohat the Hell is going on?

Some enthusiasts keep asking us when the HB Experiences are due and when we start building a few more HB Specials. Where is the original idea and what the hell is going on? Well let us explain.

Our initial idea was to build 12 HB Specials and use them for exclusive self-drive tours around some of the most beautifull parts in Europe. Call them fly-and-drive tours, dressed to the part etc etc. To make this all happen we had to invest a large amount of money… and then came the

Credit Crunch

Yep everybody is in the credit crunch… or so it seems. For us this had large consequences. It is not too smart to start borrowing a large amount of money when the timing is completely wrong!! Although it was the right thing to do..to put the project on hold – there were some investors who really wanted to go on with the project and asked us if there was any way to get a HB Special in the garage. We hesitated about the idea of stepping off our intial idea but eventually decided to make them on order. The first order came in from Switzerland, we were over the moon untill we found out that the Swiss would not accept our Carbon bodied HB Special, saying it is too dangerous for motorcycles and pedestrians… The carbon would splinter and cause harm (or at least that’s what we got as an excuse).

Classic Rally Events

In the mean time our Classic Rally business came to a halt… also due to the credit crunch. Understandably you cannot fire 1500 people and then go rallying with your best clients and say “all is good” when the papers say otherwise. It is sociably just not the thing to do. For us that’s basically bad news and after 10 years of supplying over 250 companies events for their clients its time to say goodbye.

Change

So it is time to take serious measures and change. Please don’t feel sorry for us… we don’t. We had an excellent time and a lot of fun during those past 10 years but it’s time to move on and pursue the