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I just saw their president and head ceo up and quit.
No warning, no sticking around with just a seat on the board. Nothing.
This was the guy who’s idea was to go electric.
Apparently they put a VP in there temporarily. The guy, I forget his name, did real good turning a sneaker company around before he came to HD.
Who the new guy is gonna be, they don’t know.
No warning, no sticking around with just a seat on the board. Nothing.
This was the guy who’s idea was to go electric.
Apparently they put a VP in there temporarily. The guy, I forget his name, did real good turning a sneaker company around before he came to HD.
Who the new guy is gonna be, they don’t know.
Harley's are supposed to leak oil and be really loud.
Harley needs to stick with their core product and kill more than one line of bikes.
The Shop
Cause it's fun as fuck when you have a group of loud old Evos or Shovelheads chugging up a hill it sounds like an apache helicopter hovering over top.
A love for shit that leaks oil knows no age....
The guy that split, well his last day is the end of March, that was his vision. Move on to the next big thing. Electric motorcycles and scooters.
One wonders, the new guy, what’s he gonna do?
Cut his losses like they did the 80s and do what they do best, build big vtwins? Get rid of the electric stuff
and just get back to making money?
And really, why not attack the old boomers. Lot of them have the money, with maybe 10 or 20 years left in em. If it’s there to be had, grab it.
Pit Row
When you kids wake up and wonder "where'd that pain come from" ... call me.
I believe that there have been countless times that a cager would have taken me out without knowing I was there if not for the noise.
At the same time, I’m always a little bit amused at the sport bike guys who ride at 8-9K RPM on a 40 MPH road........
I gotta tell you I bought a 2017 Road King a couple years ago with only 7k miles. It is by far my favorite bike. I like it much better than the Road Glide with the fairing. I like being able to see the road in front of me and the King is perfect for that. The 107 hauls ass! Very smooth too. I guess I’m one of the rare guys that likes 800ib bikes much more than lightweights. On the freeways/backroads you’re need the mass to avoid being blown off the road by wind gust.
Harley Davidson is good, has been good, at long haul
big cruisers. For a long time. Like any bike they had issues. Triumphs leaked. Gold wings frames rusted out underneath before the went aluminum. There are still guys putting car alternators on them. Beemers,
well I can’t think of anything about the Beemers.
The Beemers make your feet sweat.
When guys will get it into their head it’s a different animal, designed for something other than screaming, I just don’t know.
That was their link to younger riders.
They only compounded it by not integrating Alta and coming out with a tested, lightweight, fun urban commuter 2 years ago.
I guess if they wanted to keep it comparable to their upcoming EB they could have offered cast iron fairings and saddle bags.
They also love to have every OVERPRICED Harley apparel as possible and think they're one of the Hell's Angels.
And to them a Harley is the only kind of motorcycle to have. I currently own three different brands of bikes and love them all.
I noticed when I go to California that the Harley crowd seems to shrink and it's more of a different variety of bikes. I don't know what it is with Arizona and Harley's but it seems to be the majority.
I also today many different bikes. I love Harley’s and just about any other bike I’ve ever owned. The Road King and my KTM Adventure bike r a perfect 2 bike combo for a guy who just turned 60. I can’t do Moto any longer unfortunately.
I did ride over to Cooks Corner n Orange County last weekend and it was packed with the pirate crowd. It doesn’t bother me, if they enjoy it then who am I to tell them they look goofy.
Actually two of my good friends ride Harleys and I've also been on rides where I was the only Japanese bike. It's all good really as long as you're on two wheels you're okay with me.
It's the guys that make their bikes as loud as possible (especially the roached out ones) that think their rocket ships that make me LOL.....
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