Posted on 07/18/2017 5:05:15 PM PDT by Macoozie
Harley-Davidson cuts shipments forecast; shares skid
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I thought this story was going to be about that canned gun bacon that has a shelf life of like a million years and everybody says tastes good but is kind of expensive.
But, no.
It’s about motorcycles.
Good luck HD.
The new generation is looking forward to autonomous transport, sadly.
A stick shift is too much to master, let alone foot driven shifting.
So do the Honda Gold Wings and many other touring bikes, along with Motoguzzis, BMWs and others. My cousins own the Italian dealerships in Des Moines and they’ve seen no sign of problems.
Younger US buyers are looking for a rice rocket.
Harilies are no longer cool and they’re not great bikes.
>>Harley Davidson, technologically inferior, even to a 30 yr old Jap Bike like this Yamaha RZ500, I have 2 of them <<
Or, as Harley owners call them — ashtrays.
I thought somebody got 5 years in jail for dropping bacon in front of a mosque.
I don’t care where you do it, but ruining good bacon should get you ten years in the pokey.
Bacon.....mmmmmmmm
Last time I ended up inadvertently with a crowd attending a motorcycle rally, I really brought the average age in the area down. And I was almost 60 at the time.
Motorcycle riding seems to be an old man’s sport.
I would have a Harley Davidson motorcycle but for the fact that I’m still picking gravel out of my arms from that wreck I had riding a motorcycle 40 years ago.
People fear me when they see me on a bike!
They’re afraid I’ll ruin their shocks if they run over me after I crash.
Did I meet you at a bar about 30 years ago?
I think your biker name was “Speed Bump”....
Somewhat. The older guys can afford the expensive ones while the younger guys are still raising families. Things are changing though. Millennials want to spend their free time in front of a screen with an X-Box playing virtual games rather that getting out there in the wind and feel the freedom only a motorcycle can give.
Maybe when electric bikes are both affordable and common; that will start to change. Electric bikes will require almost no maintenance; just tire changes and drive belt adjustments once in a great while.
That’s my friend Leroy.
My biker name was “Old Road Rash”.
Went cross country back in the early 80's on a Yamaha 750. Passed lots of Harley riders on the side of the road turning a wrench. Changed my plugs and oil in SanFran and kept on rinding.
I love that Harley has kept American bikes in the game, but I'll always love my Yamahas.
My experience with the local BMW/Aprilia dealer has been positive. The husband/wife owners deal with the customers themselves and are much more customer oriented than any Harley/Japanese dealership I've been in. I think the individual dealers can make a big difference in sales of motorcycles.
I know what you mean. I worked with an aa who was a strict vegetarian. She loved the smell of bacon.
There are still plenty of young road racers out there. Some of them are quick as hell and know how to get thru a turn. None of them are sitting on Harleys though.
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