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If American blue-collar workers were the source of much of HDs market, you’d have a point.

Unfortunately, HD began pricing their bikes out of that range long ago.

Increasingly, HDs are becoming “high-end” purchases relegated to those with high discretionary income or those willing to make the sacrafice.

Neither of those groups is doing particularly well in this economy.

Maybe the cost of those “well paid manufacturing workers” has some bearing on HDs price points?

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Maybe the cost of those “well paid manufacturing workers” has some bearing on HDs price points?

It seems odd to you that a company would want its workers to be able to buy its product?

Additionally, I think it's more likely that a large part of the price is the brand itself. I would guess it's not entirely because workers there earn a decent wage.