Does BlackRock own Harley-Davidson ? More ESG crap ?
They need to fire this CEO immediately. HD is already operating in a shrinking market and intelligent people understand that electric vehicles are not going supplant the internal combustion engine, until we change the way we produce energy and until batteries aren’t made with toxic rare earth materials.
I have an old one that I’m restoring. I guess now it will increase in value even more.
I once met Willie G. Davidson at one of the big shows they had at the Cow Palace and he told me I should hang on to the old one. So I guess I will.
I might turn it into a “post-apocalyptic” ride, with a magneto and no battery, kick-start only.
Environmental, Social and Governance is driving inflation through the roof
Thank God! I hate those damn noisy 2-wheeled monsters.
Real Men don’t make or own EVs ,LOL
Get woke.
Go broke.
I can entirely understand the appeal of an electric motorcycle for Sunday rides. Harley will sell a bunch of them. That said, he just thumbed his nose at 99% of his customers…..good grief.
Problem is and has always been the life of the batteries, as batteries begin dying as soon as they are rolled of the production lines. Gasoline or Diesel are the only way to go as way back when Thomas Edison came up with the best design on batteries, problem is size and weight.
Does it come a speaker system that plays a recording of ICE HD?
The average cost of a Harley Davidson motorcycle is $20k and would be closer to $35k if all the parts were made in the U.S. instead of China, India, Brazil, Germany, Japan, Italy, Taiwan, Mexico, and Thailand.
The average age of a motorcycle owner was 27 in 1985, 43 by 2003, and 50 by 2008. Harley Davidson's more recent attempts at attracting younger buyers haven't borne out. They might as well go electric, especially if they foresee a market of day rentals.
The dwindling number of grizzled bikers already have a surplus of used Harleys to buy. As Baby Boomers pass away, the widow is selling the house to move into a condo and has no room or need for her deceased husband's toys. Her sons don't want them either. The surplus market for old boats, old cars, and old motorcycles is expanding. All you need is a few dollars, an old barn, a buddy with a flatbed, and a decade or two for their value to go back up when the glut subsides.
To get around this Harley just need to install their Maytag electric motors into a housing that looks like a V-twin engine, and then add audio speakers blasting gas powered Harley sounds.
BlackRock is destroying everything it touches
Sell all your stock in HD
Im sure there is a stock occurng as we speak so already too late.
Yes of course you should’ve dumped all your Harley stock about 15 years ago After the whole discovery channel biker build-off phase crashed and burned
IDIOTS?
Go woke. Go broke!
Bye, bye HD.
Will the electric motor be deliberately out of balance and exhaust note electronically created to give the genuine Harley experience?
