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#1 Unread post by XB08 »

There is going to be some big news at Harley. My dealer wouldn't tell me what , but said it is big.

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The Nova V4?
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with the current economy it may not be good news

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#4 Unread post by Gummiente »

jmillheiser wrote:with the current economy it may not be good news
That is a possibility, true, but Harley isn't known for hyping bad news.
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#5 Unread post by XB08 »

Knowing how Harley is, we could see a MV 4cyl in a sportster, I know there is talkof a V-rod engine tourer. I know they were also talk of a smaller cc sportster around 500cc , maybe a blasy motor.

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Probably the new CEO taking over. Forgot his name, but he isn't from the company...
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#7 Unread post by XB08 »

There will be a dirt bike coming soon.

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#8 Unread post by High_Side »

XB08 wrote:There will be a dirt bike coming soon.
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#9 Unread post by XB08 »

The dealer thinks it is going to be a 125cc. There might be a 350cc street bike coiming too.

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#10 Unread post by Gummiente »

That would be interesting to see and long overdue. The biggest complaint I've heard about HD is that they have no entry level bikes. They sort of addressed the issue with the Buell Blast, but it would be nice to see more styles and choices offered.

Thing is, Harley tried the small bike thing back in the late 60's-early 70's with their Aermacchi partnership. The little Italian made 175, 250 and 350 were not best sellers and, like Buell, a lot of dealers were resistant to stocking them. Let's hope that attitude has changed, because Harley is missing out on a large chunk of a market share.
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