Nice Harley

[fiveoboy01]

I don't have problems with Harleys/riders, except:

The bikes are overpriced for what they are. But that's a H-D issue, not the riders'. If people are willing to pay, what the hey...

A fair majority seem to have one goal: Make as much noise as possible, and wake me up in the middle of the night doing it.

[earwig]

IMO Harley has saturated their traditional market, there's no more growth potential there, and they should be reaching out to new markets.
Jonathan

harley is reaching out to new markets, thats why they bought Buell and created the VRSC bikes They are also doing tons and tons and tons of marketing toward women.

[Motofiend]

"harley is reaching out to new markets, thats why they bought Buell and created the VRSC bikes They are also doing tons and tons and tons of marketing toward women."

AND where women go Men will follow

[Bachstrad37]

"harley is reaching out to new markets, thats why they bought Buell and created the VRSC bikes They are also doing tons and tons and tons of marketing toward women."

AND where women go Men will follow

Wellllll, that's true to a certain extent. You won't find me carrying purses or wearing pink chaps anytime soon.

As far as Harleys go, they have plenty of following with their merchandising. No motorcycle manufacture even come close to touching Harley in merchandising. You have to create a repoire in order to accomplish what Harley is doing now with their merchandising sales. This alone account for 30-35% of total revenue of my friend's Harley shop here in Minnesota.

Re. Buell and the NightRod development. IMHO, HD needs to pump up the Buell nameplate. It's a sorry presentation of Buells with most Harley shops I've been to. I don't know if it's a cultural clash, but Buells are tremendously under represented at Harley shops. That VSRx tho is a piece of work. They need to go with that strategy. It really is a work of beauty. If I could just afford one, I'd be all over it.

[CentralOzzy]

I have an idea Harley will go with a touring Revo at some point.

http://www.motorbyte.com/MMM/pages/2004 ... re65_2.htm



Check this out from above LINK.

"Since the release of the V-Rod, Butch believed that there is a market for a liquid cooled touring bike from H-D. The fact that there are aftermarket companies building conversion kits for the bike seems to back that theory. His current bike is a 2001 Road Glide, so it was all too natural of a match for the guy was out to prove to the brass at Harley that it's time to expand on the liquid cooled revolution platform."

[Ninja Geoff]

I'd gladly light my dirtbike on fire for a Sportster XR1200.

Scan showed me that in my blog once, awsome bike. Could use some clip-ons though.

[CentralOzzy]

Now check out the ROAD-ROD!

http://www.cyclevisions.com/

[Ninja Geoff]

Now check out the ROAD-ROD!

http://www.cyclevisions.com/

Sorry, but that road-rod is ugly as sin. Now, a Road-King, there's a bike. And wouldn't that be a Dyna-Rod due to the fairing? I'd rather have the King over the Rod i think. Just cause it's so damn comfortable.

[diggerv]

That VSRx tho is a piece of work. They need to go with that strategy. It really is a work of beauty. If I could just afford one, I'd be all over it.

If I can get one anyone can... dealers are making pretty good deals on them.



It is a fantastic bike!

[camthepyro]

That road-rod thing is nasty. That whole front fairing crap is ugly, ugly, ugly.