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What future does Harley-Davidson have?
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I wonder what the future holds for Harley-Davidson.
Sales continue to decline and tariffs have further reduced profits. I blame Brexit 
https://www.cyclenews.com/2019/10/ar...al-q3-reports/
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Re: What future does Harley-Davidson have?
Sheep sales are down this year in New Zealand. Some twat will blame B*******
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Re: What future does Harley-Davidson have?
Round these parts, nobody’s bought a Harley since the summer of 2016. Oh, hang on ...
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Harley have some big issues.
Too many eggs in the one cruiser/biker gang style which as a market is shrinking. A midlife crisis for an account used to be a Harley and a tasselled jacket. Now it's a BM GS and Toureg kit.
Increased competition. Indian, Ducati Diavel, Trumpet Bobber etc.
Trump picking fights with the ROTW and getting tariffs.
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Re: What future does Harley-Davidson have?
They could go back to making 2 strokes.
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Re: What future does Harley-Davidson have?

Originally Posted by
cheb
They could go back to making 2 strokes.

Isn't that a rebadged Aermacchi?
If so, Harley sold the business to Cagiva
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Re: What future does Harley-Davidson have?
It is. They could buy the business back.
Posted tongue in cheek really, most people don't associate HD with 2T bikes.
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Re: What future does Harley-Davidson have?

Originally Posted by
cheb
It is. They could buy the business back.
Posted tongue in cheek really, most people don't associate HD with 2T bikes.
What used to be Aermacchi is now SWM
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Re: What future does Harley-Davidson have?

Originally Posted by
Supermofo
Harley have some big issues.
A midlife crisis for an accountant used to be a Harley and a tasselled jacket. Now it's a BM GS and Toureg kit.
Increased competition. Indian, Ducati Diavel, Trumpet Bobber etc.
This. The adventure "scene" has had a big impact, and lets face it, although the proper RTW crew look down on the weekend / commuter adventure bike riders, when you do go round europe with your mates, its a awful lot easier then on a Harley.
I've always thought that a Harley is something you should own at some point but now I think I'd go for a Triumph Bobber or an Indian Scout ahead of any Harley.
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Re: What future does Harley-Davidson have?
I think they were pinning a lot on their leccy bike, but it looks like that has issues now? If they resolve that and I'm sure they will and survive for a few more years, then the leccy bike might be their saviour. Harleys have always been about image, especially to non bikers, but i think the brand name is losing its appeal/coolness now. If their marketing dept could convince Obama to ride a Bagger around the US and Europe, they'd be back on track!
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They could build a bike that runs on peanut oil that would make more power than they're current offerings.
They could give it a CVT transmission to make it more rideable than their current offerings.
What they can't get round is that the majority of their existing customers don't like change.
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Re: What future does Harley-Davidson have?

Originally Posted by
Julian_Boolean
They could give it a CVT transmission to make it more rideable than their current offerings.
The gearbox on mine beats the one that was on the Triumph I had before it, not that you have to use it much as it's pretty happy to go along in any gear.
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Re: What future does Harley-Davidson have?

Originally Posted by
Julian_Boolean
They could build a bike that runs on peanut oil that would make more power than they're current offerings.
They could give it a CVT transmission to make it more rideable than their current offerings.
What they can't get round is that the majority of their existing customers don't like change.

Twas ever thus
When my model of Harley (FXR) was launched in 1983 it was a sales flop because the frame triangle looked too Japanese and the shocks were too upright- never mind that this made it probably the best handling Harley. It's only now that hey are gathering a bit of a cult following
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Re: What future does Harley-Davidson have?

Originally Posted by
mrlongbeard
The gearbox on mine beats the one that was on the Triumph I had before it, not that you have to use it much as it's pretty happy to go along in any gear.
The only Harley I've ridden (an 883) had a very agricultural gearbox, I'm trying to think of something else that bad, but I can't, maybe a GPZ1100 with worn out linkage.
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