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(09-26-2020, 12:28 PM)Billie_imp Wrote: (09-26-2020, 09:59 AM)Honda_Fan_imp Wrote: I owned a sportster 1200 and I got to tell you that after Honda/Yamaha/Ducati it felt like a farm tractor. Couldn’t handle a corner, brake reasonably or accelerate fast enough. Only thing it was good for is cruising straight at 60mph and revving at traffic lights to hear that super loud exhaust. There’s nothing in Harley line up that I would want even if cost half what they are asking.
Really? So you're saying you wouldn't be interested in a RoadKing for say $10,000, or a Low Rider for $7,500 both very capable bikes with plenty of power and a fit and finish second to none. Maybe time for you to rethink your position and give them another look see.
Really? So you're saying you wouldn't be interested in a RoadKing for say $10,000, or a Low Rider for $7,500 both very capable bikes with plenty of power and a fit and finish second to none. Maybe time for you to rethink your position and give them another look see.
Man. One can buy a couple of new Honda Monkey offerings in that price range.
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(09-26-2020, 12:51 PM)GoldOxide_imp Wrote: (09-26-2020, 12:28 PM)Billie_imp Wrote: (09-26-2020, 09:59 AM)Honda_Fan_imp Wrote: I owned a sportster 1200 and I got to tell you that after Honda/Yamaha/Ducati it felt like a farm tractor. Couldn’t handle a corner, brake reasonably or accelerate fast enough. Only thing it was good for is cruising straight at 60mph and revving at traffic lights to hear that super loud exhaust. There’s nothing in Harley line up that I would want even if cost half what they are asking.
Really? So you're saying you wouldn't be interested in a RoadKing for say $10,000, or a Low Rider for $7,500 both very capable bikes with plenty of power and a fit and finish second to none. Maybe time for you to rethink your position and give them another look see.
Really? So you're saying you wouldn't be interested in a RoadKing for say $10,000, or a Low Rider for $7,500 both very capable bikes with plenty of power and a fit and finish second to none. Maybe time for you to rethink your position and give them another look see.
Man. One can buy a couple of new Honda Monkey offerings in that price range.
Really? So you're saying you wouldn't be interested in a RoadKing for say $10,000, or a Low Rider for $7,500 both very capable bikes with plenty of power and a fit and finish second to none. Maybe time for you to rethink your position and give them another look see.
Man. One can buy a couple of new Honda Monkey offerings in that price range.
Yeah, one for each foot, kind of like roller skates.
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(09-26-2020, 01:22 PM)Billie_imp Wrote: (09-26-2020, 12:51 PM)GoldOxide_imp Wrote: (09-26-2020, 12:28 PM)Billie_imp Wrote: (09-26-2020, 09:59 AM)Honda_Fan_imp Wrote: I owned a sportster 1200 and I got to tell you that after Honda/Yamaha/Ducati it felt like a farm tractor. Couldn’t handle a corner, brake reasonably or accelerate fast enough. Only thing it was good for is cruising straight at 60mph and revving at traffic lights to hear that super loud exhaust. There’s nothing in Harley line up that I would want even if cost half what they are asking.
Really? So you're saying you wouldn't be interested in a RoadKing for say $10,000, or a Low Rider for $7,500 both very capable bikes with plenty of power and a fit and finish second to none. Maybe time for you to rethink your position and give them another look see.
Really? So you're saying you wouldn't be interested in a RoadKing for say $10,000, or a Low Rider for $7,500 both very capable bikes with plenty of power and a fit and finish second to none. Maybe time for you to rethink your position and give them another look see.
Man. One can buy a couple of new Honda Monkey offerings in that price range.
Really? So you're saying you wouldn't be interested in a RoadKing for say $10,000, or a Low Rider for $7,500 both very capable bikes with plenty of power and a fit and finish second to none. Maybe time for you to rethink your position and give them another look see.
Man. One can buy a couple of new Honda Monkey offerings in that price range.
Yeah, one for each foot, kind of like roller skates.
Really? So you're saying you wouldn't be interested in a RoadKing for say $10,000, or a Low Rider for $7,500 both very capable bikes with plenty of power and a fit and finish second to none. Maybe time for you to rethink your position and give them another look see.
Man. One can buy a couple of new Honda Monkey offerings in that price range.
Yeah, one for each foot, kind of like roller skates.
lol - yeah, never considered that.
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(09-26-2020, 12:28 PM)Billie_imp Wrote: (09-26-2020, 09:59 AM)Honda_Fan_imp Wrote: I owned a sportster 1200 and I got to tell you that after Honda/Yamaha/Ducati it felt like a farm tractor. Couldn’t handle a corner, brake reasonably or accelerate fast enough. Only thing it was good for is cruising straight at 60mph and revving at traffic lights to hear that super loud exhaust. There’s nothing in Harley line up that I would want even if cost half what they are asking.
Really? So you're saying you wouldn't be interested in a RoadKing for say $10,000, or a Low Rider for $7,500 both very capable bikes with plenty of power and a fit and finish second to none. Maybe time for you to rethink your position and give them another look see.
Really? So you're saying you wouldn't be interested in a RoadKing for say $10,000, or a Low Rider for $7,500 both very capable bikes with plenty of power and a fit and finish second to none. Maybe time for you to rethink your position and give them another look see. A good deal on something you don't want is not a good deal.
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(09-27-2020, 12:37 AM)pekingduck_imp Wrote: (09-26-2020, 12:28 PM)Billie_imp Wrote: (09-26-2020, 09:59 AM)Honda_Fan_imp Wrote: I owned a sportster 1200 and I got to tell you that after Honda/Yamaha/Ducati it felt like a farm tractor. Couldn’t handle a corner, brake reasonably or accelerate fast enough. Only thing it was good for is cruising straight at 60mph and revving at traffic lights to hear that super loud exhaust. There’s nothing in Harley line up that I would want even if cost half what they are asking.
Really? So you're saying you wouldn't be interested in a RoadKing for say $10,000, or a Low Rider for $7,500 both very capable bikes with plenty of power and a fit and finish second to none. Maybe time for you to rethink your position and give them another look see.
Really? So you're saying you wouldn't be interested in a RoadKing for say $10,000, or a Low Rider for $7,500 both very capable bikes with plenty of power and a fit and finish second to none. Maybe time for you to rethink your position and give them another look see. A good deal on something you don't want is not a good deal.
Really? So you're saying you wouldn't be interested in a RoadKing for say $10,000, or a Low Rider for $7,500 both very capable bikes with plenty of power and a fit and finish second to none. Maybe time for you to rethink your position and give them another look see. A good deal on something you don't want is not a good deal.
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Take a look at who is running the company now:
https://www.harley-davidson.com/us/en/ab...rship.html
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc.
Co-Founder and Director Katapult, Former Executive, Clubmom, Inc., NFL Partners, Inc. and MTV Music Television
President and Chief Executive Officer, Ocean5, and former Chief Operating Officer, Starbucks Corporation
These people don't care......
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(09-27-2020, 07:38 AM)HondaJon_imp Wrote: Take a look at who is running the company now:
https://www.harley-davidson.com/us/en/ab...rship.html
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc.
Co-Founder and Director Katapult, Former Executive, Clubmom, Inc., NFL Partners, Inc. and MTV Music Television
President and Chief Executive Officer, Ocean5, and former Chief Operating Officer, Starbucks Corporation
These people don't care......
Sometimes shaking up management with people outside the industry who have a different perspective helps. The other 99% of the time it doesn't.
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(09-27-2020, 07:38 AM)HondaJon_imp Wrote: Take a look at who is running the company now:
https://www.harley-davidson.com/us/en/ab...rship.html
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc.
Co-Founder and Director Katapult, Former Executive, Clubmom, Inc., NFL Partners, Inc. and MTV Music Television
President and Chief Executive Officer, Ocean5, and former Chief Operating Officer, Starbucks Corporation
These people don't care......
Hmm, maybe the "HD Monkey" will finally become reality (with seal oil leaks, of course).
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The great stock picker Peter Lynch from Fidelity said years ago : invest in a company any idiot can run because sooner or later an idiot will run that company. Is HD getting close to it this time ???
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(09-25-2020, 11:49 AM)misterprofessionality_imp Wrote: This is actually surprising as I had always read that the XG750 and Xg500 models were selling like hotcakes in India as luxury items.
Rly.... I’d heard HD wasn’t upgrading em for new emissions standards...
If the street lines gets dropped it’ll be one of the biggest blunders of all time...
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