03-08-2015, 02:12 AM
A couple of things come to my mind.
The U.S. economy is just starting to rebound from the recession that started in 2008. Motorcycles are mere toys for 95% of the buyers. Even though motorcycle sales are on the rise again, motorcycle manufacturers have more models in their lineups than ever before. There are literally hundreds of model choices across the manufacturer lines for a potential buyer. I don't see any one model breaking sales figures. Honda must be happy selling less and less of particular models, but spreading it out over many different models.
And I haven't seen Honda spending money on advertising street bikes other than the Goldwing variants. Heck, I see many more Triumph ads in print than Hondas.
The U.S. economy is just starting to rebound from the recession that started in 2008. Motorcycles are mere toys for 95% of the buyers. Even though motorcycle sales are on the rise again, motorcycle manufacturers have more models in their lineups than ever before. There are literally hundreds of model choices across the manufacturer lines for a potential buyer. I don't see any one model breaking sales figures. Honda must be happy selling less and less of particular models, but spreading it out over many different models.
And I haven't seen Honda spending money on advertising street bikes other than the Goldwing variants. Heck, I see many more Triumph ads in print than Hondas.