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Offline azuredesign

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This may be posted already and it's from H-D, but I like the sentiment
« on: March 29, 2009, 06:59:54 AM »
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Re: This may be posted already and it's from H-D, but I like the sentiment
« Reply #1 on: March 29, 2009, 07:38:33 AM »
are they trying to make me feel bad about the seven honda motorcycles i owne
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Re: This may be posted already and it's from H-D, but I like the sentiment
« Reply #2 on: March 29, 2009, 07:46:03 AM »
Do Harley throttle grips work in reverse? ;) ;D


I like the sentiment, too.  "Screw it.  Let's ride!" :)
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Re: This may be posted already and it's from H-D, but I like the sentiment
« Reply #3 on: March 29, 2009, 10:43:48 AM »
That was posted this morning in the New York Times, it was HD's anwser to the NYT article last weekend stating that HD is in major trouble and just kind of sucking wind.

Last year if you had a pulse you could get financed by HD for a bike, now they cannot afford to do their own financing so they have to keep it out of house and that is hurting them.

So to try to keep their "bad @$$" image up they posted that...

Good luck to them but I don't think it's going to get anyone else financed lol.
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Re: This may be posted already and it's from H-D, but I like the sentiment
« Reply #4 on: March 30, 2009, 06:41:25 AM »
they are in bad shape
owned one a while ago, a fxd
nice bike for a long haul, wouldn't handle for spit
dragged the chassis more times than i can remember
that new xr1200 has my eye right now
they can't sell the v rod
people can't afford the payments on a 20k motorcycle so thier selling them
no one can afford a new toy for 20k
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Re: This may be posted already and it's from H-D, but I like the sentiment
« Reply #5 on: March 30, 2009, 07:09:12 AM »
i don't like american companies latching on to the flag or the country in general to support their products.

to me, its very much like offering me a piece of #$%* headphone radio as a bonus gift, after purchasing a piece of #$%* something or other, in hopes that i won't notice how much i got ripped off for.

"and check out all the great bonus gifts w/ your harley... 42 pounds of leather and an american flag!"
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Re: This may be posted already and it's from H-D, but I like the sentiment
« Reply #6 on: March 30, 2009, 10:39:20 AM »
If you don't purchase an overpriced, outdated piece of American iron... Well buddy, you just ain't American!!!

Kinda what I gleem from it.
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Re: This may be posted already and it's from H-D, but I like the sentiment
« Reply #7 on: April 01, 2009, 04:37:29 PM »
they just don't get it yet
someday maybe
will say one thing
thier resale is still pretty good
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Re: This may be posted already and it's from H-D, but I like the sentiment
« Reply #8 on: April 01, 2009, 04:41:10 PM »
I wonder if they know how ridiculous they are.
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Re: This may be posted already and it's from H-D, but I like the sentiment
« Reply #9 on: April 01, 2009, 04:48:31 PM »
they have a very loyal following
thats who they care about
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Re: This may be posted already and it's from H-D, but I like the sentiment
« Reply #10 on: April 01, 2009, 06:44:00 PM »
Quote from: Shenanigans on April 01, 2009, 04:41:10 PM
I wonder if they know how ridiculous they are.

They know who their target audience is, and they're catering to them.  I doubt they give two #$%*s what most of us would think.  Marketing is one area that Harley Davidson has excelled in over the past couple of decades. 
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Re: This may be posted already and it's from H-D, but I like the sentiment
« Reply #11 on: April 01, 2009, 09:50:47 PM »
Yeah, we know they haven't excelled in technological advances the last 50 years!

They are worried because the average age of their rider will be riding wheelchairs pretty soon. Guess they'll have to start building custom wheelchairs with ridiculously expensive aftermarket accessories. Holy Crap, maybe I could pitch that idea to HD!
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« Reply #12 on: April 01, 2009, 10:27:18 PM »
All though this is an obnoxious way to put it, they have a point.

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Re: This may be posted already and it's from H-D, but I like the sentiment
« Reply #13 on: April 02, 2009, 04:33:03 AM »
just remember thier better than you because they ride a harley
a fifty year old frame with a fifty year old motor
a bike that weighs more than you can pick up
man, there's some smarts there
harleys are a long distance bike
just don't ask them to stop or turn
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Re: This may be posted already and it's from H-D, but I like the sentiment
« Reply #14 on: April 02, 2009, 12:26:12 PM »
Okay who did that? Pretty funny.
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