Ben Drinkin
Hey bartender!
You said short down turn! Haha..
Stop in for a cup of coffee
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yeah but their big base of customers is mostly aging baby boomers. As is true of all cycles, the boomers spending will start slowly declining. Harley's dont have near the draw with millienials, which are just entering the peak buying period of their generation and the only generation with enough sheer numbers to offset the boomers.
Very insightful ....
GeorgeH
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... And the used market is absolutely flooded with low mileage bikes.
thanks but I can't take full credit for it. We just got done studying generational demographics and how they affect marketing and buying in my masters class. I'm no expert by any means but it does make sense.Very insightful ....
yep. my coworker was just bragging last week about how he got a sweet deal on some 2013 for less than 4k
GeorgeH
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Harley has also been guilty of pushing units and overstocking dealers to boost production numbers.
GeorgeH
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Yep. lots of clean used bikes out there for cheap.
Ben Drinkin
Hey bartender!
And the market for my 79 Yamahopper is nonexistent! (not that I want to sell it, just nice to believe it has some monetary value)
Drill, baby, drill...
GeorgeH
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I have 3 Harleys sitting here. Worth little bit of nothing.
I'd love too but with my health concerns, its too risky
GeorgeH
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After the last wreck, I won't be getting on another one.
I've dropped so many Motorcycles, my wife won't let me have another one... LOL
that's who's stopping me lol.
GeorgeH
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Mine turned my tags in while I was laying in ICU. lol
probably a good thing
Ddaddy
Just doing what I do
That analysis is too narrowly focused. Harley’s still have great appeal to the genX market and they are too often ignored in market analysis. Also, millennials won’t reach their peak buying period for another 20-30 years. The post boomers and genXers are just reaching their peak now.
GeorgeH
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I've been been doing so much with so little for so long that now I can do practically anything with almost nothing.I started out with nothing and still have most of it left....
Just about ready
Almost. Had my learner’s 30 years ago. Too many psychos on the road today.
I had my fun with dirt bikes, last one i rode pulled front wheel in 4 gears,125 cc done up a bit.
Someone pointed out i was crazy to be riding in running shoes jeans and a t-shirt. Never got on one since. They was right. Im too old to be taking soil samples with my face...
I had my fun with dirt bikes, last one i rode pulled front wheel in 4 gears,125 cc done up a bit.
Someone pointed out i was crazy to be riding in running shoes jeans and a t-shirt. Never got on one since. They was right. Im too old to be taking soil samples with my face...
that’s quite a dangler you got there....
Sissy's
....I am 64 now and still ride like I was (as best I can). I rolled a 4 wheeler in May doing something I should not have been doing. It hurt for sure and I take longer to heal. If it is my time it will come like that or somehow. I want to die in my sleep for sure but some of us do not have that luxury no matter how careful we are. I had a friend have a tree fall on him and may lose both legs
....I am 64 now and still ride like I was (as best I can). I rolled a 4 wheeler in May doing something I should not have been doing. It hurt for sure and I take longer to heal. If it is my time it will come like that or somehow. I want to die in my sleep for sure but some of us do not have that luxury no matter how careful we are. I had a friend have a tree fall on him and may lose both legs -
