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Not surprising at all, snowflakes melt in the sun and can no way feel safe on a motorcycle, where in hell would they store their readily available companion animals, bags of marshmallows, coloring books and hot chocolate? 
Trump Won!
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Look at a listing of Fortune 500 companies in the 50s and see how many of them are left. Less than fifty. Adopt, adapt, improvise or go tits up..
A good principle to guide me through life: “This is all I have come to expect, standard lackluster performance. Trust nothing, believe no one and realize it will only get worse…”
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Not surprising at all, snowflakes melt in the sun and can no way feel safe on a motorcycle, where in hell would they store their readily available companion animals, bags of marshmallows, coloring books and hot chocolate? You left out the glow sticks and pacifiers for their Ecstasy trips. Ed
"Not in an open forum, where truth has less value than opinions, where all opinions are equally welcome regardless of their origins, rationale, inanity, or truth, where opinions are neither of equal value nor decisive." Ken Howell
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Harley customer base is 51 years old. Millenials, have little use for Hot cars, which we friggin' drooled over and still do. Little use for motorcycles, And, and and losing interest in screwing.
What millennials do desire ...they want for free.
That's because the Feminists have corrupted Pop Culture into celebrating Pajama Boy as the template for the White male and a Black NBA player for a sex partner. Seems they want the whimpy White boy to support them and run their children home from after school care but when they get horney they look up a macho dude. If you doubt it, look at the popularity of the Kardashians over the past decade. How did we let that happen?
Conduct is the best proof of character.
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Right, because the millenials are the first generation in history with pansy assed males that just wanted to trip out on drugs ![[Linked Image]](http://wfashionevolution.web.unc.edu/files/2015/04/2919798872_e180405019.jpg) Or not.
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I suppose Gen X killed the polaroid?
Dave
Trump being classless,tasteless and clueless as usual. Sorry, trump is a no tax payin pile of shiit. My young wife decided to play the field and had moved several dudes into my house
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Not surprising at all, snowflakes melt in the sun and can no way feel safe on a motorcycle, where in hell would they store their readily available companion animals, bags of marshmallows, coloring books and hot chocolate? You left out the glow sticks and pacifiers for their Ecstasy trips. Ed OOPS  
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Right, because the millenials are the first generation in history with pansy assed males that just wanted to trip out on drugs Or not. No, these "Woodstock" doper hippie freaks should have been the first test media for prototype "Woodchippers" back in the day, these fu-kin worhtless freaks gave birth to most of todays problems.
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If they switch over to electric then all the queers would buy them!
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. Right now it appears that selling $15K heavy cruisers isn't the approach.
$15K????? You're light by about $7-10K, at least... New Ultra Classics start at $24K and go UP from there.. 
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LET'S GO BRANDON!!!
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As a gen X in rural America, I just never could get that a Harley wasn't for a particular style of person. Not limited to Hells Angels by any means but I never imagined a Harley would be an upper class status symbol. Kind of like pickup trucks I guess. A pickup truck is a tool not a status symbol
I've toyed with the idea of owning one and even bought a jap cruiser for awhile but I just never felt I was a Harley guy. Probably because of just the perception I had from growing up.
Now with the young generation now, they just don't want to do .....anything
They'll play a video game where you pretend you're a gang member and steal a motorcycle, riding it around on virtual streets. For $59, that's their Harley Davidson experience.
have you paid your dues, can you moan the blues, can you bend them guitar strings
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Ya, sure they're quite used to riding buzzing electrical objects.
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Right now it appears that selling $15K heavy cruisers isn't the approach.
If those heavy cruisers really were $15K, they'd sell a lot more...................a new Street Glide (not the Street Guide Special) is $22K+ & a new Ultra is around $28-30K. MM yea I read that wrong in the article. $15K is how much revenue they generate...per motorcycle Revenue per motorcycle rose about $437 to $15,530 in the quarter, but revenue from motorcycles and related products fell about 5.6 percent to $1.58 billion. JFC....that's a lot of money for a bike. I remember looking at the brand new 883 for $4100 in 1989 and thinking that was a fortune.
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have you paid your dues, can you moan the blues, can you bend them guitar strings
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I guess I'm one of the contrarian "boomers" at 68 -- just bought a cruiser much to my wife's chagrin. Had one through school in the 70's and loved it. I'm not a HD guy though; nor am I a really big bike rider either. It's tough to beat cruising back roads during the heat of summer listening to favorite tunes which perfectly fits my part-time 30-mile commute
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I dunno why anyone would buy s friggin Harley anyway. They tout the American made crisp but it's really just American assembled. And the price you pay is simply for a name One could say that about any/every vehicle manufacturer in the US.. As to some wondering why buy an HD? That sound, man - that sound.... Add a complete set of Rineharts, bigger air intake and a tuner - and it's a ride like no other.. And I've owned 2 Suzukis, 2 Kawasakis, 2 Triumphs, 5 other HDs etc, and the '14 Ultra I have now might be the very last bike I ever ride and/or need.. The grin always appears when I hit that starter button.. ![[Linked Image]](http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q38/gunsmithlc/DSC_6444_zpsfe4msq5o.jpg)
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Young folks are buying Harleys left and right. My sons and their friends all have Harleys but only one bought his new.
They just are not buying new bikes because they are to expensive. Heck, I will not buy a new bike because of the price.
I just wrote up a guy in his late 20's that brought in his new to him Harley for some work. He picked up his '06 FXD for $6k.
Sportsters are selling like hot cakes.
Half of my customers are under 30.
Music washes away the dust of everyday life Some people wait a lifetime to meet their favorite hunting and shooting buddy. Mine calls me dad ![[Linked Image from i.postimg.cc]](https://i.postimg.cc/ZCL8Ws2r/JohnGult.jpg)
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I dunno why anyone would buy s friggin Harley anyway. They tout the American made crisp but it's really just American assembled. And the price you pay is simply for a name You are a moron. Get your facts straight.
Music washes away the dust of everyday life Some people wait a lifetime to meet their favorite hunting and shooting buddy. Mine calls me dad
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Harley Davidson sales may be in a slump but I still am seeing (and more I don't see but hear) plenty of the younger generation riding the high rev'ing Tupperware crotch rockets out and about all the time. Same goes for Japanese brand Harley cruiser imitators.
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plenty of the younger generation riding the high rev'ing Tupperware crotch rockets out and about all the time.
That's what I did when I was younger too, but eventually moved to bigger bikes & Harleys. Likely as they grow older & their needs & perspectives change from a lot of single riding & street racing to more double riding & cruising, they will move to a different type of bike as well. MM
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I put my money in stocks.. let suckers pay full price, I`ll reap the dividends.
The US in the last 40 years:
Socialism for big corporations and military industrial complex
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Rugged individualism for the individual.
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