In case you missed it:

http://www.bizjournals.com/milwaukee...html?ana=yahoo

Harley isn't dead yet. ��

 

lol

Just last week, folks here had them going out of business.

 

WOO HOO I guess. I don't have any stock in them so...

 

Retail sales are still in decline because they haven't found a way to attract younger buyers. I plan to get a new ride next year but it won't be a Harley because they don't make anything else I want. Harley seem to just be making the same thing over and over which is cool for the boomers but not for me.

 

They beat their lowered guidance - this was not a good quarter. The stock is down today on the earnings.

Harley is not going anywhere, but neither is the stock.

 

As I recall Harley gets ~29% of their sales $ outside of the U.S. Between a strengthening dollar and emerging markets in something of a recession, and in some cases a near depression . . . . this trifecta combination is not good for Harley!

 

What do you want? (Not being an *** - Just genuinely curious) Is it something Harley could even complete in if they offered? I could maybe see something along the line of what BMW offers for touring.. but not any sport type of bike I just don't see it working.

 

No it isn't something Harley could compete with. I love my softails but the next bike I am looking to get will be a sport tourer/bagger. The things that are most important to me are reliability, quality, at least 80% ready to tour stock, good to great suspension (Michigan potholes), stock performance, smooth both at idle and freeway speeds, cargo capacity, passenger confort, easy to handle at all speeds, rider ergos (fits my riding position), and ABS standard. I have narrowed my search down to the fjr 1300, Kawasaki concur, Indian Springfield, and Indian chieftain (really like how you can raise and lower the windshield). There isn't any real reason to get a new Harley because nothing ever really changes and the quality hasn't really improve so there is zero incentives to even look at "New" Harleys. Just my .02

 

Harley certainly isn't going away but the news is not good.

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From my perspective, this is the best news: 'The bike maker says it is going to "accelerate the cadence" of new product introductions'. They are way too slow to introduce or improve models. I bought a 14 limited and the 16's are exactly the same.

 

Beat me to it. To listen to people here, you'd swear that Harley was on its last breath.