As much as that made me laugh, its not really them (boomers) that raised the millennials, they raised the gen x'ers who are the parents of the millennials.

 

Millennials are not going to buy a heavy loud bike that is based on 80 year old technology. To most millennials Harley Davidson represents everything that is bad about America. The built in America with American parts honestly means nothing to most people under 35 living here today in the USA. Sorry, the truth hurts but if HD wants to survive going forward they need to change things up drastically. I see Harley in it's current form becoming a boutique bike brand with limited production of their gas powered bikes similar to Euro ultra high end super cars.

 

Not true millinials started in the early 80s. So many of them have genX as older siblings

 

Please tell me you know Harleys haven't been built with only American parts for decades now....and the amount of foreign parts gets worse every year!!!!
I don't know about the newer bikes but I know the EVO's were a combination of American, Japanese, and Italian parts.
I do know the newer bikes have a much longer list of foreign parts!!!

 

Am I the only one tired of hearing about "millennial's" yes they eat tide pods, when I think of all the dumb **** we did as kids it makes me really happy that everyone wasnt walking around with high definition cameras in their pockets and every stupid thing we did wasnt plastered all over the internet for the whole world to see.

Every company needs to attract new customers, young old whatever, they need to sell bikes to stay in business, pretty simple.

 

Evolve or die, times change faster than we expect. Hope they keep the essence of hd.

 

 

What I see in this picture are Geezer Glides / Billet Barges and Old Fat Man motorcycles, I Have children who are in this age group and I can tell you the millennials have no interest in theses types of bikes .

 

This influence on the bike market change, the lack of tradespeople, 4 door cars being cool and their love of electronics is no different than how the baby boomers have driven the economy and made things like 70 cuda's 6 figure cars (which is nuts because Ive owned them and they aren't worth it) and bungalow's more popular than 2 stories. The boomers are now busy influencing the Cialis, hearing aid and hip replacement market.

 

As a boomer with a millennial son (I was busy bouncing around in the USMC for 8 years) my son did get interested in a Harley. All it really took was letting him take off on a tuned 13 Super Glide. Mid controls, somewhat nimble and a undeniable rumble and the Dyna shake and he came back with a grin that would not go away. His Suzuki did not cut it anymore for him. He was actually leery coming from a light weight Suzuki even though the FXDC is light for a Harley. A few months later he bought a Dyna. But then again they do not make that model anymore....