Saving Harley Davidson
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From: 40 miles Northeast of Indy..
Every once in a while though, they do come up something good.
yes he is on a victory or for the most part i dotn blame him LOL
but i was speaking more fo a historical sense LOL back when sonny was "comming up" in the MC world. alot of the bikers during that time looked to him and the lifestyle he and many others lived at the time as a sort of inspiration for "fashionable accesories" that are common place on bikes now, hence the "indirectly" comment also sonny and the whole of the outlaw culture is what drew alot of guys into the harley world and as a result harley's markettign dept. has constintly used the weekend warrior/billy badass image to sell their products * bikes, accesories, clothing etc* to the professional going through that mid life crisis thingy and do so successfully.
as far as i know sonny hates the MoCo with a passion and i am pretty sure he didnt directly have any involvment in the MoCo but like every good merketing professional knows you design your marketting plan based on what the general populace will buy, and the general populace buys "cool" or "rebelious"
but i was speaking more fo a historical sense LOL back when sonny was "comming up" in the MC world. alot of the bikers during that time looked to him and the lifestyle he and many others lived at the time as a sort of inspiration for "fashionable accesories" that are common place on bikes now, hence the "indirectly" comment also sonny and the whole of the outlaw culture is what drew alot of guys into the harley world and as a result harley's markettign dept. has constintly used the weekend warrior/billy badass image to sell their products * bikes, accesories, clothing etc* to the professional going through that mid life crisis thingy and do so successfully.
as far as i know sonny hates the MoCo with a passion and i am pretty sure he didnt directly have any involvment in the MoCo but like every good merketing professional knows you design your marketting plan based on what the general populace will buy, and the general populace buys "cool" or "rebelious"
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Joined: Mar 2010
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From: Toledo Bend Lake Texas
Harley needs to wise up quick ! They are in a declining economy, with a declining market and a declining customer base. Someone better reach in that hat and pull a rabbit out fast.
1. Cut Production
2. Cultivate International Sales
3. Educate Dealers in good ol fashion business practices.
4. Those that won't learn, drop em.
5. Did I mention cut production ?
6. Go back to fewer models and let the customer produce his own style bike by
having complete interchangability( just like the old days, they only had 2 models
and no two customers bikes looked the same).
It's silly having 5 or 6 different models all with the same motor and transmission. Make it all interchangable and let the customer rolll his own. Hell, if the customer wants a dresser with a bobbed fender, let them have it! Quit trying to build factory "customs" that all look just alike ! ahem...... JMHO
1. Cut Production
2. Cultivate International Sales
3. Educate Dealers in good ol fashion business practices.
4. Those that won't learn, drop em.
5. Did I mention cut production ?
6. Go back to fewer models and let the customer produce his own style bike by
having complete interchangability( just like the old days, they only had 2 models
and no two customers bikes looked the same).
It's silly having 5 or 6 different models all with the same motor and transmission. Make it all interchangable and let the customer rolll his own. Hell, if the customer wants a dresser with a bobbed fender, let them have it! Quit trying to build factory "customs" that all look just alike ! ahem...... JMHO
Last edited by Harleybass; Mar 12, 2010 at 01:16 PM.
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