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Old Dec 20, 2009 | 06:41 PM
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Why have I never seen a Harley Davidson advertisement on TV or radio?Everything but Harley.
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Old Dec 20, 2009 | 07:04 PM
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I have seen a few. In hard economic times company's cut teh ad budget first, HD is lucky enough to have a loyal following that sells and supports the compnany in bad times and even more in good times. I would do the same if I was them.
 
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Old Dec 20, 2009 | 07:21 PM
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Yeah, they didn't even bring there travelling road show out to Laughlin this year.
 
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Watching the wrong channels maybe? It seems a lot of the ones I have seen come out around Christmas time so there should be some out about now.
 
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The only ones I have ever seen are for V-Rods and Sportsters.

I guess they still think anybody who wants a real Harley will go ahead and buy one. There is no real competition for the non-starter Harleys.

I think it's bad judgement on my part. They are big into Billboards though.
 
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Here's the last one I saw on TV. It's no wonder they don't do any.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4GcOIowUp8
 
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That was a stupid commercial.
 
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and this one:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXbncMgCWFQ
 
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Those were the only two I’ve seen in the past 5 years or so. There is one more with a guy at a gas station with a sportster but I couldn’t find it. They all suck to me.
 
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That was a stupid commercial.
I agree, I think I only saw it twice on TV.
 
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