Harley Davidson is dying

[CyberRubberDuck]

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-...-struggle-sends-shares-tumbling-idUSKBN1ZR1HT

There's no coming back from this. They can't sustain a global business when they rely on selling overpriced bikes to aging boomers. Bike sales overall are down, but Harley is suffering the most because they have the oldest demographics.

The scariest part? Their sluggish sales are coming during a period of strong growth for consumer purchases. That means they'll be wiped out if and when the next recession hits.

Because they're horrible and deserve to be a thing of the past.

 

[Tekk]

In S. Florida there is a growing segment of African American Harley riders, They dont have the loud pipes or the arrogant attitudes though they jus t like to cruise around especially on Sunday. Its not uncommon to see them riding with goldwings, Can Ams and crotch rockets.

 

[Randlewand]

In S. Florida there is a growing segment of African American Harley riders, They dont have the loud pipes or the arrogant attitudes though they jus t like to cruise around especially on Sunday. Its not uncommon to see them riding with goldwings, Can Ams and crotch rockets.

Ruff Ryders dawg

 

[chosey whales]

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-...-struggle-sends-shares-tumbling-idUSKBN1ZR1HT

There's no coming back from this. They can't sustain a global business when they rely on selling overpriced bikes to aging boomers. Bike sales overall are down, but Harley is suffering the most because they have the oldest demographics.

The scariest part? Their sluggish sales are coming during a period of strong growth for consumer purchases. That means they'll be wiped out if and when the next recession hits.

Shoot dog that graph is upside down , they are fine

 

[JSN]

I don’t want them to go under. That would be bad. We need more American companies, not less. That said, I think the uniform and weird wannabe lifestyle that come along with them are comically pathetic, and anybody that enters the low brow political landscape of a biker club intentionally is a fkn moron, but some girls actually still thinks it makes the out of shape lamewads “bad boys,” and I know guys personally who get laid from it. Girls are so pathetically oversimple they seem complicated, so a Harley CAN WORK FOR YOU.

I’m definitely for American companies succeeding, if if there could be one American company I’d laugh at as it failed, it would be Harley-Davidson. They essentially axed engineering fifty years ago and charge twice price for the biggest pieces of shit on the market.

 

[Randlewand]

Good, karma catching up to them for fucking over Erick Buell and Porsche

Underrated comment ^

What goes around comes around..

 

[NoGoodNamesLeft]

Not everyone is trash who likes bikes. I agree there are quite some but also a lot who just enjoy driving them. And maybe think of all the employees in danger of loosing their jobs

 

[I Am Legion]

I guess it depends on where you live. Around here Harley riders are either older respectful dudes, or Hipsters. The biggest douche bags are crotch rocket riders. Full bright gaudy leathers even in hot summer, weaving in and out of traffic. They are ones revving the shit out of them at lights and pulling wheelies on highways. I have owned both and both have pros and cons. Harley does have some cool looking new bikes:

 

[Zanderlini]

Harleys are overpriced. Just not a lot of performance for the pricetag. They sound cool but that's about it.

 

[listrahtes]

Ruff Ryders dawg

Seems that there is a new target audience and its growing: morbidly obese women

Now i get why Harleys weigh so much.

 

[Nurse Joy]

My bike. Keeping the stock exhaust.

 

[Nurse Joy]

Harleys are overpriced. Just not a lot of performance for the pricetag. They sound cool but that's about it.

Yeah if the sound of rapidfire old man farts sounds “cool”<Lmaoo>

 

[deise69]

 

[SalvadorAllende]

Of course the are.

This is the new Harley:

 

[FourofAkind]

Yeah, people aren't fucking dipshits that want to slowly drive around in leather for hours on death traps in North Dakota with a bunch of other old dudes and their fatass, bleach-blond old ladies with floppy dog tits any more.

You shut your whore mouth about North Dakota before you get the hose again.