Bones
Your Humble Scribe
I guess there's a point there somewhere ..........
C'mon, Tom, don't go changing on us.
I guess there's a point there somewhere ..........
C'mon, Tom, don't go changing on us.
The article did miss one point though re India and China. While they may be shorter people, it's Harleys (cruisers) that shorter people prefer to ride re the lower seat height.
that does suck,,, I have never ridden one, but have looked at many... I just liked the brand and some of the designs...
if only gas were $4 a gallon again huh? (its well on its way) because I thought bike sales were booming then.... if it goes back to that price... it will be again... but the casulties along the way havent been good
JMO
I was thinking about the Buell ad with the crushed Blast. Seems like H-D has done the same thing to Erik & Company. I doubt Gen X and Y and the Millennials will trade their love of technology for the retro-tech of their grandparents' eras. Not much to be happy about in H-D land.
I personally thought the technical advances introduced at Buell were pretty neat, but I never had the desire to buy one. I hoped the technological improvements would spur Honda to make new changes to their line of bikes.
Yamaha is expressing interest in buying Buell.
That would probably be an excellent pairing.
--Mark
That would probably be an excellent pairing.
--Mark
and could be wishful thinking. A search finds no reference .
I agree, support network and focused on the right demographics.
I'm not an accountant, so I'm probably reading this wrong. But, for the nine months ending 9/27/2009, it looks like net revenue for Buell/MV Augusta was up by $3.295 million dollars over the same period in 2008. In this economy, I think that's pretty good. I know Buell/MV Augusta are just a drop in the bucket of the overall HD business, but I don't think they were costing the mothership money.
http://investor.shareholder.com/sec/...&CompanyID=HDI
Just picked this up from my Chicago friends (one of the guys over there is a moto-journalist):
Yamaha is expressing interest in buying Buell.