Guess who ran out of money?

[CMNTMXR57]

Yes. Here at the corporate castle in Hoffman. I really don't do anything much of value other than crunch numbers and regurgitate data. But that's another topic for another time.

 

[CuzzinOlaf]

people aren't buying harleys? i didnt know that/think that.

i have a neighbor who [MENTION=11522]CuzzinOlaf[/MENTION] is buddy's with who always has some INSANE bikes at his house most weekends.

guess i didn't know harley was hurting.

The bigwheel market is still chugging away and my bike is mild compared to others. As far as comfort, I wouldn't hesitate to ride my long distance (I have), in the rain, etc.

 

[CMNTMXR57]

It's chugging, but hasn't been the growth that has been witnessed in prior years. Harley is having sales declines, but that is also due to the fact at a resurgent Indian, which Polaris now owns, and ended up cannibalizing their own products' sales (Victory), which they're closing up operations on that product line.

So...

 

[CuzzinOlaf]

I'm just going off the builder who did my bike. I think Baggers are practical unlike the Chopper phase. Hell, half of those guys lost tons of money because you couldn't "ride" them long distance, and the trend wore out. I see Baggers toning down some or even new things like the fat tire bikes that is becoming more and more popular. Sure, something new will come out and the big wheels won't be as popular with the custom builders, but they'll always be around I think.

Harley sales are probably declining because they're getting to be way too expensive. Service at the dealer isn't cheap, Harley branded parts aren't cheap, and custom stuff is getting up there too.

Still, I don't think the HD brand ever get to the point when AMF bought and sold the it, but they'll need to do something.

 

[CMNTMXR57]

Yea, I see a lot of custom Road King's and Road Glide's (like yours) as of late.

 

[EmersonHart13]

Yes. Here at the corporate castle in Hoffman. I really don't do anything much of value other than crunch numbers and regurgitate data. But that's another topic for another time.

You could probably get a deal on the craftsman bike

 

[CMNTMXR57]

At some point in time...

When we close stores, we sell fixtures, displays, etc too, so...

 

[EmersonHart13]

Belly up? Soon?

 

[CMNTMXR57]

Not going to divulge anything, but... Just a matter of time more or less at our cash burn rate.

I would buy the Diehard bike and put an AC Delco battery in it.

 

[Fish]

I saw on Facebook on Wednesday they were going to start recording the show. Whats funny is that I was taking a crap at 30 Rock while reading this. We happened to be traveling to Cooperstown that day so I looked up the OCC address and it was only 8 minutes off our route. We swung by and they had lots of bikes in the store and some cool shit. My wife and I also took a shop tour and they indeed were filming. They had some customer bikes there along with other things. They gave us a small preview for who they were building a bike for but asked not to say anything.

They had LOTS of toys I wish I knew how to/could play with. The fabrication is what really drew me to the show.

 

[MikeyLikesIt]

They had some customer bikes there along with other things. They gave us a small preview for who they were building a bike for but asked not to say anything.

So who was it for?

 

[RICH17]

 

[guspech750]

Regardless of opinions on the characters. It's cool to watch people create and build things. Hopefully there are some kids out there who will watch these shows and realize there's more to life that just overpriced college. That they could go into a life of fabricating things, get paid to do so and not waste away in crappy cubical life.

 

[Bru]

I always hated how what I assume is the shifter line just dangled off the front end of their bikes. Looked so lazy. But I don’t know much about motorcycles and if it’s preventable.