More of the Buell story?

[Trip]

http://www.harleydragon.com/men-s-sh...rts-c-51_52_57

Yeah that's right, they have a t-shirt on sale for $38.....

[Gas Man]

I understand. My dealer has those expensive shirts. I just refuse to buy them. I have purchased 90% of my HD shirts on sale/clearance. I just got 3 more the other w/e. Average cost was $7 each. And they are badass!

[Amber Lamps]

Originally Posted by Gas Man

I understand. My dealer has those expensive shirts. I just refuse to buy them. I have purchased 90% of my HD shirts on sale/clearance. I just got 3 more the other w/e. Average cost was $7 each. And they are badass!

They are the kings of marketing! I will give you that for sure!!! Most people don't even know that Suzuki sells apparel.

[Gas Man]

Originally Posted by Amber Lamps

They are the kings of marketing! I will give you that for sure!!! Most people don't even know that Suzuki sells apparel.

True. They are kings. That is also why they will alwys survive. They have done one better than probably any other brand of anything has ever done before. Think about it.

And to compare it to any metric brand is almost laughable. Before the inception of Yam Star line, if you own say a Honda Sabre or VTX. You walk into the Honda dealer to get some pegs or grips or something in assecories. They don't have it in stock, maybe not even manufacture it. That is why you will see metric guys in HD buying things like highway pegs and other things that can be unviersally fitted.

[Amber Lamps]

Originally Posted by Gas Man

True. They are kings. That is also why they will alwys survive. They have done one better than probably any other brand of anything has ever done before. Think about it.

And to compare it to any metric brand is almost laughable. Before the inception of Yam Star line, if you own say a Honda Sabre or VTX. You walk into the Honda dealer to get some pegs or grips or something in assecories. They don't have it in stock, maybe not even manufacture it. That is why you will see metric guys in HD buying things like highway pegs and other things that can be unviersally fitted.

They MAY be second to NASCAR but I'm sure that it's close...

I had a V-Max and it was, of course, accessorized to the max!!! No problem buying parts at a metric dealership.

[Gas Man]

I have yet to be a a good metric dealership. EVER!

And HD still has Nascar beat. Remember HD is global. BIG TIME.

[Trip]

Originally Posted by Gas Man

I know you weren't talking about me. But I just had to get you on that. Even since you jabbed me about Gaywings.

And all that stuff you meantioned is BS. But I'm sure there are other brand riders that do the same thing. Maybe not as often but then again, there are more hd riders in groups than others.

What about groups of Wingers?

Yeah there are a lot of douches at the gap, we try to police the sportbikers

Originally Posted by Gas Man

I have yet to be a a good metric dealership. EVER!

And HD still has Nascar beat. Remember HD is global. BIG TIME.

There are two companies I can think of off the top of my head that HD has nothing on and will never have anything on. Global scale HD will never reach. HD isn't as big as you think it is in a lot of the world, these two are ginormous.

McDonalds and Coca Cola.....

Walmart is getting up there too in brand recognition.

As far as motorcycle sales, HD will never have anything on Honda. It's absolutely impossible with the amount of 50 engines out there. I forget how many millions of those things that Honda has sold and the clones it spawned. There are kids out there that have never seen a cruiser and seen thousands of supercubs.