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H-D takes third-quarter hit

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acecycleins

· #2 · Oct 23, 2007

The sky is falling, the sky is falling. Tell me no one is suprised. It's been telegraphed for over a year.

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· #13 · Oct 23, 2007

sarnali2 said:
It's an industry wide down turn. HD and BMW, Ducati etc are going to be hurt more because they try to cater to an "exclusive" market. The Japanese probably won't fall as far because they have a much more diversified product line in Watercraft, ATV's, Generators, Dirt Bikes as well as cruisers and sport bikes with more low dollar offerings in each catagory.

No doubt the whole recreational vehicle industry will take a hit from high end bikes to RV's to boats and everything else. When the economy cools discretionary spending is the first to stop. Harley has set themselves up for a double shot because their target demographic is aging as well. I don't know how many younger people are going to pony up for whats percieved as dads bike in the first place when the Asian manufacturers are offering more performance and better percieved quality at a lower price, specially for used bikes.

You may remove Ducati from the mix. Sales of new bikes are up, again. The 1098 and HM are a smashing success and the new 848 will be, as well. They may be small compared to HD, BMW, and Piaggio (Vespa, Aprilia and Guzzi holdings) but they have excellent management in place, right now. As long as they keep the small company attitude they should keep positive cash flow. Otherwise I agree with your assessment...

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acecycleins

· #16 · Oct 23, 2007

longride said:
You mean it took them this long? They must be a little slow over there.

I'm not retarded- I'm just a little sloooow.

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acecycleins

· #35 · Oct 24, 2007

Kenneth_Moore said:
Apparently a company named Cycle Vision makes the kit.

Road-Rod!

Carterville Harley had one of those in 2005. Pretty nice up close. I believe they replace the entire ftont end with a FL set-up.

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