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It's kind of tough to f*ck up jerkey.

 

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According to an article posted on insidebikes.com Harley FXD Dyna series sold 778 units in the U.K. for 2006.



To compare numbers, the BMW R1200GS, which was the top tourer in the U.K., sold 1468 units.



It seems to me that they are making progress considering Europe is supposed to be a weak market for cruisers.



"Supersport bikes dropped by 5%, (possibly more than that if you subtract the 1700 unit sales of the CBR125 R, which the MCI list as a sportbike when it obviously is not )"

 

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Hell, even my ex-wife was able to make jerky.



...but yeah, that SlimJim crap is awful.

 

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That's brutal.

 

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Re: However compared to 25,000 778 is only ~3%

Right, but that was the number of bikes for one of the series of Harley models.

It has been repeated many times that the sportster model is the most popular in the U.K., though I have no numbers on it.

Also, if you recall from previous threads on this subject the BMW GS was ranked very high in number of units sold.

I would probably guess that the total number of HD units sold in the U.K. is about 2500-3000.

Not huge by any means, but it appears to be growing at a modest rate.

 

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Re: However compared to 25,000 778 is only ~3%

Personally, I think the Euro market will continue to grow for HD.

It's just a marketing thing. And HD is good at it.

Will they over take the sportbike segment, I wouldn't bet on it. But I bet they end up selling a whole lot more than they currently are.