Soichiro must be doing the twist in his grave.
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Excellent Points.. I read somewhere that HD doesn't have any Gen X execs . So as a baby boomer dominated company I can see the attraction of the deal. i.e. guaranteed buyout.. i.e. Take the money and run.. move to Florida... and ride without a helmet
Excellent Points.. I read somewhere that HD doesn't have any Gen X execs . So as a baby boomer dominated company I can see the attraction of the deal. i.e. guaranteed buyout.. i.e. Take the money and run.. move to Florida... and ride without a helmet
Yeah boy, what a wonderful world it would be if Honda buys Harley. You certainly have me convinced.
...for the last few minutes i've been trying to photoshop soichiro's face onto one of the backup dancer corpses in a still photo i have of michael jackson's "thriller" video. i just don't have the time tonight to make it look believable.
as for the merger-that-might-(not)-be... brand-loyaly, patriotism, marketing lingo aside, if there is money to be made in it* (and honda sends a case of narita sake to the federal trade commission), anything is possible.
* ...Investors may have been eager to ride the coattails of the Honda rumor because of Harley's lackluster performance as of late. Since November, shares of Harley have fallen 17%. In the first quarter, profits plunged 18% amid tepid sales and a three-week strike at a major production plant. While the strike was a negative one-time event, weak demand and an industry-wide slowdown was at the crux of the slip. Harley is also an unexpected victim of the subprime crunch, its financial services arm battered by higher defaults on its subprime loans... -forbes magazine
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