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Bobsims
Posted on Saturday, July 14, 2007 - 08:47 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Hope this isn't a repeat. Positive article in Britain's Telegraph newspaper, includes some encouraging stats on Buell worldwide sales, as well.

See:

Business profile: Erik Buell is taking the Hog out

Last Updated: 2:27am BST 14/07/2007

Pioneering motorbike engineer Erik Buell is leading the way into new markets, writes Andrew English

Bob
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Court
Posted on Saturday, July 14, 2007 - 09:18 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

It's a great article and is consistent with some of the chatter I am hearing from some of some HD stockholders. . . .

Make note of this . .


quote:

the man who is helping to drag the Harley-Davidson motorcycle company kicking and screaming into the 21st century,


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Diablobrian
Posted on Saturday, July 14, 2007 - 02:41 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

That is a great article.
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Naustin
Posted on Saturday, July 14, 2007 - 05:35 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

sweet! Good read.
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4cammer
Posted on Monday, July 16, 2007 - 12:01 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Wish he got that kind of respect (or even notice) from the US bike press.
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Midknyte
Posted on Monday, July 16, 2007 - 11:30 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

I like the last line of the article:

"...Perhaps Erik should concentrate on making new knees as well, as that looks like the only thing slowing him down at the moment..."

It's funny, 'cuz with all the patents and non-motorcycle ideas in his head, he could very well pull that off too...
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Davegess
Posted on Monday, July 16, 2007 - 11:39 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

I wish the HDI Board of Directors would realize what they have right under their noses and use him to his maximum.

I think HDI is teetering along the edge of a cliff and I have little confidence that they are aware of how steep it is nor how to avoid it.
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Blake
Posted on Monday, July 16, 2007 - 03:34 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Write a letter and send it to each of them? : ) We all ought'a do that. : ) Maybe include a nice little gift with the letter too. Do the HDI board members like Scotch or...? : ]
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Diablobrian
Posted on Monday, July 16, 2007 - 04:06 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Someone else is footing the bill for the next bottle of scotch!

The good stuff is pricey!
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Blake
Posted on Monday, July 16, 2007 - 04:32 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

I heard about that! : ) Ya got any more? : D
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Old_mil
Posted on Tuesday, July 17, 2007 - 03:37 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)


I think HDI is teetering along the edge of a cliff and I have little confidence that they are aware of how steep it is nor how to avoid it.


I think they're aware, I just don't know that the dealers, who tend to be more focused on the short term bottom line than where the brand is going to be in 25 years, get it yet. How many people under 35 do you see in a Harley dealership on any given Saturday? Or at a motorcycle rally for that matter? BMW faces the same problem, though they're in worse shape with an average rider age in the 50s and no new blood.
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Diablobrian
Posted on Tuesday, July 17, 2007 - 11:27 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

no, I usually buy one bottle at a time. My current meds keep me from drinking any currently though.

That was a v ery nice bottle of scotch, 18 year old highland single malt. My favorite is still 21 year old Auchentoshan
(pronounced oshentoshen) lowland single malt. It has a mellower toffee flavor to it. If my meds change again I'll
be sharing a bottle with my fellow Buellers, but it is too pricey for me to gift it right now.

http://www.auchentoshan.co.uk/21yearold.aspx
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Buell2001b
Posted on Thursday, July 19, 2007 - 12:42 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

great post, great job Erick and team
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