| Author | Message | ||
     Stevedplumber |
I was looking in the classifieds today and noticed something. 26 of the 50 bikes for sale were harleys. are the individuals buying them because of the "band wagon" effect. then trying to sell them because they feel they can make a profit off of a 600 pond piece of chrome. what are your thoughts. buell on | ||
| Hammer71 |
Ever try to get a "test" ride on a Harley? Thats my take on it. You can look at it, sit on it and buy it but afterward find that it doesnt turn out to be what you actually wanted in a bike. | ||
| Bomber |
Odd -- all of the many HD dealers within 2 hours' ride of my Chicago-ish location offer test rides -- | ||
| Jerry_haughton |
i'm on my fifth Harley (since my first one in '84). "600-pound piece of chrome?" it WISHES it only weighed six hundred pounds. but it's a keeper. makes me grin everytime i ride it, and will keep most riders, even on something sportier, honest. i've never lost money selling a Harley, and i've never made money selling any other motorcycle. the MoCo's in its second CENTURY of doing business. not many companies of any type, in any country, can make that claim. the company is Mom, hot apple pie a la mode and Made in America, and keeps about a bazillion people employed around the world. they have produced records profits for their shareholders for something like 80-plus quarters now, after picking themselves up by their bootstraps in the early 80's and saying, "Dammit, we are NOT gonna die!" and...they had the foresight to buy and bankroll the Buell Motorcycle Company. hmmmm, maybe Harley-Davidson isn't such a dirty word(s) after all. FB | ||
| Ryker77 |
26 out of 50 is probaly correct. Consider that the number of HD on the street. Most other bikes gets scrapped after 10 or so years. You'll still find plenty of 1970-1980's HD on the market for sale. | ||
| Deltablue |
Remember Harley finance is having the same issue as the mortgage companies. They bank on the resale value of the bikes when issuing loans, and people have begun to default on them, with the market so flooded the resale value has dropped off. Up here you can't take 2 steps without tripping over a H-D | ||
| Ryker77 |
Didn't think about that. Coming from Georgia a state with the highest home foreclosures. That does make alot of sense. And the jap bikes are getting better and better. Better quaility, more reliable, and better looking. For thousands less. Heck even BMW r1200clc is cheaper than a HD. | ||
| Toona |
Not knowing the ad you are referring to, but around here, one half of those HD ads are for Sportsters | ||
| Jlnance |
F & D on their dirtbike  | ||
| Cityxslicker |
I have a customer that has one in the garage with 21 miles on it, 7 of them are the PDI miles from the dealership. The other 14 are from when I rode the bike home for the customer. He was too scared to get on it, but his best friend just bought one.... I thought by sixty peer pressure would be over  I call him once a month to see if he still has it, ridden it, is the bike ok, is he ok. I have the feeling I will see this bike in the paper in 5 years. 2006 FLSTSCI VERY Low miles, brand new condition... | ||
| Stevedplumber |
toona i was looking the the baltimore sun paper. there was a mix of them for sale | ||
| Jerry_haughton |
F & D on their dirtbike... Jim, thx for the reminder of a great day.  I have the feeling I will see this bike in the paper in 5 years. 2006 FLSTSCI VERY Low miles, brand new condition... cool beans for Harley that people with the means (and after all, we capitalists work our asses off every day to be able to afford to BUY stuff, right?) are buying H-D's, even if they don't get around to riding them much. and, as these bikes circulate back into the market, several years down the road and with few miles on the clock, it's a win-win situation for people looking for a "deal" on a nearly-new Harley-Davidson. btw, my one-year-old Off-Road King is pushing 15,000 miles already... ride long and prosper. FB | ||
| Rainman |
I can't tell you why and it makes no sense but I have no desire for anything other than Buell, HD or Triumph. I can appreciate the other bikes and loved my Old Wing, but nothing really hangs around in my head that long. Of course, it's pretty stuffy in there and the lighting is pretty dim.... |
