<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: markinnaples</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Indian has been through so many owners now it's certainly not what it was back then. And now that Victory owns them, it's a completely different ballgame.</div></div>
Agreed, but I'm one of those principle guys. It's a PITA..., but I "try" to base some of my decisions on how a company came about and how they've made some of their decisions. After the bailout I wouldn't buy another Govt. Motors product. The end doesn't always justify the means. There's nothing wrong with struggling for a while. Mitsubishi is another example. Mitsubishi class Zeros killed a lot of Americans. I know the arguments going the other way too... I'm just not a big forgive and forget kind of guy and I certainly don't like to reward.
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Canuck</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Harley had a lot of dark Years through various owners. The company is currently run by MBA's who have no knowledge of the industry.
A good friend of mine was the COO for the Canadian Distributor, a relationship that existed between the Deeley Family and HD for nearly 100 years. 2 years ago the MBA's terminated the relationship and are now running the company according to the Harvard, Wharton, Kellogh and Stanford rule books for MBA's.
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You can bash those MBA's all you want, but HD isn't exactly hurting for business are they? $23k+ for a Streetglide and how many do they sell each year? I don't see HD dealers closing, only opening. I don't like a lot of their decisions either, but I guess I'm not the guy they're marketing too.
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: 70 copo</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Watched the all three parts. Owned HD as a kid. The knuckle head and the shovel were rough to kick, and I had two of the Aermacchi HD's both SX 125's.
Then I discovered I liked LT-1's better....so the bikes were sold.
I would like to see the story told through the early 80's. They should continue the mini series.... <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/beers.gif</div></div>
I'd like to see a continuation also. It was pretty well done. That could have been a much longer mini series. They really didn't get into many details.
I've built three Harleys (Iron Head, Shovel Head and an Evo) and have had a ton of Japanese bikes including a Hayabusa. Their technology and value can't be disputed. I paid less than $10k for the worlds fastest straight line production bike brand new in '07 to say a big screw you to a Harley friend that killed himself.
For anyone that cares, here's a few of the bikes I've built and had:
I built this one to embarrass all my friends that were shelling out 10s of thousands of dollars on their "fast" new Harleys. It would walk right by them and I built it from the frame up.
http://i1164.photobucket.com/albums/q573/SgtHawkUSMC/Misc%20Cars%20and%20Bikes/Bikes/BikeRtRr101605.jpg (http://s1164.photobucket.com/user/SgtHawkUSMC/media/Misc%20Cars%20and%20Bikes/Bikes/BikeRtRr101605.jpg.html)
I restored the XLH 1000 after riding it in a surprise snow storm back in 98. All the chrome had gotten destroyed after a 3 hr ride and having to follow a snow plow/salt truck up a highway. I took it down to the frame and rebuilt the motor, re-chromed and re-painted everything except the tins. Luckily it had real nice factory paint and it didn't get damaged. That bike went to SoCal and back to Mass with me.
http://i1164.photobucket.com/albums/q573/SgtHawkUSMC/Misc%20Cars%20and%20Bikes/Bikes/ShovelheadIronhead.jpg (http://s1164.photobucket.com/user/SgtHawkUSMC/media/Misc%20Cars%20and%20Bikes/Bikes/ShovelheadIronhead.jpg.html)
http://i1164.photobucket.com/albums/q573/SgtHawkUSMC/Misc%20Cars%20and%20Bikes/Bikes/Busa.jpg (http://s1164.photobucket.com/user/SgtHawkUSMC/media/Misc%20Cars%20and%20Bikes/Bikes/Busa.jpg.html)