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TRUMP CURSE: Fabled American Company Slumps After Defying The Donald [H-D]
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| July 24, 2018
| By Andrew West
Posted on 07/25/2018 7:03:56 AM PDT by Red Badger
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To: Red Badger
Yup, they fell victim to the ‘must increase revenue’ trap. Single brand, single product (basically) saturate the market with “skin the sheep” market practice rather than sheer the sheep — you can shear a sheep many times but only skin them once.
They have the name brand, they built in America they could have just settled for consistent revenue with flat growth on single product, then go out and buy something to try and build more revenue streams.
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posted on
07/25/2018 7:56:24 AM PDT
by
Fhios
(♫ Oh Where have you been Jeffy boy Jeffy boy oh where have you been charming Jeffy?)
To: Macoozie
HD's are made for 6 foot wide riders..................
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posted on
07/25/2018 7:58:55 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(July 2018 - the month the world discovered the TRUTH......Q Anon)
To: Red Badger
True, but overseas markets already have Honda, Yamaha, Suzuki, Kawasaki, BMW, Benelli, MotoGuzzi, etc. So does their domestic market.
To: headstamp 2
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posted on
07/25/2018 8:04:30 AM PDT
by
fishtank
(The denial of original sin is the root of liberalism.)
To: Red Badger
The “outlaw” look sucks...
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posted on
07/25/2018 8:04:35 AM PDT
by
shotgun
( .)
To: Red Badger
My last bike was a ‘72 850 Commando. Black with gold script on the tank.
Bought used, it had failing valve stem seals. On cold start up, a squirt of oil would shoot out of each tail pipe.
We were living in the Twin Cities back then. I ran a for sale ad and an Australian guy drove up in a U-haul van and peeled off 100 bills for the bike and title.
He had several BSAs and Triumphs in the van and said he was creating them up and shipping them to Australia for triple the money he paid in the US.
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posted on
07/25/2018 8:05:15 AM PDT
by
Eric in the Ozarks
(Baseball players, gangsters and musicians are remembered. But journalists are forgotten.)
To: Red Badger
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posted on
07/25/2018 8:06:16 AM PDT
by
fishtank
(The denial of original sin is the root of liberalism.)
To: left that other site
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posted on
07/25/2018 8:06:51 AM PDT
by
onedoug
To: DoodleDawg
LOL! Yes it does!................
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posted on
07/25/2018 8:07:34 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(July 2018 - the month the world discovered the TRUTH......Q Anon)
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
DING! DING! DING!
We have a winner!
HD had already discussed moving more of their production overseas BEFORE the tariffs! This is just HD trying to push off their poor sales and bad business models onto Trump.
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posted on
07/25/2018 8:08:43 AM PDT
by
ExTxMarine
(Diversity is tolerance; diverse points of views will not be tolerated!)
To: onedoug
Thanks for the ping.
What are the execs at HD THINKING?
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posted on
07/25/2018 8:09:32 AM PDT
by
left that other site
(For America to have CONFIDENCE in our future, we must have PRIDE in our HISTORY... DJT)
To: CodeToad
Harleys are too big, too heavy, too slow, too expensive and handle like shit. There's one Harley Glide in the family but it hasn't been ridden in years. The primary riders are 3 BMW R1200 GS wetheads, which are good for both longer distances on the slab and/or getting a little dirty exploring off road.
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posted on
07/25/2018 8:10:41 AM PDT
by
pt17
To: Red Badger
The customized Hogs will live on, not the new Harley.
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posted on
07/25/2018 8:18:15 AM PDT
by
jetson
To: Red Badger
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posted on
07/25/2018 8:22:11 AM PDT
by
Diana in Wisconsin
(I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set.)
To: shotgun
I wouldn’t tell them that..................
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posted on
07/25/2018 8:25:32 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(July 2018 - the month the world discovered the TRUTH......Q Anon)
To: shotgun
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posted on
07/25/2018 8:27:51 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(July 2018 - the month the world discovered the TRUTH......Q Anon)
To: Red Badger; Diana in Wisconsin; DoodleDawg
The revived Indian brand has also taken a lot of market share away from HD.
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posted on
07/25/2018 8:28:46 AM PDT
by
Carriage Hill
(Life is simpler when you plow around the stump.)
To: carriage_hill; All
A thoroughly enjoyable movie:
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posted on
07/25/2018 8:31:48 AM PDT
by
Diana in Wisconsin
(I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set.)
To: Red Badger
Let me clarify so I don’t piss off the Outlaws MC. The HD production outlaw look sucks when you apply it to every model you make.
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posted on
07/25/2018 8:33:17 AM PDT
by
shotgun
( .)
To: headstamp 2
This is what I have also been hearing. The young people are not buying them.
They ride bikes and filthy trains.
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posted on
07/25/2018 8:35:13 AM PDT
by
dforest
(Never let a Muslim cut your hair.)
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