Maybe they are going after the “Karen” market.
At some unspecified point in the future. Maybe just buying time.
NO!!!!
You cant make an electric bike look, ride, sound, feel or pound the earth beneath you like a Harley.
I predict bad things.
Would;d be great to see what the Harley Dealers think of this lunacy
The CEO is a German environmentalist who worked for Puma. With the magic of interlocking corporate board seats, he landed a seat on the Harley Board of Directors, and here we are.
A kraut green track suit and shoe executive... Running HD. Enjoy the woke company image bikers.
My pedal car made the same noise.
A final solution to open mufflers. 😂😂😂😂. Hey ceo....🖕
Why not make them all pink, too.
A quiet Harley. Does that even work?
Pure Electrics Won’t Work for Most Motorcycle Enthusiasts, Who May Have a Hybrid Future
This article is more about sport bikes and people are often more willing to accept changes in this segment—it’s all about cutting-edge technology. A hybrid gives you locomotive-like torque down low.
The upcoming hybrid Corvette is an example. It’s being done for performance reasons less than fuel economy.
The cruiser segment is not so flexible. Many of the designs have been around decades and it’s not just Harley. If they built sport bikes I’d say hybrids might work. But all electric for a company whose strength is in cruisers, well, no.
shocking...
The corporate suicide happened when they put this guy in charge.
Jochen Zeitz - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jochen_Zeitz
Sounds like he’s serious about destroying the company.
“For many enthusiasts, the thing that really sets a Harley apart from other motorcycles—American-made or otherwise—is a thunderously loud internal combustion engine....” Yes, that thunderous sound, and the firing sequence of the cylinders, which gives a Harley its unique sound in all the world. IMHO, Harley should be on suicide watch, unless the whisper quiet electrics are only an optional choice, and the big, loud “Hogs” continue to rule the roads.
The average Harley buyer is a man in his early 50s, married, making over $90K a year. Which has a pretty strong overlap with the average Prius buyer (mid-60s, $108K). I think this move is simply seeing the handwriting on the wall. Marlon Brando and Sonny Barger are dead, along with most everybody else that built the original Harley image.
Buy an Indian.
No pun intended to Pocohantis!
This is what you get from having woke MBAs running your company, and not real engineers.
Maybe they’re following the market.
Has there been an upturn in the number of pink bikes they sell?
Hells Angel’s ate really looking forward to these incredible machines
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Road trips won’t be possible