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With Stump as president our future looking glum
What has that got to do with HD?
US 30 the Lincoln highway big fight between Henry Ford and Carl G. Fisher government vs private goes through Iowa little north of Des MoinesContinuing down the political road?
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Any number of roads lead to "Banned Camp"........Some make a stop at "Infraction City". Some even take the advice of other passengers on the trip trip and get off the bus and take a break.US 30 the Lincoln highway big fight between Henry Ford and Carl G. Fisher government vs private goes through Iowa little north of Des Moines
Any number of roads lead to "Banned Camp"........Some make a stop at "Infraction City". Some even take the advice of other passengers on the trip trip and get off the bus and take a break.
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Well put.
Confine the discussion to H-D and leave the poli-rhetoric outside.
Not sure I'd of picked the 'Milwaukee 8 Line' as the MOTY - other brands offer some new models of interest.
Since they rarely retire a model-line, and baby boomers are aging out, the market is glutted and they are obviously struggling.
They will always be around, but they're hitting more balls than home runs lately.
...At some point, you have to move past your Grandfather's vision of vehicle design.
Harley offers a brand new product that's analogous to a Havana Taxi...a 1953 DeSoto with a new motor and wiring harness.
BMW hired a design guy named Chris Bangle in 1992. He was the guy who brought David Robb on board. Bangle that once said in an interview "Sometimes you have to take people where they don't want to go." His ugly 2001 740i became known as the "Bangle Butt". H-D moving past Grandpa's vision of a motorcycle would be just that - taking the customer base where they do not want to go. It may indeed be the right thing to do, but it would take nerves of steel to be the one who did it and total commitment from the top of the company to see it through the disillusionment phase.
I worked once with a guy who became president of the company. At one time he was a lowly marketing manager on the company's most profitable brand. His boss told him that the brand was a bonfire and his job was to bring a stick. In other words, don't try to re-make this thing in your own image. Bringing a stick is the safe approach. Absent a brave leader, corporations generally stick with the safe approach.
Can you point to similar efforts by H-D? I don't see it.