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Yeah, I'll bet they do. Good riddance. Aside from the image problem of being toys for salarymen Boomers who strap on some straight pipes and terrorize the neig
by jstarfish 8y ago
Yeah, I'll bet they do. Good riddance.
Aside from the image problem of being toys for salarymen Boomers who strap on some straight pipes and terrorize the neighborhood LARPing as a Hell's Angel on the weekend, their engineering has always been subpar for the price-- the one-size-fits-all solution of "just stick a V-Twin in it" for $30K only gets you so far, and led to some anemic sportbikes under the now-defunct Buell brand. You can buy a Lotus for that price.
Most of their business comes from the cachet of being part of a lifestyle or image; kids who grew up in the 70s saw how badass motorcycle gangs were and wanting to recapture a part of that during their adult midlife crises. Millennials can't relate to that. With Harleys being among the most expensive motorcycles on the market despite not being the most comfortable, the most performant, the most versatile, or the most reliable, there's literally no practical reason to buy one.