On 6/5/09, mike wilson <[email protected]> wrote: > > Wow. Not even a hint of HD. How unpatriotic.
The last time I looked at an HD was in the mid-90s and the middle-aged, gold card bikers had pretty much driven the price through the roof. If you could even find a bike on a showroom floor it was marked up about 20% over MSRP plus it had about $3000 worth of accessory chrome stuck to it. Guys like me who just wanted a motorcycle bought Japanese and European bikes because we could get one without getting bent over. >From what I understand, over the last few years HD has been producing more bikes than their dealers can sell. My wife's cousin was recently laid off from the York plant. What's happened is that the gold card crowd is getting too old to ride, or they've just lost interest in it, but there's no one to replace them. Those of us who should be buying their bikes were laughed at 15 years ago when we tried to negotiate a fair price on the damn things. I won't forget the way I was treated by HD's dealers and it will be a cold day in hell before you see me on one. -- Scott Loveless Cigarette-free since December 14th, 2008 http://www.twosixteen.com/fivetoedsloth/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
