Comments on: Harley Davidson International Growth http://thekneeslider.com/archives/2006/10/19/harley-davidson-international-growth/ Motorcycle News for Positive People Sat, 21 Nov 2009 05:22:10 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Richard http://thekneeslider.com/archives/2006/10/19/harley-davidson-international-growth/comment-page-1/#comment-47013 Richard Sat, 21 Oct 2006 17:41:42 +0000 http://thekneeslider.com/?p=1222#comment-47013 Ditto on the theory that it's probably mostly Buells. However, old American music and culture (50, 60's) is very popular in Japan so maybe they are buying HD's to try to emulate James Dean or Marlon Brando. BTW, percentages don't tell us much. If they sold 1 last year and 2 this year, that's a 100% increase! "I do wish they would offer bikes like the new prototype XR1200 here and give this market a chance to buy it, it would prove or disprove whether that market exists." They tried that with the VROD. It is shunned by all the "real" HD bikers, and its sales figures are dismal in the US. Ditto on the theory that it’s probably mostly Buells. However, old American music and culture (50, 60’s) is very popular in Japan so maybe they are buying HD’s to try to emulate James Dean or Marlon Brando.

BTW, percentages don’t tell us much. If they sold 1 last year and 2 this year, that’s a 100% increase!

“I do wish they would offer bikes like the new prototype XR1200 here and give this market a chance to buy it, it would prove or disprove whether that market exists.”

They tried that with the VROD. It is shunned by all the “real” HD bikers, and its sales figures are dismal in the US.

]]> By: hoyt http://thekneeslider.com/archives/2006/10/19/harley-davidson-international-growth/comment-page-1/#comment-46936 hoyt Fri, 20 Oct 2006 20:08:48 +0000 http://thekneeslider.com/?p=1222#comment-46936 I know the press release states "Harley Davidsons..." It would be interesting to see how much of this international growth is attributable to Buell. I had the pleasure of visiting Italy this past summer. I was amazed (in a positive way) by the number of Buells I encountered between Cortina in Northern Italy and Florence. There were 19, XB-series Buells at one hotel, alone. 19. I've always liked Buells, especially the new platform. It was cool (& struck me as somewhat odd) to see that a Buell Firebolt looked & sounded even better in Italy. I know the press release states “Harley Davidsons…” It would be interesting to see how much of this international growth is attributable to Buell.

I had the pleasure of visiting Italy this past summer. I was amazed (in a positive way) by the number of Buells I encountered between Cortina in Northern Italy and Florence.

There were 19, XB-series Buells at one hotel, alone. 19.

I’ve always liked Buells, especially the new platform. It was cool (& struck me as somewhat odd) to see that a Buell Firebolt looked & sounded even better in Italy.

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