Motorcycles represent many things to their owners, but often, the comments some of you leave on a wide variety of posts continually try to inject politics into what should be primarily a technical discussion. No one needs to be reminded that the country is divided, politics today has become more vicious and mean than at [...]
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Economics and Politics
For many riders, no matter how passionate they are about riding, at times they ask themselves, “Can I buy a motorcycle right now?” After a quick look around they decide prices are too high and give up, but, there’s a good chance they’re looking in the wrong place or at the wrong bikes. There’s always [...]
In comments to the recent announcement about Harley Davidson possibly moving their factory from York, PA, some said if they moved outside the U.S. costs might be lower but they might lose a lot of Harley customers. It’s interesting that another story appeared a couple of days ago reporting that Kawasaki is planning to move [...]
Did you ever wonder which models a motorcycle company could drop? The current business environment makes it easy to keep doing things the same way, trim the fat, get more efficient, ride it out. How do you go charging off in new directions if you have no extra money to invest in designing and building [...]
There have been more than a few comments on The Kneeslider stating demographics are against some companies, like Harley Davidson, who see their customer base getting older, and, especially during this recession, losing their jobs, what will they do to attract younger, employed buyers? It depends a lot on what you consider younger and older, [...]
Can the government take a bad idea and make it worse? You betcha! The absolutely awful “Cash for Clunkers” bill may now be expanded to include vouchers for motorcycles, too. The details are sketchy on this boondoggle finely crafted piece of legislation, by Senator Bob Casey of Pennsylvania, but if you trade in your old [...]
Some sectors of the economy are down, no doubt about it, but don’t make the mistake of watching the news and believing everyone’s down, some companies are humming along quite nicely and some highly skilled folks looking for work are being snapped right up, by American manufacturing companies, no less! Judging from the comments on [...]
Erik Buell has an interesting article in Forbes stating “I’m Placing My Bet On American Manufacturing.”
In 10 years, we will look back and say this was our moment in time when we turned it around. The re-trenching–or in the case of the American auto industry, re-wrenching–brings us back to our roots. It lets us scrap [...]
Kickboxer Subaru WRX Powered Motorcycle Concept
