Beijing Feng Huo Lun will be Beijing Harley-Davidson, the first authorized HD dealer in China. Opening is scheduled for early April. Harley-Davidson has indicated that it expects market entry into China to be a gradual process. According to the Company, the leisure-oriented market for premium, heavyweight motorcycles is just beginning to emerge in China, with market … [Read more...]
Ducati Luggage and Travel Accessories
Ducati is on a licensing roll. They are leveraging their brand name and attaching it to all sorts of things which can be a good thing or a bad thing, depending on how far they go with this. This line of luggage looks very nice and they have backpacks and messenger bags which work well for a rider, the red and black color scheme matches a lot of Ducatis out there. Some … [Read more...]
Ducati Opens Vintage Archives
You never know what you'll find when you start digging around in your basement. Ducati started digging and found a lot of old photos and prints that look pretty cool. So they gathered everything together, reproduced them and put them up for sale. I've wondered why more companies haven't dug out their old photos and put them up out there, you have to figure some of the … [Read more...]
Harley Davidson and Changing Demographics
As I believe Mark Twain once famously said, "Rumors of my death have been greatly exaggerated" and likewise the decline of Harley Davidson, because of one reason or another, may be grist for another news story but how much is true and how much simply tantalizing speculation? Harley Davidson, like any other company, has a customer base with certain similarities, in their … [Read more...]
Ducati Launches Desmoblog
Ducati has introduced Desmoblog with periodic entries written by Federico Minoli, giving the Ducatisti a little insight on the goings on at Ducati, much like GM's Fastlane with entires from Bob Lutz. It would be nice to see a few of the other motorcycle manufacturers jump in as well, nothing like a direct line of two way communication with the factory to let them know what's … [Read more...]
Harley Davidson says Quiet Please!
Jim McCaslin, President and COO of Harley Davidson, has an article up on the HD website addressing the loud pipes issue. It's obvious there are quite a few HD riders swapping out their mufflers for straight pipes, lower power and less torque be damned, it's noise they want! Seeing all of the custom choppers with sweeping non muffled pipes must mean mufflers are just superfluous … [Read more...]
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