The Livewire is getting good reviews in the mainstream motorcycle press, but it remains to be seen if that means anything. It is being trotted around the country to be shown to Harley riders and dealers for feedback. Sorry if this seems closed-minded, but that's hardly the most open-minded or forward thinking crowd. There are already reports that the response has been varying degrees of "WTF?".
Some Harley dealerships have more floor space devoted to Harley-labeled boots, vests, chain wallets, ashtrays and phones that go VROOM when they ring than motorcycles. I just can't see that demographic bending their heads around such an alien concept as an eMC. Harley is a cult, and it's just not wise to introduce anything that will lead to rifts among the devoted. I'm thinking a new brand is in order, sort of like Toyota and Lexus cars are sold in different dealerships. But that's a pretty big undertaking. Maybe the Livewire is just the tip of the spear in a Harley attempt to expand to new markets? Chris -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20140819/2f1dfb41/attachment.htm> _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
