couldnt have said it better myself... how can i like a motorcycle company that makes more money from decals and t-shirts then bikes...
On Tue, Mar 13, 2012 at 11:34 AM, Shaun Gallant <[email protected]>wrote: > I'm in Northern Ontario where it's still winter. My wife and I were > having dinner at a restaurant and there was a couple next to us decked head > to toe in H-D clothing. Even though I used to ride Harleys (I had two), I > don't see the point, but to each their own. Here, it seems to be a status > badge, but IMO a baseless one. Although there are good plenty of good > things about the motor co, like organized weekly rides through the Harley > Owners Group chapters, and the fact that you can readily get parts for > bikes, even really old ones, I honestly can't defend this. Sometimes I > wonder if they make more money from non bike items (tshirts, mudflaps, > coffee mugs) than they do from selling bikes. > > All in all, I'm still pretty happy with my 30 year old Honda, and the > power to weight ratio is about twice what my H-D bagger had. I don't miss > the inefficient v twin. > > S > > On Monday, March 12, 2012 8:55:05 AM UTC-4, Joey wrote: > >> Hello All, >> This morning I asked a person who parked next to me with >> large decals on their truck with the brand name of a certain >> motorcycle - if they rode. Nope. Neither her, nor her Husband, rode. >> Ok maybe I'm just old fashioned but if I go around with say, a big >> decal of Honda on my truck, it might be a reasonable assumption that I >> had a Honda bike, ATV, something. Oh no, instead, we just put the name >> on the truck to look 'cool' or 'rugged' and let everyone THINK we're >> awesome. >> Is anyone else annoyed by this? >> -Joey >> PS - I do have a head cold and this may be amplifying my annoyance >> >> -- >> -Joey Kelley >> JoeyKelley.com - My Life Online >> JoeyFixesComputers.com - Its What I Do! >> JoeyKelleyPhoto.com - Photographing Today, For Tomorrow >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msg/nighthawk_lovers/-/4UPWylBAZeIJ. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en.
