Regardless of what you think about their bikes, you have to admit they've won when it comes to branding. Not just mudflaps, decals, and tshirts, but ppl regularly get their logo as a tattoo. When was the last time you saw a Toyota or GE or Intel tattoo? There may be a few Ford and Chevy tats out there, but nowhere near as many as the HD crowd. I love my NH, but I'm not about to run out and get a tattoo of it or the Honda logo.
-Kyle On Tue, Mar 13, 2012 at 10:41 AM, paul annen <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. > -- 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.
