It's nice to carve thru Austin on a vespa. Sometimes it's more convenient that getting on the bike. But I know it's not for everyoneI'll get one, right after I buy a Vespa, and right before I'm committed to a loony bin.
I can understand the early adoption thing. I looked at one in 2012. Then, just like now, price keeps me from buying. Electric is great for short commuting. But the price has to be lower for me to buy something that is dedicated to short trips.Yeah, they have, but who bought one from Best Buy? Zero finally has a dealer in Austin, between Ducati’s and such. In terms of main stream availability in a dealer network I’d still say electric bikes are in the early adopter phase. The live wire is for the same class of people that would buy a Tesla P 95. When they don’t sell and finally get marked down they’ll be considered collectors items in 20 years just like the XLCR and probably the XR 1200 today.
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Here's the rub.
You are a dying demographic.
Harley purists can rant and rave and pull their hair out but they are a fading market.
H-D must adapt or fail.
Younger folks haven't bought into the Harley biker culture.
Add in the crazy money Harley wants for new bikes and it is easy to see why H-D is struggling.
I say this as a former H-D owner and rider.
$30K for a motorpickle is insane.
Yep, hard for young guys to buy in to the culture of an overpriced bike made with parts from China and Mexico so they can be part of the cool club and wear Harley branded leather jackets, gloves, dew rags, glasses, socks, underwear, etc all bought from the dealership before they meet up with the rest of the H.O.G.s to ride out like a bunch of bad asses. Why wouldn’t a younger generation want to join the Harley Davidson Bad Ass Boomers club?
There are people that have been riding Harley since before Harley was nothing more than overpriced bikes marketed to people who will spend a ton of money on overpriced branded gear, but there is nothing cool about joining the modern day Harley culture.
Now c’mon fellas, let’s load our Bikes up on a trailer and haul them to Sturgis!
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You got that right.Definitely not going to be in the Harley line up for long.
It's Reuters and the earliest-posted page on the subject I found. What other stuff Reuters allows on their site, I couldn't say.Looked at the link and saw buh bye to Harley e-bikes, but also noticed it's filled with 'get rich schemes' - invest like hillary and voila' your financial dreams will come true...