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[North Georgia Hawg]

Sad part is that those who have had so many bad experiences keep on buying them anyway, so H-D management has no incentive to do anything better.  It's the same situation that existed for a long time in the auto industry, until enough people got fed up and stopped buying certain brands, but so far Harley has been sliding by.  Once the current generations of customers hang up the riding boots, I have a feeling Harley with have to rely on their Chinese and Indian markets for sales.  Those folks still have very low expectations, so Harley should do well there.


Jerry

In those markets, I wish them luck. They'll have a rough go of it at over $50,000 a pop!

[Sledge]

Quality control may be an issue but...  I was riding in a 70 mile pd escorted toy run this last weekend and had an experience I wanted to share.

Had to travel about 40 miles to get to the county that the run was in.  After I crossed the county line I headed south to the event and stopped to get gas.  Not a good part of town to pull over in apparently.  I wasn't off my bike 2 seconds and a panhandler came over to hit me up for spare change, which in his case (drunk, not hungry) I refused to give.  We're talking drunk on a Sunday morning here folks.

Noticed the pumps had no credit card function, sign said pay in advance.  Went to the counter, sign overhead said no public restrooms.  Helmet under my arm (drunk guy outside looking at my stuff), talk to the asian guy about letting me pump and then pay to make sure I could top it off.  He said Harley Davidson?  Nice bike, sure you pump first then pay, big smile on his face.  Then I asked about the sign saying no public restroom, he said sure you can use restroom, right over there!  Sign on door said out of order, cashier said that was for people like the drunk outside.  The guy was full of questions about the bike and it was a few minutes before I could get underway.

Anyways I left the dumpy little gas station with a newfound appreciation for all things Harley.  Seems folks all over, especially from overseas, think they are awesome, and at least at this gas station, you will get special consideration if you're riding one.  (I'm not sporting a born to kill tattoo, a black teardrop next to my eye, or a 1% patch either though.)

Personally I haven't had too many problems I couldn't live with.  My Big Red has performed flawlessly so far.  Maybe I've been lucky but I just can't get excited about any other bike.  They all seem to be chasing the same mystique but they can't quite make it.

Sledge

[24kgoldens]

I  walked into a Harley Dealership wanting a certain bike. I had (have) a inferno orange and black Softail convertible 2010 . My husband had a 2006 RoadKing in which in eight months he put 20,000 miles on it. We bought it used had it 8 months it was time for a new one for him. We wanted the orange and black Street Glide we thought it would be fun if our bikes matched.
Visalia harley Calif didn't have the one we wanted but found a dealership close by that did. They contacted the dealership and asked to swap the Street glide for an Ultra classic with all the bells and whistles. The Dealership told them heck no "they were selling the street glide for $5000 more than the MSRP".
 To make a long story short we bought the Ultra Classic, the other dealership pissed us off. We wanted to keep business in our area and local.
I couldn't believe the nerve of that dealership in NO.Calif. I think in the run long we got a better bike at least for my husband, he is a BIG guy and needed a bigger bike.

If you have seen the thread about the Kings/Sequoia trip that JC posted with pictures of Hunter and his trailer that is the CVO we bought Rio Red and Black umber trailer matches perfect!