Roadcarvin Magazine

Because the ride is everything™

Main menu

  • Roadcarvin
    • Blogs
    • Contact Us
    • Site map
    • About Roadcarvin Magazine
      • Advertise on Roadcarvin
      • Privacy Policy
      • Terms of Use
  • Articles
    • All-Time Popular Content
    • Recent Additions
    • Recent Popular Content
  • Equipment
    • Motorcycle Equipment Reviews and News
  • Gallery
    • Browse the Photo Gallery
    • All-time popular photos
    • Recent additions
  • Polls
  • Rides
Home

Site Sponsors

Harley-Davidson Sales Slump

Harley-Davidson's management looks forward: What are the 'next generation' of buyers looking for?

Submitted by Michael Curry on June 28, 2008 - 4:06pm.
  • Harley-Davidson
  • Harley-Davidson Buyers
  • Harley-Davidson Future
  • Harley-Davidson Sales Slump
  • Jim Ziemer
  • Motorcycle News
  • Motorcycling

Traditional styling, traditional colors, traditional customers: But is tradition enough?Traditional styling, traditional colors, traditional customers: But is tradition enough?As the Times Online newspaper points out, Harley-Davidson management thinks that the next generation (post-boomers, that is) is probably looking for something a little less, shall we say, traditional.

Lots of talk about the future here. Lots of conjecture. From the sound of it, Harley Davidson management is looking for new places to sell, and new people to sell to. A new generation of buyers...

Any changes will not happen quickly enough to compensate for the slide in domestic sales. The group is finding other ways to compete, splitting marketing into two, one concentrating on traditional, more mature Harley customers, as epitomised in last year’s Hollywood movie Wild Hogs, and the other aiming at young men and women riders. Read  More...

  • Michael Curry's blog
  • 2 comments

Syndicate

Syndicate content
more
Locations of visitors to this page

Site Map

Privacy Policy - Terms of Use

Roadcarvin™ Magazine Contents Copyright © 2005-2008 Exodus Development, Inc. and 3D Software, Inc. All rights reserved. Unauthorized duplication or reproduction prohibited.