Sad to see a storied company commit seppuku.

Never been a Harley guy, especially after what they did to Buell. They bought Buell to attract a new set of riders, because their long term problem is their customer base dying off. They poached the R&D for the new Buell motor for the V-Rod and made it to stupid and heavy to work in anything other than a fat chunk of pig-iron. Buell had to go to rotax (I think) for their new model. Then they dumped them. Total corporate plundering.

Interestingly, they dumped Buell saying their riders wanted the traditional harleys. That seems to be a lesson forgotten.

Funny story; I had nothing to do on a Saturday in the fall, so I rode (my FZ1) up to the Harley dealer to size up the new Buell. I was a minor celebrity, since no one else had ridden there. It was all posers shopping in the clothing section.

I looked at a few bikes. I remember sitting on a V-Rod and the sales dude asked what I thought. I said it didn’t seem like as big a chick big as I thought, even though that’s the only people I’ve ever seen ride it.

Yesterday, while I was walking I happened upon a kid pushing his electric minibike. It apparently had fuckall for charge. A real buzzkiller, having to push your bike back home.

Error happened.