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Harley's Reduced '07 shipments Cause For Alarm?

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longride · 09-14-2007, 02:00 PM

I know I'm alarmed!

sarnali2 · 09-14-2007, 02:27 PM

Not me, I'm sedated

Buzglyd · 09-14-2007, 02:40 PM

I guess since no one has any equity left to pull out of their homes, they can't buy expensive motorcycles anymore.

Sounds like the local dealer is actually going to have to sell motorcycles instead of being order takers.

I wouldn't mind seeing some incentives on a new Geezer Glide or Rocker.

acecycleins · 09-14-2007, 03:09 PM

They sell half a million (I'm close-blah!) bikes a year for how many years in a row? I can't understand how people think that a recreational products company can sustain double digit (almost) growth year after year. It's dip time and the HD guys play "business" better than almost eveyone -except Honda, maybe. Last time they corrected production numbers their "stupid" stockholders sold-off in a panic and sued. Remeber the outcome? They raised production 2 quarters later and revenues were still higher than forecasted. Stupid people should not be allowed to play in the stock market. It just mucks it up for the people who get how the game is played.

seruzawa · 09-14-2007, 03:25 PM

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Originally Posted by sarnali2

Not me, I'm sedated

.. Kenneth Moore is sedated too.

Evos for cheap sometime soon!

What is it with investors? The slightest blip and they panic. You'd almost think that a large amount of people are so stupid as to have their entire lives leveraged into the stock market. They couldn't be that stupid, could they? (snicker).

Kenneth_Moore · 09-14-2007, 05:32 PM

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Originally Posted by seruzawa

.. Kenneth Moore is sedated too.

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Not nearly enough.

Duken4evr · 09-16-2007, 04:22 PM

"Stupid people should not be allowed to play in the stock market. It just mucks it up for the people who get how the game is played."

Ironically, it is the Hedge Funds who "play the game" that cause most of the market commmotion.

Volatility presents opportunity. If HD stock seriously tanks, I am backing up the truck and buying it. It is down around 2 year lows now. Perhaps it is getting to be time to start circling, mibble and buy a few shares. HOG is on my watch list, that is for sure.

The_AirHawk · 09-16-2007, 06:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Duken4evr

If HD stock seriously tanks, I am backing up the truck and buying it. It is down around 2 year lows now. Perhaps it is getting to be time to start circling, mibble and buy a few shares. HOG is on my watch list, that is for sure.

EXACTLY!

Aside from finding Mr. Peabody's Wayback Machine and goin' back to 1987 with a fistful of shekels, the time to buy is IMMEDIATELY after any "Market Correction" depresses the stock. I see no way that the "Faithful" would ever let H-D die within my lifetime.

Hawk yer Jap-bikes if you gotta! - buy H-D Stock!

tvrides · 09-18-2007, 09:43 AM

Harley-Davidson has probably been unfairly singled out by the media as overall motorcycle sales turned somewhat sluggish. I'd think that the other major motorcycle manufacturers are also seeing the downturn rather than just Harley.

09-14-2007, 01:52 PM	#1
Administrator Administrator Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: On My Bike Posts: 1	Harley's Reduced '07 shipments Cause For Alarm? Original Article: Harley's Reduced '07 shipments Cause For Alarm? Please discuss the Motorcycle.com article Harley's Reduced '07 shipments Cause For Alarm? in our Motorcycle Forums below. Use the reply button to let others know your comments or feedback on the article. Constructive criticism is always appreciated, along with your thoughts and personal opinions on the bikes and products we have tested.

09-14-2007, 02:00 PM	#2
longride Super Duper Mod Man Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Anywhere they let me Posts: 10,484	I know I'm alarmed! __________________ I'm a knucklehead

09-14-2007, 02:27 PM	#3
sarnali2 Aging Cafe` Racer Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Sittin' down by my window, lookin' at the rain. Posts: 7,960	Not me, I'm sedated __________________ "Carpe` Throttelum -Loud Suits Save Lives" "All the BMW riders in the room, I want you to leave. Now. Out. "

09-14-2007, 02:40 PM	#4
Buzglyd Founding Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Posts: 9,799	I guess since no one has any equity left to pull out of their homes, they can't buy expensive motorcycles anymore. Sounds like the local dealer is actually going to have to sell motorcycles instead of being order takers. I wouldn't mind seeing some incentives on a new Geezer Glide or Rocker. __________________ "The green class of environmental elites usually uses more fossil fuels per capita than do the muscular classes who mine and drill them out of the ground — and who do not jet, drive, or live in the comparable fashion of their critics."

09-14-2007, 03:09 PM	#5
acecycleins Founding Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: North Georgia Posts: 4,125	They sell half a million (I'm close-blah!) bikes a year for how many years in a row? I can't understand how people think that a recreational products company can sustain double digit (almost) growth year after year. It's dip time and the HD guys play "business" better than almost eveyone -except Honda, maybe. Last time they corrected production numbers their "stupid" stockholders sold-off in a panic and sued. Remeber the outcome? They raised production 2 quarters later and revenues were still higher than forecasted. Stupid people should not be allowed to play in the stock market. It just mucks it up for the people who get how the game is played. __________________ "Slack" - a state of being in which everything flows smoothly.....a frame of mind so at ease that the universe naturally cooperates.

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09-16-2007, 04:22 PM	#8
Duken4evr Founding Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Parker, CO Posts: 540	"Stupid people should not be allowed to play in the stock market. It just mucks it up for the people who get how the game is played." Ironically, it is the Hedge Funds who "play the game" that cause most of the market commmotion. Volatility presents opportunity. If HD stock seriously tanks, I am backing up the truck and buying it. It is down around 2 year lows now. Perhaps it is getting to be time to start circling, mibble and buy a few shares. HOG is on my watch list, that is for sure.

09-18-2007, 09:43 AM	#10
tvrides Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Boise, ID Posts: 8	Harley-Davidson has probably been unfairly singled out by the media as overall motorcycle sales turned somewhat sluggish. I'd think that the other major motorcycle manufacturers are also seeing the downturn rather than just Harley.