Hmmm, far from rebelling to buy a Harley it seems you are simply following the crowd. Taken from www.mcnews.com, if you take out the 100's of Honda postie bikes bought by Aussie Post then Harley were the top selling road bike manufacturer in Oz for the first half of 2008.
"-- Harley going from strength to strength
Harley-Davidson sales figures in recent years have been almost beyond belief.
Try this on for size. Harley sold 3983 road bikes in the first six months of 2008. Yamaha sold just 2650 in the same period. If it were not for Australia Post buying hundreds of Honda CT110 machines Harley would have knocked Honda off the top of the road bike charts.
The Fat Boy continues to be the biggest seller for Harley ahead of the Softail, XL1200 and 883 Sportsters, Super Glide and Softail Custom. Those models give Harley clear domination of the cruiser category.
Another category in which Harley is perhaps seen as the quiet achiever is the touring segment of the market. The top three touring motorcycles in the country all wear the Harley-Davidson badge. The Heritage Softail Classic leads the segment ahead of the Road King Classic and Ultra Classic Electra Glide. All three models individually sold better than Yamaha’s FJR1300, Kawasaki’s GTR1400, Honda’s ST1300, BMW’s R1200RT and more than doubled the numbers achieved by the Gold Wing or Triumph Rocket Tourer."
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