Harley's marketing dept?

**Big Dave** · 29th December 2010, 07:44

Originally Posted by Grubber

I got my Hurricane die cast too by the way. Cost me a bit more than the $2 i offered you though.

It has sentimental value!

I want to get the Bud Eakins 'great escape' replica next.

**Grubber** · 29th December 2010, 07:51

Originally Posted by Big Dave

It has sentimental value!

I want to get the Bud Eakins 'great escape' replica next.

Spotted that online a couple of weeks ago. Notice it's gone now though.
Internet is great...can find these things all over the place.

**dipshit** · 29th December 2010, 08:13

Originally Posted by dipshit

They are probably just trying to appeal to a younger market as their current market is aging and dying off.

http://money.cnn.com/2010/09/17/auto...tune/index.htm

**tri boy** · 29th December 2010, 09:33

I'd buy a HD when/if they make a bike that fits me, my riding style, and makes me happy.
Might happen, might not.
Ad is ok. Guitar riff pretty cool.
Girls in knickers, swing rope in hand, wayyy cool.

**wysper** · 29th December 2010, 15:12

Originally Posted by Grubber

i brought mine because I liked it and not because everyone else likes them.

yeah me too, apparently EVERYONE hates sportys LOL, the harley riders because it aint a real harley and the non harley riders because it IS a harley

But I like it, and like you, that is all that matters.

Ride on.

**Big Dave** · 29th December 2010, 15:20

Some of my best friends ride sportsters.

**Shadows** · 29th December 2010, 15:25

Originally Posted by wysper

yeah me too, apparently EVERYONE hates sportys LOL, the harley riders because it aint a real harley and the non harley riders because it IS a harley

Nothing wrong with a Sporty if you're after a standard motorcycle and not a big cruiser.

Nothing at all.

Depends on what you're into, horses for courses and all that.

**ellipsis** · 29th December 2010, 15:34

...never met anyone yet who has told me my sporty is a girls bike or a tractor or whatever else it is that sportys are SUPPOSED to be...only read these things on forums...I race on a track, not on the road...my racing machines are all pc jappies and a british classic...cant actually figure out what the kickers problems are...small dicks?...henpecked?...easily led?...full'o'shit?...dont care really...just love my sportster...ads are ads...only work on box-watchers and those with easily filled spaces between brain cells...the fact that they make people talk and discuss their product is all they want...so it must therefore be, a bloody good ad...haven't seen it tho...

**98tls** · 29th December 2010, 19:22

Originally Posted by Berries

No beards and no skanks. How does that represent the current HD clientele ? Seems like the ad agency went a bit over the top. A rope swing ?

The ones that scare me are those donned in impeccable leathers combined with the latest in head and hand coverings happy with there new found status though ignorant of the hazard to both themselves and other road users as they brake 1/2 way round anything resembling a kink in the road.I do however rejoice briefly when i come across Mr "walked out on 20 years of marriage to spend time with this 1/2 my age booze hag resplendent in suede boots and no teeth",shame for her that put in the hard yards but.

**vifferman** · 29th December 2010, 19:35

Originally Posted by Big Dave

Personally I think that's a really good advert.

Um, somewhat surprisingly, so do I.

**98tls** · 29th December 2010, 19:39

Originally Posted by vifferman

Um, somewhat surprisingly, so do I.

Dont tell anyone V but it didnt bother me that much either,threads nothing more than a bit of a laugh really.

**motor_mayhem** · 29th December 2010, 20:36

I thought the HD ad was very good, for 1/4 of a second I wondered what it would be like to own one, then I remembered HD have given no thought to weight considerations, engine design and technology or aerodynamics and handling, rather choosing to stick with their "cool image". Having said this, according to this article, it sounds like they are only meeting the demands of their buyers.

**White trash** · 29th December 2010, 22:06

Originally Posted by Big Dave

Some of my best friends ride skirtsters.

Fixed it for ya fella

In all seriousness though, the ad got people talking. So themarketing people get a big fucken pat on the back and an even bigger bonus.

They're sitting in the tea room right now.

"Holy shit John, they're talking about that fucken ad on a stupid online forum in New Zealand!"

"New Zealand? Where's that?"

"It's a little hole down by Antartica, consists of three islands, ten times as many sheep as humans."

"Oh yeah, they've got a bridge there from Sydney, right?"

**Big Dave** · 29th December 2010, 23:27

Originally Posted by White trash

Fixed it for ya fella

4 Bathursts, 3 Castrol Six hours (Including a class win and a fourth overall on a 250) and the Yamaha 250 Gold/World Cup.
Now rides a Sportster. You can call him Mr Rusty.