I missed this news flash while on the road last week, but Bill Davidson, the current VP of Core Customer Marketing and great-grandson of the motor company founder was “promoted” to the flagship position of Museum Director. Huh? Twenty-six years at the company to become the head honcho of factory tours and the Harley-Davidson museum? [...]
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Harley Changes Museum Curator
Posted in 2010 Models, Age, Antique, Brand, Harley, Harley Engines, Harley-Davidson, HOG, Latest News, Motorcycle, tagged Bill Davidson, CEO, Curator, Employment, harley museum, Harley-Davidson, HD, Head Honcho, Keith Wandell, Las Vegas, Mark-Hans Richer, Milwaukee, Museum Director, Old Guard, Promotion, Sr. Director of Consumer Segment Marketing, Stacey Watson, Twenty-six years, VP Core Customer Marketing, VP of the H-D Museum & Factory Tours, Willie G on April 30, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Hawk Missiles – A Time To Remember
Posted in Age, Boomers, Celebration, Clubs, Events, Fatalities, Harley, Life Lessons, Living Life, Motorcycle, Organizations, Politics, Veterans, tagged "Hoomau i Luna" (Always On Top), 08 April 1967, 1962, 1966, 28 September 1965, 34 Years, 3rd Marine Division, 41st Signal Battalion, 4th Marines, 56th Artillery, 6th Battalion, 6th Missile Battalion (HAWK), 71st Artillery, Accipter, Admiral W. L. Capps, Air Defense Artillery, Air Defense School, Army, Army; BBC; 6th Battalion, “Mike”, Battery C, Bethlehem Steel, Bremerton, Cam Ranh Bay, Code of Conduct, Consolidation, Counteroffensive, Fort Bliss, General Order 17, General Orders, Global Security Org, GruntsMilitary.com, Hawaii, Hawk Missile Training Program, HAWK Missiles, Ho Chi Minh City, KIA, Korean War, M60 “Door Gunner”, Maritime Administration, missile artillery battalions, National Defense Reserve Fleet, Naval Register, NISMF Pearl Harbor, PFC James Popp's Navy Cross, Quang Nam Province, Qui Nhon, Ratheon, RIMPAC 2000 EXERCISE, Russian Il-28 Bomber Aircraft, Saigon, South Vietnam, Spec 5, Specialist E-5, Specialist E-5 Insignia, surface-to-air, Tet Counteroffensive, Texas, U.S. Army Air Defense Center, U.S. Army Pacific (USARPAC) South Vietnam, UH-1 “Slick” Huey, USNS General Hugh J. Gaffey (T-AP-121), Veteran Motorcycle Clubs, Viet Cong forces, Vietnam Citations, Vietnam War, Vietnam War Memorial, WA, White Sands Missile Range, WWII on April 30, 2010 | 14 Comments »
Today marks the 35th anniversary of the fall of Saigon and the end of the Vietnam war. Occasionally I wander and this post has nothing about motorcycles. However, it has everything to do with appreciating veterans. You may recall that the U.S. entered the war to prevent a communist takeover of South Vietnam as part [...]
Laughlin River Run 2010
Posted in Events, Harley, Harley-Davidson, Las Vegas, Laughlin, Motorcycle, Posse Ride, Routes & Maps, Travel, tagged Arizona, Arizona 89A, Best Western, Bright Angel Lodge, Casino Drive, Cold, Desert Storm Races, Flagstaff, Grand Canyon, Grasshopper Junction, H-D, Hard Rock, Harley-Davidson, HD, Hoover Dam, Hot, I-40, KGM Motorcycle Transport, Kingman, Lake Havasu, Lake Havasu City, Las Vegas, Laughlin, Mike Scully, Mogollon Rim, Mojave Desert, Mr. D’z Route 66 Diner, Oak Creek Canyon, Prescott, Prescott National Forest, Prescott Pandemonium Motorcycle Rally, River Run, Route 66, Sedona, Skull Valley, Snow, SR96, SR97, Stan Ridgway, Weather on April 27, 2010 | 3 Comments »
“High on a mountain, wind blowing free Thinking of the days that used to be” Riding from Las Vegas to Laughlin reminded me of that Stan Ridgway song of “Mexican Radio” fame. We felt the hot wind on our shoulders as the group rode through the Mojave Desert, and this number is stuck in my [...]
On The Road
Posted in Events, Harley, Harley-Davidson, Las Vegas, Laughlin, Motorcycle, Motorcycle Show, Posse Ride, tagged Casino, Chatroulette.com, Event, H-D, HD, Laughlin, Lauglin River Run, Motorcycle, NV, On The Road, Posse Ride, Rally, River Run Riot, Road Trip, Sassenbach, Travel on April 21, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Laughlin, NV is the third most visited casino and resort destination in the state after Las Vegas and Reno, and is one of the top 5 destinations for American RV enthusiasts. The city is also known for having the first multiple murders in a Nevada casino….it was called the River Run Riot and I previously [...]
Harley-Davidson Is Encouraged
Posted in 2010 Models, Brand, Dealer News, Earnings, Harley, Harley-Davidson, HOG, Latest News, Motorcycle, Motorcycle Sales, tagged 53674 units, CEO, Domestic 35668 Units, Earnings Release, Eyjafjallajokull Volcano, Harley, Harley-Davidson, HD, HDFS, Keith Wandell, Less Ash, More Lava, Motorcycle, Profit, Q1'10, Q1’10, Revenue $1.04B on April 20, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
That was the key take away in today’s Q1’10 earning’s call as the stock price soared. CEO, Keith Wandell stated: “We are seeing directional improvements in our dealers’ retail motorcycle sales as we enter the key selling season. At the same time, given the global economic uncertainty that still exists, we believe conditions will remain [...]
iPhone App Of The Week
Posted in Events, Harley-Davidson, Motorcycle, Oregon, Products, tagged Apple, Application, blog, blogging, Harley, Harley-Davidson, HD, iPhone, iPhone App, nwhog, Video on April 19, 2010 | 1 Comment »
The times they are a changin’… certainly in the way people get their news. This is especially true for the youth demographic who live and breathe by their cell phones. As a result, I’ve been noodling about how to get this blog content onto iPhones given all the web-based tools that allow developers to build [...]
HOG Performance
Posted in 2010 Models, Boomers, Brand, Brand Loyalty, Earnings, Harley-Davidson, Motorcycle, tagged 52-Week High, Earnings Call, Harley, Harley-Davidson, HD, HOG, Q1 2010, Stock, Toyota Recall, Unintended Throttle Acceleration on April 15, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Stock price performance, not your motorcycle! Harley-Davidson (HOG) shares have been on a smokin’ hot burnout of late. We’re talking about a 2nd gear blowing the melted tire kind — as the stock price approaches a 52-week high. Rumors of a merger or buyout floating around the web may have contributed. Who knows. The motor [...]
It’s About Being In The Wind
Posted in Age, Harley-Davidson, Latest News, Life Lessons, Living Life, Motorcycle, Old School, tagged Adventure, Documentary, Film, Harley, Harley-Davidson, HD, Independent, motorcycles, Red Letter Images, Scott G. Toepfer, Tag Line, Two Wheeled Truth On The Road on April 14, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Sound familiar? It’s a modified version of the above tag line, but that’s not the point. It’s about a Portland transplant living in L.A. Scott G. Toepfer, is an emerging editorial and documentary photographer with a love of motorcycles and adventure. His posse is setting out across the Western U.S., to re-imagine the stories of [...]
Motorcycle Thefts Track Sales Rate
Posted in Brand, Harley-Davidson, Latest News, Motorcycle, tagged 13% Decline, 2009, 3529, Harley, HD, Honda, July, Kawasaki, Leo, Motorcycle, National Insurance Crime Bureau, NICB, Suzuki, Theft, Theft Prevention, Yamaha on April 13, 2010 | 1 Comment »
There is no place more empty than the spot where your motorcycle used to be! Motorcyclists often put a great deal of money and attention into customization of their cycles, from elaborate paint schemes, high-performance motor upgrades, exhaust systems to billet custom wheels. It’s not uncommon for aftermarket parts to add thousands of dollars to [...]
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