Luxury brands certainly have teams of brand police within Marketing to ensure their products aren’t being “Brand Jacked” or improperly positioned, but H-D is missing in action when it comes to the racially charged “N” word debate by pastors Terry Jones and Wayne Sapp of Florida’s Dove World Outreach Center. I’ll avoid getting into the debate [...]
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Harley-Davidson Brand Jacking
Posted in Brand, Brand Loyalty, Clothing, Dealer News, Harley, Harley-Davidson, HD Video, Legal, Motorcycle, tagged Brand, Brand Jacked, Brand Jacking, Brand Police, Burn a Koran Day, cease and desist order, Church, CMO, Collateral Damage, Dove World Outreach Center, Dr. Laura-esque, H-D, Harley, Harley-Davidson, HD, marketing, N-Word, Terry Jones, Video, Wayne Sapp on August 31, 2010 | 2 Comments »
The Light Is Changing
Posted in Clothing, Fall Rides, Harley-Davidson, Living Life, Motorcycle, Oregon, Routes & Maps, tagged Fall Rides, H-D, HD, Hwy-97, La Nina, OR, Shaniko, Shoe Tree, Shoefiti on August 31, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Get ready! Labor Day is around the corner and summer school recess will soon be over. Enjoy the final riding days while you can because after this it’s fall, La Nina and the northwest rain. Color me skeptical, but the cooler temperatures and elevated chances of rain from La Nina may well come true so getting rides [...]
Life After Harley-Davidson
Posted in 2011 Models, Advertising, Art, Brand, Brand Loyalty, Dealer News, Harley-Davidson, Latest News, Motorcycle, Motorcycle Sales, tagged Ads, Agency, Brand, Brand Loyalty, Carmichael Lynch, Davie Brown, Harley, Harley-Davidson, Harlista, HD, irretrievably broken, Let’s Ride, marketing, Marketing Strategy, McCann, Minneapolis-based, Screw It, VSA Partners on August 30, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Communication technology and digital media have transformed almost every sector of society, altering the way we express ideas, participate in public debates, connect with others, entertain ourselves and define our identities. The implications of the digital age are profound And for the past 31-years, Minneapolis-based Carmichael Lynch has helped build the Harley-Davidson brand through innovative ideas in [...]
Bottling Up Sturgis
Posted in レディース, Celebration, Clubs, Events, Harley-Davidson, Latest News, Motorcycle, Sturgis Rally, Yakuza, tagged ASIA, Asia Demographics, Asia Motorcycle Rally, Bottling Sturgis, China, H-D, Harley, Harley-Davidson, Harley-Davidsonesque Scooter, HD, Japanese, Kimchi, Kimichi Piglet, Ness, Perewitz, Pillion Person, September 17, South Korea, Sturgis, Sturgis ASIA, The City Of Sturgis Rally Department, Tom Brandy, Trotta on August 27, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The once-fictional Tru Blood beverage from the HBO hit series “True Blood” has come to life in bottle form this September. It’s a blood-orange carbonated drink concoction with a 3-V mixture of Vodka, Vicodin, and Viagra… to bring out the vampire in you! Actually I made up that 3-V mixture part, it’s just a premium priced [...]
Hard Choices And The Guts To Cut
Posted in 2011 Models, Brand, Brand Loyalty, Dealer News, Earnings, Harley Engines, Harley-Davidson, Motorcycle, Motorcycle Sales, tagged $1.4M, $6363579, 198 times, CEO pay, Harley, Harley-Davidson, Harley-Davidson CEO Keith Wandell, HD, Keith Wandell, Motorcycle, Moving Manufacturing, The Man on August 26, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I’m balancing my checkbook. I’ve been on the road about a third of the month with ATM and VISA slips from a lot of one-horse towns and I need to know how much money I’ve got. I’m not a numbers matching up kind of guy, but I do like to know if the bank made a mistake. It [...]
The Annual Biker Crawl
Posted in Celebration, Earnings, Events, Full Throttle Saloon, Harley-Davidson, Motorcycle, Music, Organizations, party, Posse Ride, Sturgis, Sturgis Rally, Sturgis SD, Video, tagged 70th, Bob Dylan, Buckcherry, Buffalo Chip, Creedence Clearwater Revisited, Dave Mason, Drowning Pool, Dylan, Fleecing of Motorcycle Music Fans, Full Throttle, Jason Aldean, Kid Rock, Lee Rocker, Miss Buffalo Chip, Monkey Rock, Motley Crue, Motorcycle, Music Festival, Orianthi, Ozzy Osbourne, Pee Wee Herman, Rally, Ron Woodruff, SD, South Dakota, Stone Sour, Sturgis, Sturgis Rally, Tesla, The Biker Crawl, The Chip, The Doobie Brothers, The Guess Who, the Scorpions, Trailer Choir, Williams & Ree and Disturbed, ZZ Top on August 25, 2010 | 2 Comments »
By now the campground dust has settled after the 70th Annual Sturgis Motorcycle Rally which brought thousands of motorcyclists and music fans to the legendary Buffalo Chip. There were raucous crowds mixed with top tier entertainment at the “Chip” this year. Even Pee Wee Herman lived through it to write on a blog for The Huffington Post [...]
If I Have To Explain It
Posted in 2010 Models, Brand, Dealer News, Earnings, Events, Harley-Davidson, Motorcycle, Motorcycle Sales, Products, tagged $3 Euros, 8-K filing, Aermacchi, Board, Board of Directors, Buell, CEO, Claudio Castiglioni, Gianfranco Castiglioni, H-D, Harley, Harley-Davidson, HD, Italian acquisition, Jim Ziemer, Keith Wandell, Management, Motorcycle, MV, MV Agusta, MV Agusta Motor Holding S.r.l., Poor Judgement on August 23, 2010 | 4 Comments »
I’m not sure who said it, but there’s an old saying about Harley-Davidson, that goes something like: “if I have to explain it, you wouldn’t understand.“ So, on the day I left for Sturgis (August 6th), Harley-Davidson announced it had concluded the sale of its subsidiary, MV Agusta, to Claudio Castiglioni and his wholly owned holding [...]
70th Sturgis Rally Travelogue – Part 3
Posted in Celebration, Devils Tower, Events, Harley, Harley-Davidson, HD Video, Hewlett WY, ID, Idaho, Montana, Motorcycle, Posse Ride, Routes & Maps, Sturgis, Sturgis Rally, Sturgis SD, Travel, Video, Washington, WY, tagged 70th Sturgis Rally, American Indians, Ashland, AT&T, Belle Fourche River, Bozo Burger, Cheyenne, Clarkston, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Columbia River, Cougar Canyon, Devils Tower, H-D, Harley-Davidson, HD, Horne Creek Butte, Hulett, Hulett-Alzada Hwy, Hwy 112, Hwy 212, I-84, ID, Kiowa, Lakota, Lewis & Clark, Lewiston, Lightning, Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument, Lolo Pass, Missoula, Missouri River, Motorcycle, MT, Nez Perce National Historical Park, OR, Paraiso Vallarta, Recreational Springs Resort, resident Theodore Roosevelt, Ruby’s Inn, SD, Sturgis, Travel, Travelogue, U.S. 12, U.S. Army's 7th Cavalry, WA, Weather, WY on August 21, 2010 | 3 Comments »
STURGIS to ASHLAND – We spent some of the previous couple days riding the Black Hills with stunning canyons, small towns and historical landmarks at every S-turn. It wasn’t all about the Sturgis vendor booths! As a quick side-bar I want to do a shout out to the owners (Matt) of the Recreational Springs Resort which is a [...]
70th Sturgis Rally Travelogue – Part 2
Posted in 2011 Models, Brand Loyalty, Celebration, Clubs, Events, Harley, Harley-Davidson, Motorcycle, Motorcycle Show, Mt Rushmore, Posse Ride, Routes & Maps, Saloon's, Spearfish, Sturgis, Sturgis Rally, Sturgis SD, Travel, WY, tagged $987M, 70th Rally, 70th Sturgis Rally, Accidents, AMD World Championship, B1-B Bomber, Bill Davidson, Black Hills, Broken Spoke, Buffalo Chip, Capitalism, commercialized chrome, Deadwood, Dylan, Harley, Harley-Davidson, HD, I-90, ID, Kid Rock, Lead, Macanudo cigars, Motley Crue, Motorcycle, Mount Rushmore, Powell, Rapid City, SD, Spearfish, Sturgis, Sturgis Bike Week, Sturgis Motorcycle Rally, Sturgis Rally, The Chip, The Wall That Heals, Travel, US 85, Vietnam War Memorial, Willie G, WY, ZZ Top on August 20, 2010 | 1 Comment »
STURGIS is STURGIS — Since 1938 the Sturgis Rally has been held every year, with some exceptions during WWII, for example the gasoline rationing in 1942. And as a result, a lot about Sturgis remains nearly the same year after year after year. There are the RVs, tents, vendors, concerts, people watching and lots of motorcycles. And [...]
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