They’ve launched! Well sort of… H-D announced a 2012 product launch on their web site HERE. What could be described as a new “slow drip” marketing campaign vs. previous years where it was a rolling thunder. Today they drip, drip, dripped 15 new models (Touring, Trike (U.S. only) and Sportster) onto dealers. Additional 2012 models will be announced on [...]
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Harley-Davidson 2012 Models
Posted in 2012 Models, Advertising, Brand, Brand Loyalty, Dealer News, Events, Harley, Harley Engines, Harley-Davidson, Latest News, Motorcycle, Motorcycle Sales, Products, tagged 103 cu in, 2012, 96 cu in, automatic compression release, Bike Builder Process, CVO Road Glide Custom, CVO Street Glide, H-D, H-D1™, Harley, Harley-Davidson, HD, motorcycles, peak summer selling season, Product Development, Product Launch, Road King, Sportster, SwitchBack, Touring, Touring Models, Trike on June 29, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Do You Know Where Your Motorcycle Is?
Posted in Brand, Clubs, Events, Harley-Davidson, HOG, Latest News, Motorcycle, Oregon, Organizations, Travel, tagged Ben Bernanke, Bernanke, Federal Reserve Chairman, H-D, Harley Motorcycle, Harley-Davidson, HD, HOG, Million Mile Monday, MMM, Motorcycle on June 27, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Jobless benefit seekers are up in the U.S. and new home sales have fallen, again. It’s a persistent drum beat of bad news about the economic recovery. Even the Federal Reserve Chairman, Bernanke has acknowledge that many factors are weighing down the U.S. economy and they don’t have an answer. Nothing new… just another day of the same [...]
Thermal Factors
Posted in Brand, Clothing, Dealer News, Harley-Davidson, Motorcycle, Washington, Winter Rides, tagged Adding U.S. Jobs, Cold, Gerbing’s heated clothing, Gordon Gerbing, H-D, Harley Clothing, Harley Gear, HD, Heated Gloves, Heated Vest, Jeff and Wendy Gerbing, Modoc National Forest, Mother Nature, North Carolina, Stoneville, Tumwater, WA, Weather, Willamette National Forest on June 24, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Thermal factors such as air temperature, radiant temperature, air velocity and humidity all contribute to our riding comfort. Or some would say DIS-comfort?! My trip in April through the Willamette and Modoc National Forest to Laughlin and then most recently the ride to the Hells Canyon Rally reminded me how stubbornly, Mother Nature refuses us the [...]
Harley-Davidson’s SwitchBack
Posted in 2012 Models, Dealer News, Earnings, Harley, Harley Engines, Harley-Davidson, Latest News, Motorcycle, Motorcycle Sales, Products, tagged 10th Anniversary V-Rod, 2012, 2012 Models, California Environmental Protection Agency/Air Resources Board, CARB, CEO, Cyril Huze Blog, Early Release, Harley-Davidson, Keith E. Wandell, Models, motorcycles, Product Development, Softail Cross Bones, Softail Rocker, Street Glide Trike, SwitchBack, water cooled V-twins on June 22, 2011 | 2 Comments »
A yet to be announced new 2012 model from Harley-Davidson was inadvertently released to the public by the California Environmental Protection Agency/Air Resources Board. No details have been released or provided by the Motor Company, but according to CARB’s online listing of 2012 H-D models that the agency approved the new models show up HERE. If [...]
Postcard From Hells Canyon – Part 2
Posted in Events, Harley, Harley-Davidson, ID, Idaho, Motorcycle, Motorcycle Show, Oregon, Organizations, Pub, Rain, Routes & Maps, Washington, tagged AMA, American Motorcycle Industry Council, Baker City, Baker-Copperfield Hwy, Boss Hog, Columbia River, Devils Tail, Eastern Oregon, Evel Knievel, Event, Goldendale, H-D, Harley, Harley-Davidson, HCMR, HD, Hells Canyon, Hells Canyon Dam, Hells Canyon Motorcycle Rally, Hells Canyon Rally, Hells Canyon Scenic Byway, Hwy 14, Hwy 86, I-84, ID, Interstate 84, JD Power, LeBron James, Maryhill Winery, Meridian, Motorcycle, motorcycles, NBA Champion, Oregon, Oregon Trail, Oxbow, Pendleton, Rally, Richland, Ride, Scotty's Outdoor Store, Snake River, Sunridge Best Western, The Couve, Umatilla, Wallowa Mountains, Whitman National Forest, X-1 Skycycle on June 22, 2011 | 1 Comment »
On Friday we were up early to grab coffee and breakfast before making our way out to the ‘Devils Tail’ and Hells Canyon Dam. It was rather obvious while eating my scrambled eggs and looking out across the vendor parking lot that there were some hard-living characters who had run wild the night earlier. They weren’t [...]
When Cheapest Isn’t Best – AMC Harley Closes
Posted in 2011 Models, Brand, Brand Loyalty, Clubs, Dealer News, Earnings, Events, Harley, Harley Engines, Harley-Davidson, Las Vegas, Latest News, Life Lessons, Motorcycle, Motorcycle Sales, Old School, Oregon, Organizations, Products, tagged A Beautiful Mind, Albany, AMC, American Motorcycle Classics, Christmas in July, Closes, consider the actions of your competitors, Dealer, H-D, Harley, Harley-Davidson, Joe Saltarello, John Lewis Jr, John Lewis Sr, Motorcycle, Oregon, Paradise H-D, Pioneer HOG Chapter, PowerSports Network, relationship building, Rick, Russell Crowe, Salem H-D, Super Store, Team Latus on June 17, 2011 | 12 Comments »
The American Motorcycle Classics (AMC) Harley-Davidson dealer in Albany, OR., is going out of business at the end of the month. They’ve called it quits. Years ago the business was run by John Lewis, Sr. He retired, moved to Las Vegas and sold the business to his son, John, Jr. The G.M. was Joe Saltarello. Was it [...]
Postcard From Hells Canyon Motorcycle Rally – Part 1
Posted in Events, Fatalities, Harley-Davidson, Hell Ride, Motorcycle, Motorcycle Show, Oregon, Organizations, Posse Ride, tagged Arceo's Family Mexican Restaurant, Baker City, Bates, Biggs Junction, Clarno Unit, Condon, Fossil, Googleville, H-D, Harley-Davidson, HCMR, HD, Hells Canyon, Hells Canyon Motorcycle Rally, Hells Canyon Rally, Hells Canyon Scenic Byway, Heppner, Heppner Highway, Hwy-97, Interstate 84, John Day, John Day Fossil Beds, Keith Corbett, Legacy Emanuel Medical Center, Michael Pamplin, Motorcycle, Oregon, Oregon Trail, OSP, Philips Lake, Prairie City, Shaniko Fossil Hwy (H-218), Sumpter, Wasco, Whitney Tipton Hwy on June 16, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
There was fun, sun, cerveza’s and of course a dash of rain. Mixed in along the way was some imperfect weather, but what can a person expect living in the northwest in June?! It’s an imperfect world and besides, many riders revel in the glory of making it through adversity. Not me… I like perfect weather versus keeping [...]
Lanphere Show And Shine
Posted in Advertising, Brand, Clubs, Dealer News, Events, Motorcycle, Oregon, Organizations, tagged Bob Lanphere, Cancer, Candlelighters, Charity Event, Children, Motorcycle, Show and Shine, Star Chapter 146, Yamaha on June 16, 2011 | 1 Comment »
A quick reminder about the annual bike show going on this Saturday at Bob Lanphere’s which is sponsored by Star Chapter 146. There will be: Free burgers and dogs A lot of raffle items, including a $5600 rolling tool chest from Snap-On tools. A number of vendors will be on site including Custom fabrication, paint, and chrome shops. Many [...]
Eastern Oregon From A Harley
Posted in Harley-Davidson, Motorcycle, Motorcycle Show, Oregon, Organizations, Posse Ride, Routes & Maps, tagged 12th Annual Rally, America, Baker City, Baker City high school, Blue Mountain, Eastern Oregon, El Erradero, Elkhorn Scenic Byways, Eric Folkestad, Event Organizers, Geiser Grand Hotel, H-D, Harley, Harley-Davidson, HCMR, HD, Hells Canyon, Hells Canyon Dam, Hells Canyon Motorcycle Rally, Hells Canyon Wilderness, Horse with no Name, Hwy 203, Hwy 245, Hwy 30, Hwy 7, Hwy 86, I-82, I-84, Motorcycle, Motorcycle Rally, OR, Oregon, Rally, Steve Folkestad, The Devil’s Tail, US395, Wallowa-Whitman Mountains on June 2, 2011 | 1 Comment »
“I’ve been through the desert on a horse with no name; it felt good to be out of the rain.” -America (1972) Next week I’m planning to get out of town for a few days and attend the Hells Canyon Motorcycle Rally (HCMR) in historic Baker City, OR. I’m not sure about that “get out of the [...]
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