[TheForge] OT-Harleys

[Kenny O.]

Grover Richardson wrote:

>I will have to admit also, that usually when I see a Harley on the road.  I
>say that there goes what used to be my people.  They have changed (like the
>hippies in the '60s who now run businesses and run for congress<G>), though
>not necessarily for the best.  Harley did what it needed to do.
>
>I will still stop on the side of the road for someone with a dead bike.
>More happily if it's a rat or a chopper<G>
>
I worked for  H-D before they went open market , and later from 98 to 
03. It was on
OLD Rt-66 In Belmont Z., 10 miles or so from Flagstaff. We would get 
calls all day long,
during the summer mind you, with people asking :

           "Would you come get my bike ?"
           " Whats wrong?"  I ask.
           " I need an oil change"
           " Why can't you bring it out ?"  I ask.
           " Well, I have a flat on my trailer."
           " It will cost 75 bucks to come get it, not including the oil 
change." I stated.
           "O-Kay it's that pink 883, in the plastic bubble in the back 
of the garage"
          
And this is the people which parley targeted. I have a hundred or more 
stories about this
"targeted audience". We had a $15k trailer that was all electric, 
hydrolic, fiber glass etc...
 It had a ramp that auto-matically rolled out when the magic door 
opened. You put the bike in the rack and closed the magic door and it 
all slid in. We sold lots of those to the folks down in "Snottsdale".
The owner of the dealership has been a friend of mine for years . I have 
bought parts from
him pre AMF during and until he sold it in 03, it seems we had 75 
franchise violations.
Willy G. made him an offer he couldn't refuse.

K.O