[TheForge] OT-Harleys

Mon Mar 1 10:18:01 2004

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Sent: Saturday, February 28, 2004 10:50 AM
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Subject: Re: [TheForge] OT-Harleys

Grover Richardson wrote:

>I will have to admit also, that usually when I see a Harley on the=20
>road.  I say that there goes what used to be my people.  They have=20
>changed (like the hippies in the '60s who now run businesses and run=20
>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=20
03. It was on
OLD Rt-66 In Belmont Z., 10 miles or so from Flagstaff. We would get=20
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=20
of the garage"
         =20
And this is the people which parley targeted. I have a hundred or more=20
stories about this
"targeted audience". We had a $15k trailer that was all electric,=20
hydrolic, fiber glass etc...
 It had a ramp that auto-matically rolled out when the magic door=20
opened. You put the bike in the rack and closed the magic door and it=20
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=20
bought parts from
him pre AMF during and until he sold it in 03, it seems we had 75=20
franchise violations.
Willy G. made him an offer he couldn't refuse.

K.O

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