Will ya'll stop buying Street Glides!!!!!!
#54
08-27-2008, 07:24 PM
#57
08-27-2008, 07:34 PM
#58
08-27-2008, 07:45 PM
Street Glides are THE most popular Harley, hands down. And it is for good reason.
1. Baby Boomer make up the majority of the Harley Buying Crowd.
2. Most Baby Boomers are 50+.
3. Street Glides apeal to that crowd because older guys love batwing fairings and with the street glide you get "a little" more of a sporty look than on a standard batwing tourer.
Yes, yes, I'm well aware that there are younger guys on street glides too. Don't need to tell me.
Still think I'm wrong?? Why weren't all of you street glide guys who are in your 40's, 50's, or 60's buying Harleys with batwing fairings15 years ago??? You could have taken those bikes and made them into "street glides" yourself very easily (all Harley does is take things off of the standard and add a few sporty parts). But you didn't. You were riding Fatboys and Dynas andSpringers15 years ago. Because those are the types of bikes that appeal to the majority of younger guys.
Now that you're older, you want a fairing. Theres nothing wrong with that. Nothing at all. But that is the reason for the huge following that this model has.
Harley does a lot of marketing research, obviously. Some really smart person at the company thought,
"Hmmmm these baby boomers now want a tourer, but the regular Harley touring bikes look to (old manish). Let's take one, cut the windshield, remove the running lights, add a sporty seat, and give a new cool name. That way the older crowd can move into a dresser and not feel like they've given up their sportiness too much. Maybe they won't realize that they are paying more for a bike that costs us less to make since we actually take parts off of the Standard and then charge more!!!!"
1. Baby Boomer make up the majority of the Harley Buying Crowd.
2. Most Baby Boomers are 50+.
3. Street Glides apeal to that crowd because older guys love batwing fairings and with the street glide you get "a little" more of a sporty look than on a standard batwing tourer.
Yes, yes, I'm well aware that there are younger guys on street glides too. Don't need to tell me.
Still think I'm wrong?? Why weren't all of you street glide guys who are in your 40's, 50's, or 60's buying Harleys with batwing fairings15 years ago??? You could have taken those bikes and made them into "street glides" yourself very easily (all Harley does is take things off of the standard and add a few sporty parts). But you didn't. You were riding Fatboys and Dynas andSpringers15 years ago. Because those are the types of bikes that appeal to the majority of younger guys.
Now that you're older, you want a fairing. Theres nothing wrong with that. Nothing at all. But that is the reason for the huge following that this model has.
Harley does a lot of marketing research, obviously. Some really smart person at the company thought,
"Hmmmm these baby boomers now want a tourer, but the regular Harley touring bikes look to (old manish). Let's take one, cut the windshield, remove the running lights, add a sporty seat, and give a new cool name. That way the older crowd can move into a dresser and not feel like they've given up their sportiness too much. Maybe they won't realize that they are paying more for a bike that costs us less to make since we actually take parts off of the Standard and then charge more!!!!"
You must be a 20 something .LOL ,well Im 38 and SG is my next bike. I dont know how you figure paying more for an SG ,.More than what ? Its less than and Ultra and more than a EG . Sounds right to me,.
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