Harley Happenings - Jochen Zeitz "retiring"

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Priller said:
Classic example of a bike that everyone likes but nobody buys, then when they stop selling them, everyone who didn't buy one is outraged. Perhaps destined for Sport Classic territory where the used ones skyrocket in price and mostly end up as static art pieces, better admired than ridden.

I briefly looked at one in my hunt for a sporty cruiser, but the peanut-sized tank plus terrible mileage was a dealbreaker. Something like 160 km to fuel light, much less if you give it the beans. It's good looking, but not THAT good looking...
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It's a second or third bike in the garage, very much like the Ducati Hypermotard -- which also gets 175 kms to the fuel light...

Nobody wants a limited-range bike like that as a primary, and most people can't afford a second or third moto in the garage, so it was always going to have limited appeal. My buddy had one, it was a very cool motorcycle.
 
Lightcycle said:
It's a second or third bike in the garage, very much like the Ducati Hypermotard -- which also gets 175 kms to the fuel light...

Nobody wants a limited-range bike like that as a primary, and most people can't afford a second or third moto in the garage, so it was always going to have limited appeal. My buddy had one, it was a very cool motorcycle.
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Fair enough, but considering they recently killed the model despite it being a critical darling, seems there simply weren't enough folks out there who want a second or third bike just for Bucky's runs and garage admiration sessions...
 
TK4 said:
I was working in an H-D dealership at that time.
EVERY single Sportster that came in the door had to be disassembled and the oil pump repaired.
Sabotaged at the factory...
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Back in the early 2000's my nephew was employed by the Yorktown plant as a powertrain engineer and they had a problem with employee absenteeism because a large percentage of their work force was on prison work release and they would get picked up by the PD and locked up for violating some condition.
He said that it drove the managers crazy.
 
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