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Originally Posted by dyna mo
perhaps. but BMW is a status symbol, and as you pointed out, professional buy h-d because it's a status symbol.
I used to call them rolex riders, i wondered why they never went BMW, but i never really knew any. they plop their amex card down at the dealer and go pick out a jacket before they even consider bike. hell, i had to roll pennies to get my first h-d. i think it's because the billy badass factor combined with status symbol. it's rarely, if ever, on account of the open road calling.
also, don't forget the harley tariff of 1986. 50%
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Not sure what crowd you roll with, but BMW motorcycles have never been a status symbol in my world.
And the tariff you speak of was 1983, only applied to imports of over 700cc, was supposed to last 5 years but Harley told them they could drop it in 1987. Be that as it may, how would the tariff of 1983 have anything to do with influencing who rides them 30 years later?