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Originally Posted by baddog
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?
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i wasn't disagreeing with you, merely sorting out something i used to wonder about.
but i do disagree that BMWs aren't status symbols due to prestige of the brand identity and price. rolex riders stroll into a BMW shop just like the do a h-d shop and go straight to the accessories department. BMW is a second in merchandising, right behind harley.
i was recollecting the year(s) of the harley tariff by summarizing it as in 1986. my point was it increased the cost of harleys by 50%. going along with what your view was, that in the 1980s, harley had an uptick in reliability, they also had a very large price increase, i was suggesting that both combined to create the rolex rider.