The Vintagent Selects: Bad Dog
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Plug-and-play tach for Classic 350
The inexpensive new motorcycle
TX 2003 Military
Custom outfit for Super Meteor 650
CO 2015 Chrome
OR 1957 Super Meteor
TX 2015 GT 535
CO 2022 650 custom
CA 2017 C5
MN 2009 C5
CA 2014 C5
OH 1956 Tomahawk
CA 2015 B5
A critical look at the Himalayan 450
AL 2003
Shotgun 650 on second thought
IA 1959 Patrol Car
Bullet 350 in U.S. MSRP: $4,499
Distinguished gentlefolk ride
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
Harley-Davidson 99, Royal Enfield 2
My road trip from Florida to Washington, D.C. allowed me to visit two Royal Enfield dealerships. Both were friendly. One was amazing. One was bare bones. Had I wanted, I could have stopped in an untold number of Harley-Davidson dealerships, all over the top.
Every exit on I-95, it seemed, featured a huge billboard advertising the town's Harley dealership. Now, keep in mind that very few billboards on U.S. roads anymore advertise Chevrolet dealerships. Harley is making a huge effort.
The most dramatic example I saw was Battlefield Harley-Davidson in Gettysburg, Penn. Gettysburg, of course, is the location of the largest Civil War battle. In 1863 165,000 soldiers visited this little community in Southern Pennsylvania. Only 114,000 of them walked away.
Battlefield Harley-Davidson has the billboard out on the main road. But it also has ads in almost every piece of tourist literature I picked up, often the major advertisement in some. One ad showed a picture of a man in the full uniform of a Union officer riding a full-dress Harley. Battlefield Harley-Davidson is fully engaged.
One ad noted that there is "always something" going on at Battlefield Harley-Davidson. Another promises "fun for the entire family." The dealership obviously participates in every special occasion at Gettysburg.
And why not? It looks like a fun operation, totally devoted to its product and its community. I'll write more about the Royal Enfield dealerships I visited but no account of my road trip would have been complete without a nod to Harley's example of how to sell motorcycles.
I assume there is no need to mention the presence of Harley-Davidson stores in airports and (in Washington, DC) even at the train station. They're just selling t-shirts but they're fun, too.
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