Pour one out for Splinter.

Splinter was good. As much as I liked Old Gawker, they never would have hired someone like Nick Martin, who maybe couldn’t snark as much but instead focused on boring shit like the indigenous population we keep killing slowly.

What could be worse than charging $30K for an electric bike? Having to take it to the shop for a refill.

The company has survived by building an Image and a Lifestyle around its products. That image and lifestyle largely appeal to a segment of the American population that is obnoxious and hostile to the rest of the American populace. The company jumped wholeheartedly in bed with these assholes and became a symbol, which…

No they are noisy, heavy slow things with lots of opulent features like cup holders and 5 speaker stereos. What drove our parents to them was a hate of all things foreign and a love of fucking CHROME...

I didn’t hear any bad language used towards their or our players.

Any bike marketed towards the youts should not have a $30,000 price tag. Half that might make it viable. Then again, the MoCo would still screw it up like they did Buell. They know how to market bike for land pirates, and that’s about it. Also, who the fuck starts delivery of a bike in October? Much of the country has…

I'm gen X (barely) and wouldn't be caught dead in one.

Okay.  Then there’s me.  I’m 51, and I used to ride motorcycles before we had kids.  When they graduate from college, I’ll have the disposable income to buy a motorcycle.  So am I the target audience?  I would not buy this product because (1) it’s too expensive; (2) years of hostility by the H-D crowd towards non-H-D…

^^^^ This. It’s not every Harley rider, but the few idiots that get a noise boner out of the thing and make everyone within earshot want to punch them in their 3rd chin.

Is there much of a market though? Sales have been steadily declining for a long time and Harley is on the verge of bankruptcy. Millenials dont want bikes unless they are relatively cheap. They cant justify spending 30k on basically a weekend toy or a commute ride here and there

The less time spent at a Harley dealer, the better.

Surprising that the company that makes products (and lifestyle ‘accessories!!’) for fat middle-aged men who want to cosplay as a meth dealers on the weekend somehow can’t break into the hip youth market...!!!

I’d like them to continue to exist - as long as straight pipes mean the bike gets immediately crushed.

Serious question: have you ever seen anyone under 30 (or even 40) riding a Harley. When I think of everyone I see riding them, they are all in their late 40s to 60+.

“Harley-Davidson’s all-electric LiveWire bike, an attempt to attract a younger audience to its troupe of obese, leather clad, middle aged dentists.“

For the same reasons that they’re already declining. Who the hell can afford a $30,000 bike? A few boomers sure, but they all want to ride “real Harleys” and cosplay as homeless vets after leaving their dental practice 

Yea, def not trying to catch the ball with his hands out and his eyes on the ball and not even looking at Allison. Try being an objective fan for once.

I will Venmo you 50 dollars if you can somehow prove that you’re primarily a fan of a team other than the Green Bay Packers. Ticket stubs, merch, whatever you got. 

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