Totally agree. My hero is Bob Lutz and Bob was behind the Chevy Volt. He mentioned that though GM would probably lose money on the Volt the amount of goodwill it would generate- particularly to non-GM owners ( including me- who owned an old prius, now a Volt) would pay off in the end. As a result they would view GM as…

HD Needs to sell these even if it’s at a loss. The bike would do more to diversify their image and possible open up more demographics. As of now the demographic buying their bikes is pretty narrow. I agree- 50 miles is not nearly enough. But even if they priced these at 50k they’d probably still sell since the brand…

“In principle (Fiat CEO Sergio) Marchionne is right, the auto industry develops the same things 10 times over,” Neumann said...

No actually, cash holdings are there for R&D, as well as to save up for tough times ahead. Cash reserves are precisely what kept GM afloat for so long and avoiding bankruptcy. And had Roger Smith not have screwed the pooch so poorly with GM back in the 80’s, they would have had the money to avoid bankruptcy all…

3rd Gear

1. No fairing/plastics. You will drop it, and that will be expensive

Fixed.

I had an sv650 and think it was possibly one of the best beginner bikes you could get, but they’re getting a bit long in the tooth now, and the gladius is ugly, so in the spirit of newer machines...

KTM Duke 390 maybe? It’s got enough motor to be highway-worthy and to keep you from being in the way in traffic; but not so much that you’ll put yourself into a mailbox. It’s got a good centre-of-gravity, it looks cool, and the fact that it’s a single cylinder makes it a little more mechanically simple.

really grammar nazi?

Yeah...that’s why they’re the #2 carmaker globally.