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From: TOG on 16 Jul 2010 07:55 On 16 July, 00:02, "don (Calgary)" <hd.f...(a)telus.net> wrote: > On Thu, 15 Jul 2010 07:40:00 -0700 (PDT), "tomor...(a)erols.com" > > > > > > <tomorrowaterolsdot...(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > >On Jul 15, 2:20 am, totallydeadmail...(a)yahoo.co.uk (The Older > >Gentleman) wrote: > >> don (Calgary) <hd.f...(a)telus.net> wrote: > >> > On Wed, 14 Jul 2010 19:49:16 -0400, "J. Clarke" > >> > <jclarke.use...(a)cox.net> wrote: > > >> > >But what is their objection to getting more customers of a different > >> > >kind from the ones that they have? > > >> > So they should manufacture home furniture, because they could get more > >> > customers of a different kind? > > >The fact is, that the people who are running Harley-Davidson have > >demonstrated for the past 29 years that they are pretty good at what > >they do, and lots of companies have gone under straying from things > >that they do very, very well. > > Considering the market they are in and the competition they have to > face I'd say Harley is a model of success. The very fact HD is the > most talked about company and their bikes are the most talked about > machines in this forum speaks to their success. > > Factor in the Buffoon from Britain telling all who will listen he > finds it odd HD is not making other styles of bikes and you know they > are doing something right.- Harley is a small volume producer of motorcycles, with their core market in one single country, which is the US. And this is a US- centric ng. Does not sell many machines elsewhere in the world. If your definition of 'success' is 'they sell well here', then fine. Otherwise you're deluded. I will aciknowledge that the HD image and style and marketing of such is superb. And it's the Japanese that puzzle me more about not making other styles of bikes. Keep on misinterpreting things if you wish, though.
From: don (Calgary) on 16 Jul 2010 10:06 On Fri, 16 Jul 2010 07:26:18 +0100, totallydeadmailbox(a)yahoo.co.uk (The Older Gentleman) wrote: >don (Calgary) <hd.flhr(a)telus.net> wrote: > >> The regular staff >> comprises of 100 men and two women. > >And this from the man who accuses me of not writing with clarity? > ><Amused> Little more than a typo. Is this the kind of ankle biting you are now reduced to? It's been a long fall but you are nearing the bottom.
From: S'mee on 16 Jul 2010 10:34 On Jul 16, 12:26 am, totallydeadmail...(a)yahoo.co.uk (The Older Gentleman) wrote: > don (Calgary) <hd.f...(a)telus.net> wrote: > > On Thu, 15 Jul 2010 19:11:40 +0100, totallydeadmail...(a)yahoo.co.uk > > (The Older Gentleman) wrote: > > > >tomor...(a)erols.com <tomorrowaterolsdot...(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > > > >> I specifically stated that "MANY PEOPLE THOUGHT it was Honda's > > >> response to dethrone the Kawasaki KZ900;" I never so much as hinted > > >> that that was Honda's marketing thrust for the bike. > > > >Calm down. I'm not getting at you. Agreeing with you, iff anything. > > >Blimey, it's like being on the receiving end of another misdirected > > >Calgary posting :-) > > > Of course if you could write with clarity, you wouldn't keep running > > into this problem. > > BANG! > > And there goes another irony meter needle. > > You really *are* unintelligent. > sheesh....both of you kids zip your damn pants up becuase you both are losing the pissing match you've had going for the last 6 months.
From: don (Calgary) on 16 Jul 2010 10:46 On Fri, 16 Jul 2010 04:55:30 -0700 (PDT), "TOG(a)Toil" <totallydeadmailbox(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > >Harley is a small volume producer of motorcycles, with their core >market in one single country, which is the US. And this is a US- >centric ng. Does not sell many machines elsewhere in the world. If >your definition of 'success' is 'they sell well here', then fine. >Otherwise you're deluded. I know quite a few people who have been successful in a variety of businesses. Small, medium, large or mammoth is not the benchmark to measure success. Nor id extending their market share into every corner of the world a factor. Often success is nothing more than providing a quality product or service, at a fair price while providing for your family and protecting your investors. Limited term success in business is easy. DAMHIK. Making it work for the long haul takes true talent and drive. My sense is there are few people who would argue HD, since their inception, have not been a successful company. More to the point a company does not have to be a major player, or a player period, in the international markets to be successful. In fact being the dominate motorcycle manufacturer in one of the worlds largest markets is to be applauded. Success is not related to size it is performance. [1] [1] Now that statement should take this thread in a new direction. <g>
From: TOG on 16 Jul 2010 11:08
On 16 July, 15:34, "S'mee" <stevenkei...(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > sheesh....both of you kids zip your damn pants up becuase you both are > losing the pissing match you've had going for the last 6 months.- Hide quoted text - > Bit tricky when you have an obsessive on your back who has publicy declared he's going to pursue his silly vendetta for as long as it takes.... It's funny, too, because he always manages to screw up. |