Re: old design

[Don MacQueen <dmac@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Greg wrote:

>  > You are right about HD, however, BMW aint HD! BMW Does not have the
>  > B.A, Biker image advertising for them.
>
>
>REALLY?????????????
>
>do you folks look at the bmw bike ads?  where did the 'cruiser' come from?
>i think corporate bmw would love to be HD but they don't get it.

Nah, that isn't it at all.  BMW corporate *might* like HD's sales 
figures or blind buyers, but they're wedded to at least the image of 
technology, not the image of image.  Their ads are way too tongue in 
cheek to even be compared to the Harley marketing approach.  Did you 
miss the Happy Birthday HD ad?

The cruiser came from wishful thinking and (apologies to R12C owners) 
poor styling.  If anything, I might venture a guess that BMW hoped to 
reach the "thinking" cruiser buyer, or the cruiser buyer who wanted 
to "out snob" the HD snobs by buying BMW.

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