Harley goes Sparkly

[Rincewind]

Goodbye to those drab Dark Custom bikes - Harley is setting the time warp for the 1970's with the return of metal flake paint.    They call it the Hard Candy Custom line.  

There must be some big fans of Twilight in Milwaukee.  

[falconati]

I bet they'll sell a good number of them.  The paint quality looks great....just not a huge fan of the colors  

[Cablebandit]

Kinda looks like a bass boat paint job.

[black hills]

HD seems to have high quality paint jobs, I imagine they will sell. Like them or not they are the best MC company as far as marketing goes  rumor has it the 2013 1/2 models (out in feb. ) will have water cooled heads.

[sammyseaman]

HD seems to have high quality paint jobs,

Almost as good as the new VFR1200's .............................  

[Baz]

Kinda looks like a bass boat paint job.

 

[ConPilot1]

Like them or not they are the best MC company as far as marketing goes

Pretty easy to do considering the 5,000,000 brainwashed fanboi's out there who swallow everything Harrrrrrley says, does, or puts into production without question or further consideration
for anything else on the market.

[mxvet57]

Kinda looks like a bass boat paint job.

And weigh as much.

[black hills]

Pretty easy to do considering the 5,000,000 brainwashed fanboi's out there who swallow everything Harrrrrrley says, does, or puts into production without question or further consideration
for anything else on the market.

and they are only brainwashed because HD's marketing dept. brainwashed them.....pure genius!!

[falcofred]

 Like them or not they are the best MC company as far as marketing goes  

The best MC company as far as Marketing goes?
Really the best company period as far as marketing goes, only Apple and Coca Cola come close to HD in brand loyalty. They're marketing geniuses, just not my cup of tea.

[black hills]

The best MC company as far as Marketing goes?
Really the best company period as far as marketing goes, only Apple and Coca Cola come close to HD in brand loyalty. They're marketing geniuses, just not my cup of tea.

   thier former VP of public relations was a speaker at a conference I attended a few yeara ago, they do amazing things!

[Rattlehead]

HD seems to have high quality paint jobs, I imagine they will sell. Like them or not they are the best MC company as far as marketing goes  rumor has it the 2013 1/2 models (out in feb. ) will have water cooled heads.

I've seen custom bikes with paint that can't beat Harley's. Their finishes are second to none. Their bikes may or may not be your thing, which is fine, but ALL other MC companies could learn a thing or 2 from Harelys paint and finish department.

I've checked out the new Sportster "72" with the red "bass-boat" paint and I LOVE it. Man, what a looker! Problem is, it was pushin $12g at the dealer and no Sporty is worth $12g to me.

[Cricket1]

Yeah, nice paint.  

Harley does have amazing marketing skills, and has soooo many fanbois drinking the Kool Aid.

It's just too bad they ONLY market to the cruiser crowd. Think how much they could advance motorcycling into say the... hmmmm.. .. late 1980's if they branched out into other segments of the market.  Yeah, I know about Buell, etc.  


Its sad to think of all the Harley owners who will never in their lives experience what its like to ride a bike that handles, brakes and accelerates better than a 1956 DeSoto.  

(And yeah, I can hear Bubbles/ Chornbe/ whatever he's called now, going on about how his Sporty can run down CBR's etc. I don't doubt for a second he is right, but how many Harleys have had that type of work done on them to perform like that??  Me thinks not too many)

[UFO]

Pretty easy to do considering the 5,000,000 brainwashed fanboi's out there who swallow everything Harrrrrrley says, does, or puts into production without question or further consideration
for anything else on the market.

Sounds like deep down you pine for a Harley, but just can't afford one.


 

[ConPilot1]

Sounds like deep down you pine for a Harley, but just can't afford one.


 

Hardley. Even If I was Ableson.




Man, are you ever on an administrative level trolltheconpilot roll lately.

I think I'm going to start calling you Nealzilla.  

[spinalator]

I had an open face helmet for our three-wheeler that had sparkle paint like that. It was schmokin'! I have no idea where dad bought it...

[ConPilot1]

I had an open face helmet for our three-wheeler that had sparkle paint like that. It was schmokin'! I have no idea where dad bought it...

McCrorys. In 1973 or somewhere thereabouts. Behind the Leisure Suit section.

[UFO]

Hardley. Even If I was Ableson.




Man, are you ever on an administrative level trolltheconpilot roll lately.

I think I'm going to start calling you Nealzilla.  

Bud Fox (ConPilot1): Why do you need to troll me?
UFO (Gordon Gekko): Because you're TROLLABLE, all right? I took another look at it and I changed my mind!

 

[Skee]

They do make a good looking bike.  I wouldn't mind seeing one parked in my driveway.  


That's where it would spend most of it's time.  'Cause I wouldn't want to be riding it down to ESTN.


(And how different would that be from my Wee right now?  Zero miles in July, <150 in June.  I need to get out more.)

I had an open face helmet for our three-wheeler that had sparkle paint like that. It was schmokin'! I have no idea where dad bought it...

Did it have red & blue stripes with white stars?  Had one in the 70's.  It was so cool.  Wish I had kept it.  Be right in style now.

[ConPilot1]

They do make a good looking bike.  I wouldn't mind seeing one parked in my driveway.  

If I can swing the ESTN run, I'll be sure to bring the rattlecan of sparkly gold for your Wee-Strom.

I'll try to do the best masking job I can of the stuff not to be painted, bombed, and at 3:00 AM.