Harley Davidson second quarter profits down 91%

[MAD02]

Wow!

http://hellforleathermagazine.com/2009/07/harley-earnings-drop-91-for-2n.html

[Jim_75Sahara]

Baby Boomers are about done buying Harleys. A lot of posers bought them for weekend-warrior purposes. Also, the hard-core bikers can scoop up a lot of cheap used Harleys --- easy credit is gone and layoffs are prevalent. Do younger folks even buy Harleys? I don't know.

[Harv]

You gotta see what's happening to the used airplane market......

UG.

John

[JackF]

Speaking of which, how did you make out on the Bo? Did you buy that "is"?

[Harv]

The Bonanza should be gone sometime around Labor Day. I have a buyer and he has committed to buying it but as usual, no money has changed hands. These days, airplane buyers are like timid little squirrels. Ya don't want to do anything that will scare them away.

I got PKB in Plano to look over a 318is for me that looked like it was a winner. However when Paul got there, the few little problems were more than I wanted to deal with. I DON'T need another project. And also my WRX hasn't sold yet. I had some guy tonight lowballing me and I got him close to my asking price but he wanted me to put 3500 on the title. I pay my taxes, I don't always like it, but I pay them.

I really like that silver 318is on eBay. Looks like it's in Blunt's neck of the woods.

John