Author Topic: Articles about Motorcycle Market Challenges  (Read 2188 times)


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Re: Articles about Motorcycle Market Challenges
« Reply #1 on: July 30, 2017, 07:30:20 AM »
"The Sleepers!!"  :rolleyes: :huh: :shocked: :laugh: :grin: :wink:

The 8 million Americans who have a motorcycle license...but no bike!  :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

(Like something out of a bad horror movie!) :shocked: :shocked:




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Re: Articles about Motorcycle Market Challenges
« Reply #2 on: July 30, 2017, 07:42:20 AM »
My wife is one of those sleepers who took the rider training course got the endorsement and never rode, mostly because she realized that it wasn't for her.
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Re: Articles about Motorcycle Market Challenges
« Reply #3 on: July 30, 2017, 07:58:36 AM »
My wife is one of those sleepers who took the rider training course got the endorsement and never rode, mostly because she realized that it wasn't for her.

The same for my wife...and I respect her for that decision... :wink:
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* '93 SP1000-III
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Re: Articles about Motorcycle Market Challenges
« Reply #4 on: July 30, 2017, 08:18:16 AM »
The same for my wife...and I respect her for that decision... :wink:

I was glad she didn't want to ride a bike as she is not particularly good at driving a car.
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Re: Articles about Motorcycle Market Challenges
« Reply #5 on: July 30, 2017, 08:26:32 AM »
 There was a time when bikes were greasy unreliable things that needed to be kicked to make them run and ridden by those on the fringes of society....it shoulda stayed that way   :grin:

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Re: Articles about Motorcycle Market Challenges
« Reply #6 on: July 30, 2017, 09:08:27 AM »
We'll see how my wife does.  With forced retirement staring me in the face she'll have to start paying for her own gas and at $4,000 per year for tennis-gas a scooter will be looking pretty good to her.
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Re: Articles about Motorcycle Market Challenges
« Reply #7 on: July 31, 2017, 08:49:11 AM »
We'll see how my wife does.  With forced retirement staring me in the face she'll have to start paying for her own gas and at $4,000 per year for tennis-gas a scooter will be looking pretty good to her.

$334 per month for tennis / gas is a healthy hobby!! :rolleyes: :shocked: :huh: :laugh: :grin: :wink:  Better think about part-time work! (lol)  :wink:
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Current bike: 2025 Moto Morini Calibro 700
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* '02 V11 Le Mans
* '93 SP1000-III
* '83 850 Le Mans III
* '98 V10 Centauro GT

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