Another article about how HD is having problems

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Fortune article

 

I did not know that HD had owned MV Agusta.

[RockBottom]

The article states, "Marlon Brando's 1954 movie The Wild One helped solidify Harley's image of hairy-chested rebellion, an identification it alternately embraces and spurns." Brando rode a Triumph in that movie.

[XTrooper]

The article states, "Marlon Brando's 1954 movie The Wild One helped solidify Harley's image of hairy-chested rebellion, an identification it alternately embraces and spurns." Brando rode a Triumph in that movie.

 

This is absolutely correct, factually, but the article is also correct because the average moviegoer, whether they saw the movie when it was released or watch it on TV today, automatically identifies the bikes in the movie with Harley-Davidson.

[philbytx]

Yeah, the blind and deaf ones

[Paul Mihalka]

Nah, what happens is that to most people motorcycle = Harley. Like in old times to say refrigerator you said Frigidaire, and to say tractor you said Caterpillar.

[RodB]

Nah, what happens is that to most people motorcycle = Harley. Like in old times to say refrigerator you said Frigidaire, and to say tractor you said Caterpillar.

 

Camera = Kodak

Tissue = Kleenex

Snowmobile = Ski-Doo

Skid/Steer tractor = Bobcat

Photocopier = Zerox

 

There must be more...

[RodB]

A few more:

 

Reclining chair = La-Z-boy

BMW motorcycle body parts = Tupperware

Adhesive bandage = Band-Aid

 

[Paul Mihalka]

One more: electric heated motorcycle apparel = Gerbings

[Shaman97]

Certain parts of the country:

 

Coke = Coke

Pepsi = Coke

7 Up = Coke