Originally Posted by
Mos6502
Harley Davidson is a niche manufacturer. They make a specialized product, and really they don't have any serious competition. There are other V twin cruisers out there - but that's just it they're the other ones. Harley is Harley.
In the minds of Americans, the only serious competition to Harley is Indian - but they've been gone a loooooong time now.
From a business point of view, I've got to go with Victory. I've even been on a few rides with the Outlaws M/C where a couple of the members rode Victory's (the club rules say "American made motorcycle"). However, to the old school crowd, the Victory is a nicely built metric cruiser. And Harley's only real competition was Indian (died 1953 and 2004, and please let them stay dead already) and Henderson/Excelsior (died 1930 - part of the Schwinn empire, by the way).
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