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Message:: [QUOTE="Doug21, post: 1677326, member: 5650"]I could see Harley sales falling of some. It is more of a 60's & 70's type of motorcycle. I'm not a big fan of loud bikes either. I think young guys today tend to the superfast sportsbikes if they are going to spend like 20k on a bike. I have a 150cc Vespa scooter which is technically a motorcycle. Scooters are available up to 650CC in the Suzuki brand and that is certainly an option for older folks instead of a Hog. They are nice and quiet with lots of storage and I'm sure they go at least 85-90 on the highway all day long and no shifting with great mileage. I use the Vespa ET4-150 for short trips of 30 or less miles when the temperature is over 45 degrees. It goes 55 and gets 65-70 mpg beating the **** out of my F-150 at 14 MPG. I bought it last summer ( it's a 2001) for $1400 and I'm really happy with it, no problems whatsoever in 2500 of my miles so far. They cost 5k new A lot of older bikers also switch to trikes. I think H/D will just have to cut back production, they can't change themselves into a clone of the Japanese brands. Plenty of small production niche cars exist, I don't think Harley is going out of business.[/QUOTE]