The Harley/Reagan embargo

[Steve G.]

I remember this time very clearly, and consider Vaghn Beals to be a genius for turning around HD. How else can you catagorise a man who could 90 deg turn a company like this, and convince an American public to buy a product like this.

Whether the embargo itself did it, or whether it was part of a grander picture, perhaps this thread can figure out.

Ciao, Steve

[dlaing]

I remember this time very clearly, and consider Vaghn Beals to be a genius for turning around HD. How else can you catagorise a man who could 90 deg turn a company like this, and convince an American public to buy a product like this.

Whether the embargo itself did it, or whether it was part of a grander picture, perhaps this thread can figure out.

Ciao, Steve

No way dude, it was all the mastermind work of Ronald Wilson Reagan and his sidekick:

[badmotogoozer]

 

I can't believe you used "mastermind" and "Reagan" in the same sentence!

 

Rj

[dlaing]

 

I can't believe you used "mastermind" and "Reagan" in the same sentence!

 

Rj

Ooops, you are right. I forgot about that huge federal debt he left.

But it sure did spawn some glorious years on Wall Street.

True masterminds can increase jobs, make wall street go bully, and LOWER the debt.

[Ralph Werner]

I forgot about that huge federal debt he left

 

Who doesn't leave a debt???

 

At any rate, I remember right around the embargo time a local Kawasaki dealer tried to take legal action against Atlantic City because the police motorcycle specifications were written to exclude any bike but a Harley. The MC police said they didn't want any other motorcycle and the case fizzled.

 

Now AC uses BMW R1150RTs!

[dlaing]

Who doesn't leave a debt???

[g.forrest]