that stupid Riders Creed video and the please dont buy a harley for 55 mpg.

Just stop it.

that stupid Riders Creed video and the please dont buy a harley for 55 mpg.

Just stop it.

I agree if I see that Riders Creed video one more time I am going to puke!

Never saw it.

Enjoy the pain!

http://www.harley-davidson.com/wcm/Content/Pages/Riders/Creed_Video.jsp?locale=en_US

we dont care what everyone else believes. just everyone else that rides a harley. especially willie g.

Enjoy the pain!

http://www.harley-davidson.com/wcm/Content/Pages/Riders/Creed_Video.jsp?locale=en_US



Looks like a herd of sheep to me..........

:p

Anyone seen this ad? I don't know if its a HD idea ad or a dealers idea.
http://i519.photobucket.com/albums/u353/drew0727/GF.jpg

thats just bad......but you have to give someone in advertising credit for this one.....

cache.daylife.com/imageserve/0axl7kb91kaTp/610x.jpg

(copy and paste due to lack of posts lol)

marrissa miller is yum

I don't really mind that video too much but then this is only the second time I've looked at it, I can imagine it gets on your tits after a few more viewings.

What does get my goat though is the faux-butch over-grandised bullshit advertising copy that HD use. Here from the 2008 copy for the Fat Bob, "Not just new. More like a snarling transplant from some parallel universe...'. I mean, WTF?

Then they start to scatter-shot 'Freedom', 'Adventure' and 'Dream' all over the place. It all just sounds silly and a bit of a gay wet dream.

*Goes to get his second cup of morning coffee*

Fox

“If you want to go nowhere fast, just follow the crowd.”


:laugh :doh

a black sheep is

still

a

sheep

Enjoy the pain!

Lame!!!!!!!!!

I'm sure if you have an advertising/marketing concept that will sell just as many bikes, the MoCo would be happy to hear from you.

Enjoy the pain!

http://www.harley-davidson.com/wcm/Content/Pages/Riders/Creed_Video.jsp?locale=en_US
that was pretty cheesy! but it must be working:dunno

It works, the flip side is if they don't sell bikes to new customers...... They go down the tubes, like so many other companies.

No one is making anybody watch the ads. Make a choice not to look if you don't like them.

No one is making anybody watch the ads. Make a choice not to look if you don't like them.

Not true.... it used to be on their hompage and MANY others.

I dont know about you but I did not buy my bike because of any direct advertising method, although i would be ignorant if i did not admit that some indirect advertising influenced my decision.

I bought my bike because it was an american made good looking bike.

Just like I bought My Fender Stratocaster & Telecasters because they were made in america. Some things just arent the same when not made at home

Not true.... it used to be on their hompage and MANY others.

I dont know about you but I did not buy my bike because of any direct advertising method, although i would be ignorant if i did not admit that some indirect advertising influenced my decision.

I bought my bike because it was an american made good looking bike.

Just like I bought My Fender Stratocaster & Telecasters because they were made in america. Some things just arent the same when not made at home

Are you sure? Some Strat's are made in Mexico.

VERY sure.

And before anyone asks no there is not a dramatic difference between the made in mexico and made in USA it is more about the principal.

In my mind an american classic needs to be made in america.

VERY sure.

And before anyone asks no there is not a dramatic difference between the made in mexico and made in USA it is more about the principal.

In my mind an american classic needs to be made in america.

Your Darn Straight about that!, I was surprised to learn that some were. I was glad I didn't get one. and your right you wouldn't know it to look at or even hear them.

And before anyone asks no there is not a dramatic difference between the made in mexico and made in USA it is more about the principal.




Yea, it's either cheap legal Mexicans making it in Mexico
or cheap illegal Mexicans making it in the USA..........

:D

HA watched the video, funny how they talk about breaking away from the heard, yet more and more of them kept joining and they where all talkin in unison like clones LOL o and i saw my bars in that vid :)

Looks like Sons of Anarchy. It wasn't horrible.

Avoid those who seek the crowd, they are nothing on their own. Charles Bukowski.

HA watched the video, funny how they talk about breaking away from the heard, yet more and more of them kept joining and they where all talkin in unison like clones LOL o and i saw my bars in that vid :)
I agree Daggar, Clones and Lemmings
"We believe we're getting paid to be in a corporate commercial"

If I were out somewhwere and met some of these people candidly I'd at least believe that THEY believe what they are saying and respect their opinion.
BUT how many of these faces will be in a soup commercial next month or a sitcom next year?

We've grown up in a generation subjected to advertisement overload yet we STILL believe the crap we see on bilboards and commercials.

The skinny guy in the McDonald's commercial will NOT be you.
The dude in the cool car with a hot chick will NOT be you.
...and the boxed lifestyle in these Harley ads will NOT be you.
You can't BUY a life, you have to work on it.

I think the most ridiculous line is "We love sticking it to the man"

A. The man wrote directed and published that crap
B. Do they really think that a majority of their sales are from 17 year olds pulling an easy rider??
c. I am a 37 year old in the insurance industry....... Did i stick it to myself?

I think the most ridiculous line is "We love sticking it to the man"

A. The man wrote directed and published that crap
B. Do they really think that a majority of their sales are from 17 year olds pulling an easy rider??
c. I am a 37 year old in the insurance industry....... Did i stick it to myself?

HAHAHAHA how true, i'm in school to be a lawyer maybe we can sue them for false advertisement :laugh:laugh:laugh

It works, the flip side is if they don't sell bikes to new customers...... They go down the tubes, like so many other companies.

No one is making anybody watch the ads. Make a choice not to look if you don't like them.

the other way to sell bikes is to make a good bike. like they used to. instead of relying on marketing hype.

and i could care less about whether or not i see this crappy commercial. its all the other people out there who get an impression on what harley riders are supposedly like that bothers me... and based off this commercial, theyre all toolbags who think they are breaking out from society, when in actuality, theyre just joining another society.. and on top of that, they couldnt find the balls to leave society on there own, they had to find others to lead the way and make sure they were doing it in a "cool" "badass" way.

the other way to sell bikes is to make a good bike. like they used to. instead of relying on marketing hype.

and i could care less about whether or not i see this crappy commercial. its all the other people out there who get an impression on what harley riders are supposedly like that bothers me... and based off this commercial, theyre all toolbags who think they are breaking out from society, when in actuality, theyre just joining another society.. and on top of that, they couldnt find the balls to leave society on there own, they had to find others to lead the way and make sure they were doing it in a "cool" "badass" way.


Dumb douchbags couldn't find themselves out of a wet paper bag with directions...see post #10..it says it all..:doh

Dumb douchbags couldn't find themselves out of a wet paper bag with directions...see post #10..it says it all..:doh

+1 (see post # 10)

Tony Stewart does the 55MPG commercial on satellite radio.

And here is a half decent HD commercial, from Korea:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pquHwjFjAM8

It's actually for a Lottery but features Harleys.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PS4hLStTIsw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NvI6-MuDw5s

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UadMt9cMmc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlwPXIHxfYA

I understood it as pointing outthat we all have different reasons to ride.
But, we find unity in our individual reasons to ride and that we have all chosen to do it on a Harley Davidson.

"the other way to sell bikes is to make a good bike. like they used to. (Still do in my opinion)
instead of relying on marketing hype." (you can't rely on word of mouth to sell your product) It doesn't matter how great your products are if no one knows you make them!

If that commencial made peolple talk about Harley, the bikes they make and the people that ride them, it has done what it was supposed to do.

Didja see the fake Outlaws patch in the ad? I wonder how THEY feel about that.

Urgh, I dont know which audience the marketing guys are pitching at,
but the non US biking world cringes when faced with that whole corporate 'bad ass' thing. A newbie is more likely to run screaming from the dealers shop when faced with a backslapping, decked out 'HOG' groupie. Not good for sales!

I read an ad in motorcycle cruiser or some such magazine, the "What is the sound of a Harley-Davidson?" I laughed hysterically, in the breakroom at work, when I saw "It is the sound of a daughter sneaking out of a bedroom window." Effin' cheesy! Stop the bad-ass stuff, the freedom live to ride crap. What about.... made in America for 100 some-odd years or something. Is it worth it to draw in new buyers by alienating some current customers, the majority are brand loyal? Ohh, it really pisses me off to look at the tags on shirts/hats....whatever, and see one tag that says "An American Legend" and the one behind it says "Made in China". Seriously. If they move motorcycle production out of the country I for one will never buy another Harley again. I damn sure won't buy another hat.

Believe me, you want the people responding to these adds buying Harleys. Besides historically allowing the company to take back control of the brand and not disappear like all the other American bike companies, they are the reason that we can get so many used bikes and take off parts for cheap on e-bay and craigslist.

Anyone seen this ad? I don't know if its a HD idea ad or a dealers idea.
http://i519.photobucket.com/albums/u353/drew0727/GF.jpg

Don't take this a racist, I don't care who your are or what you ride, but have you been to Myrtle beach or read and magazine articles with expensive baggers on them? The "gangster/hip hop/rap" crowd is taking a huge dive into harley davidson. Luckly they'll stay in the expensive bikes and stay away from the sportsters so I won't have to worry about looking like a poser douch bag lol.