Comments by "Comm0ut" (@Comm0ut) on "Harley Davidson Backlash Goes NUCLEAR! Brutal Sturgis Footage \u0026 Board Of Directors BUSTED!" video.

  1. "Mechanics" are not going to suffer so please abandon that innocent, well intentioned but mistaken idea. Remember in the US mechanics usually own all our tools and equipment so the barriers to starting your own shop are modest outside very expensive areas. Many of us have better motorcycle workshops at home than most dealers. No mechanic worth their salt doesn't have more than a lifetime of employment AND side work could finish. Good mechanics never starve and we can work on anything because we understand theory of operation. If you can wrench bikes you can (and MANY mechanics do) move into industry, aviation etc and make more money. I did and I'm far from special. There are many videos of car guys (fewer with bikes as there are fewer powersports industry techs) quitting that part of the industry for much greener pastures. I'm a multibrand car and bike mech with decades in aviation as my primary careers so this is not speculation. Insulting your core demographic is nothing new to HD as senior bikers remember quite well from the "flip the patch" era. Real bikers do not need (want is not need) anything the new company makes. Street bikes in the US are TOYs, not transportation (the exceptions prove the rule and know who you are) and toy buyers are already receding from motorcycling. Why buy product from a company which supports .pdf files, gr00ming and gender surgery upon children too young to make informed consent? I don't want the new HD to get better, I prefer it go bankrupt as the aftermarket already amply support every Harley ever made. There will always be plenty of used rides and parts to assemble new ones. Real bikers spin our own wrenches. Remember the REASON the old motorcycle culture existed (and remains strong in niche areas like hot rodding, chopping, drag racing etc) is mechanical mutual support. Commodification, especially marketing to posers, ended most of that culture which today mostly exists among vintage riders. If HD crumples the massive US aftermarket (all small businesses BTW) can easily supply every part in stock or upgraded form which is why you can build a better "big twin" without a single Milwaukee nut, bolt or washer. HD as a company should be excommunicated to show the American people really can punish their woke oppressors. A new generation of younger riders (especially in chopperdom) are building their own rides and discovering there is far more to bikerdom than riding an appliance.
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