Considering I've recently heard that their market share and unit sales numbers have been falling of late, have to say this bit of news doesn't seem surprising to me.

Seems, and as we know, those Millennials out there not getting into the motorcycle scene in any numbers close to what we Boomers did in our youth, are finally having an affect upon this industry.

Hmmmm, I also have to wonder if the slow rise of that other American-built "Heritage" brand Indian, OF which btw in about two weeks I'll have one of their Springfield models sitting in my garage...a very low mileage(only 1400 miles on the odometer) 2016 model year I found on the net in the Chicago area(saved about $4-5K over a new one) might also be a small contributing factor to this?


Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)