Harley-Davidson's LiveWire Has So Far Been A Flop: Report

[Philip]

if Harley really wanted to boost their sales they should release a street legal xr750, i'd buy one and I know a lot of others who would too, wouldn't you?

Can't you make pretty much anything street-legal if you really want to?

 

[Rashid510]

This.

 

[Philip]

This.

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Have you applied to become an H-D designer?

 

[Rashid510]

Have you applied to become an H-D designer?

You funny. This is on HDs website and where I am now is pretty fun/challenging/start upy

 

[Philip]

You funny. This is on HDs website and where I am now is pretty fun/challenging/start upy

The H-D HR people may not know that this is from their own site. I suspect nobody ever visits their site.

 

[B. FRANK]

This.

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I LIKE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Rix]

if Harley really wanted to boost their sales they should release a street legal xr750, i'de buy one and I know a lot of others who would too, wouldn't you?

Yah, with Baisley ported heads or Buell heads.

 

[Blatant Moto]

If I wanted to spend $30k on an electric street bike, I would buy a Lightning. Then I could really say I had cutting edge performance, range, and good looks. None of which applies to the mediocre product from the hypenated company-that-shall-not-be-named.

I would implore you to read everything you can about Lightning before giving them a dime of your hard earned money..

 

[Judaslefourbe]

I would implore you to read everything you can about Lightning before giving them a dime of your hard earned money..

I was wondering when you would chime in... HAHA

 

[Matt]

I would implore you to read everything you can about Lightning before giving them a dime of your hard earned money..

I am very curious what this means ha

 

[Blatant Moto]

electric.motorcycles/amp/lightning-strike-carbon-edition-review-run-for-cover-it-s-bad

 

[Matt]

electric.motorcycles/amp/lightning-strike-carbon-edition-review-run-for-cover-it-s-bad

some of those things blow my mind.

 

[TeslaRaptor]

Give us a few years and we will tell you the whole story.

For now I will leave it to this:
I firmly believe there were 3 main reasons why Alta failed.
Harley was one of them.

That being said, Harley's behavior was very rational from their point of view.

I have marked my calendar. As I am really interested to know the full story. I am very new to the Alta community, but seems like the company had enough momentum that even Sand Hill road VCs would have invested for the next round of funding. (Likely at a suboptimal valuation)

 

[Butch]

I owe the Lightning dudes a visit. It seems like a pandemiceon since I have chatted with them. Their shop is just down the road. I will report back.

edit with something I started a couple years ago
The Electric Motorcycle Thread - BARF - Bay Area Riders Forum