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Originally Posted by fatlazyless

Harley's probably have to compete for the spendable money that's left after people pay for things like their monthly electric bill, the heating oil bill, home & car insurance, the mortgage, and the property tax bill......as if you all did not already know all this. Those monthly bills are not getting any smaller....and someone on tv just yesterday said gasoline could be 3.75 by next summer....so that 3.75 gas makes a 4-cyl, 5-speed Jetta look'n pretty good.

With an automatic transmission, the gas consumption is automatically pretty low, but with a 5-speed manual, the gasoline consumption is very related to how it is driven.

Over in Vietnam, believe the 3-wheel motorcycle with a roof and canvas enclosure for their rainy season is fairly common. Maybe Harley wants to bring one of those 3-wheel, el cheapo, utility freight haulers to the US market for 2011 and think up a good catchy name for it like the "Hanoi Harley" .....made in China....and available at Laconia Harley for $1399 ......to compete with the $2995 '99 Jetta from Center Harbor!

You really, really need to find a job. PLEASE!!