Episode 268: Health of the Motorcycle Market
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Larry excuses his not riding on “having” to babysit his grandson. Kevin did a short 30 mile ride. Going to the News we discuss Harley Davidson earnings report, which seemed to be encouraging… https://www.motorcycle.com/mini-features/harley-davidson-records-positive-q1-2021-but-eu-tariff-threat-looms.html but… https://www.revzilla.com/common-tread/eu-threatens-harley-davidson-with-50-percent-tariff we move to discussion of the futuristic bike designs of Honda https://www.cycleworld.com/story/motorcycle-news/honda-is-developing-a-steering-assist-system-for-bikes/  and Kawasaki https://www.cycleworld.com/story/motorcycle-news/kawasaki-is-working-on-a-next-gen-quickshifter/ we discuss the recent reviews of the Harley Davidson Pan America.  The revolution that it may represent for Harley Davidson… we go to the Paddock: Larry reports on the Atlanta flat track results. https://www.americanflattrack.com/news/view/yamaha-completes-historic-triple-victory-sweep-atlanta-super-tt MotoGp at Jerez proves to be a competitive race with a surprise result! https://www.crash.net/motogp/results/976969/1/2021-spanish-motogp-circuito-de-jerez-race-results thanks for listening!
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