That's an excellent parallel, anyone who knows anything about motorcycles will know that HD sells a dream to old blokes with fat wallets, fat bellies and failing libido. GH is kind of like a nursery toy for blokes who will eventually grow up to become Harley owners. People who are afraid/incapable of experiencing the real thing. I don't think it's very good.

The problem is that younger buyers aren't buying, so they sell off Buell and MV that appeals to younger riders. And the stock goes up? How can the stock keep increasing when nothing that's being done, layoffs, plant closures, etc. does nothing to bring in younger buyers. It just don't add up...

Duhwhat!? OMG! What a rediculous claim. Yah, and I guess its a bigger brand than apple pie now as well, aye. Clowns.

If you talk to a 17 year old lad I think he'd probably agree with the claim. Fair play to Activision for being original and building a huge success in the market.

What, pray tell, is "the real thing" when it comes to motorcycles? I see One True Way-ism is alive and well.

"If you don't ride what *I* like, you're wrong."

Is Harley respected? by who? Archaic and agricultural rubbish built for the village people. Only misguided sados desperately out of touch and wanting to project an aura of being "Wild & Dangerous" go near those pieces of crap. Oh yeah, we are talking about GH here as well aren't we!

Teehee... We're taliking about the brand aren't we? Just like Harley Davidson it's a proper triumph (no pun intended) of selling right load of old shite to people who don't know any better - and hell knows there's loads of them about. Who 'respects' a brand anyway? I think it can only be little groups of 'Brand Managers' and journos writing vacuous pieces in business magazines. They're an even more self-satisfied bunch of gits than us bikers.