Harley Davidson Names Topgolf’s Artie Stars as New CEO

[Dave Hess]

Watch "The Motorcycle Community Is Dying – Here’s Why"
From my research riders are aging out of the sport and traffic is alot heavier in many cities.Also the distracted driving issue with everyone on there phones has alot of bikers concerned!

Great video and everything he said was spot on.

 

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Watch "The Motorcycle Community Is Dying – Here’s Why"
From my research riders are aging out of the sport and traffic is alot heavier in many cities.Also the distracted driving issue with everyone on there phones has alot of bikers concerned!

That's not news to anyone who has been a Motorcyclist for any length of time. I have family who owned a Motorcycle dealership. But they, like every motorcyclist, saw the writing on the wall, and sold their dealership in 2016, when they were still able to make a good profit on the sale.

I have a bunch of friends who are still in the powersport industry. They are mostly surviving on SxS sales and service.

 

[ATex7239]

Great video and everything he said was spot on.

This is a good video that does hit the nail on the head quite a bit, but he did leave out an important aspect to the “toxic culture”, and that is the toxic culture of the older generations being overly critical of younger generations as a whole. We see it all the time, even here on BITOG. Millennials/Gen Z can’t drive a manual, Millennials/Gen Z are whiny, entitled, and lazy, Millennials/Gen Z cannot write in cursive, and so on. It is not just newbie gatekeeping, it’s literally generational warfare.

The older generations are getting really upset that their favorite things/past times are dying off, but they didn’t do anything to foster a culture that makes people what to keep it around. He touched on it when he brought up the paintball thing. He literally got his kids to go do something because he made it fun for them and make them feel welcome. Nobody wants to hang out with someone’s dad/uncle/grandpa telling them how stupid they are for even existing.