Logo

Why is Harley-Davidson dropping diversity initiatives after the right-wing anti-DEI campaign?

Last Updated: 27.06.2025 06:18

Why is Harley-Davidson dropping diversity initiatives after the right-wing anti-DEI campaign?

They’re terrified to abandon these guys because they know these guys buy their bikes, at least until they go broke buying Trump shoes and NFTs. Millennials think Harley Davidson is a joke, mainly because Harley Davidson is a joke. Gen Z is like “Harley who? You mean the Joker’s girlfriend? Margot Robbie? Yeah, she’s hot.”

Big noisy eyewateringly expensive machines that make senior citizens feel like it’s still 1962.

So what do you do if your existing customer base of geezers and sycophants hates the idea of you selling to a new demographic? If you’re Harley, you keep selling to the old demographic and hope for a miracle.

Natural Compound in Rice and Coffee May Protect Against Heart Attacks - SciTechDaily

Typical Harley-Davidson customer

This…is not a healthy company with a bright future ahead.

What is their product?

Since NATO is badly losing in Ukraine to the Russian forces, should NATO soldiers and commanders find a new job given their incompetence? Do they expect pushing different versions of the same disinformation every few months to help them win?

If Toyota were facing demographics that grim, they’d, you know, change their lineup and try to appeal to new customers.

Harley-Davidson is facing some rather unfortunate demographic realities. If you look at their sales since the 1990s, they’re looking pretty grim:

They need new customers or they’re done. Their existing customer base is aging out and, well, dying. Millennials don’t like their motorcycles, but Harley has long been a company that flat-out refuses to change their products to match what people want; they’ve long believed they should make whatever they want to make and people should just buy that.

Would deporting illegal aliens alleviate the housing crisis?

Harley geezers love spreading contempt for smaller, lighter Japanese “rice burners,” after they’ve taken their Geritol and used their walkers to hobble to the front porch for another rousing afternoon of “hey you kids get off my lawn.”

The demographics for Harley-Davidson are just as grim as their sales figures: the average Harley customer is over 50, and the average age of a registered Harley motorcycle is about 10 years.

The Geezer Brigade starts flinging their walkers about and posting angry diatribes on AOL.

Is The Last of Us Part 2 really as woke as people say it is?

Next year, things will turn around. Next year for sure. We just have to hang on until then. Next year.

What is their lifestyle?

All their existing customers shake their canes and whine about them “selling out.”

NBA Draft will have tons of international talent, which is to be expected - NBA

But Harley is trapped. They’re a lifestyle brand, not a motorcycle company. When you look at them as a lifestyle brand rather than a motorcycle company, a lot of things start to make sense.

Conservative old men who haven’t seen a movie since Dennis Hopper stopped being a leading Hollywood draw.

They sell obnoxiously, stupendously overpriced bikes to old white men who wear Donald Trump jackets.

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs is facing trial — and these eccentric sketch artists - The Washington Post

What happens if they try to attract new customers?

Whenever they try to get new customers, they risk pissing off the dudes who were born to ride Donald Trump, or at least fellate him.

What happens if they build new bikes?

Since the rise of feminism, the dating market has shifted to the disadvantage of men and that is causing this incel phenomenon. Why do women not understand how lonely the majority of men are?