Signs of Life
Like any industry these days, the motorcycle game really has really taken it on the chin the last couple of years in terms of sales of new two-wheelers. There have been some exceptions of course (Triumph did well in the 4th quarter while Harley screwed the pooch), but one good sign in my view was the attendance last Friday at the New York International Motorcycle Show which seemed pretty good. Lots of enthusiastic riders, and lots of new machines that garnered a lot of interest. I had a good feel about the atmosphere in general, and with some pretty cool new 2010 iron out there this might not be a bad year at all for the industry, or at least not as bad as the last one was. One thing: somewhere out there is some bro or sis that sat on more bikes at the show than anybody else. Good for them.

