Last Friday morning, I took the Ultra down to the Harley dealer in Temecula, CA to meet up with a club from Orange County, who invited me along for a ride. I couldn't make the ride, but I wanted to come down and hang out with them.

I got there just as the dealership opened, on the day noted by many as "Black Friday", the day after Thanksgiving, supposedly the biggest shopping day of the year. But at the HD dealer, it was dead.

I walked into the dealership and looked around. I figured I would check to see if there was anything I might put on my wish list. I found a nice pair of cold-weather gloves that was marked down by 25%.

Today, (Sunday), I brought my wife into the dealership to show her the gloves. And again today, the place was dead.

They had salespeople pacing the floor, chit-chatting together, and the place of course, was decked out with Christmas decorations. But that's about the only celebration that was going on.

I can understand that people won't be buying motorcycles for Christmas, but I figured the accessories would make great gift items. I remember last Christmas, going to the HD dealer in Riverside, CA, to pick up new helmet for my wife, and that place was mad house. Could it just be the location?

I guess it's one thing that Harley can't sell bikes. But when Harley can't sell their logoed accessories, then that's a BIG problem.

Labels: Harley Davidson, Motorcycle Christmas

Bikers Illustrated announced their line of motorcycle themed Christmas Cards.

These are images created by Kevin James Sullivan.

You can see the whole line of motorcycle Christmas cards here...

http://www.bikersillustrated.com/pages/Cards.html

Labels: Motorcycle Christmas

Here's the motorcycle stuff I got for Christmas...

1. Harley t-shirt from Denton, TX

2. Evel Knievel motorcycle toy set

3. Toy Yamaha Road Star Warrior

4. Harley calendar

I got a bunch of other stuff, but not motorcycle related. What cool motorcycle stuff did Santa bring you this year?

Labels: Motorcycle Christmas

Browsing through Harley's "Holiday Gift Catalog" it seems that they've gone all out towards marketing to the RUBs out there.

After all, RUBs have all the money.

Lots of pink stuff, and bling bling stuff, and stuff that seems to be leathered-out versions of GAP gear.

But I can't believe Harley wimped out to the PC cops by eliminating the word "Christmas" from their gift catalog. WTF? You mean the "motor company" is too scared to piss off the liberals?

Labels: Harley Davidson, Motorcycle Christmas, Political Correctness

The 2006 line of Christmas Cards are available from the Motorcycle Hall of Fame Museum. There's eleven different designs to choose from, and most of them seem to reflect a "Norman Rockwell" style of design, like a throwback to the 1940's and 1950's.

My wife ended up ordering the "From One Generation to Another".

Prices range from $23.00 to $25.00 for a box of 25 cards. When you order them, they print your name inside the cards, and throw in a set of printed return address labels and seals.

Proceeds benefit the Motorcycle Hall of Fame Museum in Pickerington, Ohio.

Order them from here.

Labels: Motorcycle Christmas

Not sure why, but I ended up with something like three Harley t-shirts for Christmas. I don't even ride a Harley!

My wife bought me one of them even. The others came from nieces and nephews. In fact, my wife bought a Harley t-shirt for herself too. I'm not sure what she was thinking.

I do own some other Harley-branded stuff, such as a denim vest. I bought the vest because I really liked the feel, the look, and the quality. The vest does NOT have the big Harley logo on back, so it doesn't look funny when I'm riding on my Road Star.

However, the t-shirts have large, very easily recognizable Harley logos on back. I'll probably give them away as raffle items at the next bike-night, or something.

Labels: Harley Davidson Logoed Products, Motorcycle Christmas, T-Shirts