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The deal here is that time and technology wait for no one. Company progression in business is key to survival, and if you are Harley-Davidson, that is a very sticky situation. Let me put it to you in the simplest of ways: Due to the fact of who it is, H-D has to worry about both keeping with the old guard wanting the bikes to barely ever change and, on the flipside of that, needing to attract a whole new generation of riders who don\u2019t want the same style bikes as their fathers and grandfathers. That is quite a bind to be in and one that will keep stirring up controversy for years to come. But I do feel Harley-Davidson is going in the right direction even if it means losing a beloved model bike such as the Dyna.<\/p>\n
Are you getting what I\u2019m saying? Well, if you aren\u2019t wrapping your head around it, please don\u2019t think I\u2019m a hater. You\u2019re reading an editorial from a guy who has five different Dynas currently in his garage. And, no, they are not for sale.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The aftermarket has worked wonders with the Dyna platform over its long production life. Hot Bike Staff As Dave Mustaine of Megadeth fame says, “Tough guys never bitch.” Unless it’s over the demise of the Dyna, I surmise. Yes, I too was shocked that Harley-Davidson decided to halt production of the ever-prolific Dyna—but not to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":65,"featured_media":45496,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5043],"tags":[40,13,4,81],"motorcycle_parts":[],"motorcycle_models":[5073],"motorcycle_builders":[],"motorcycle_gear":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotbike.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6625"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotbike.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotbike.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotbike.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/65"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotbike.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6625"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hotbike.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6625\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotbike.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45496"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotbike.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6625"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotbike.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6625"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotbike.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6625"},{"taxonomy":"motorcycle_parts","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotbike.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/motorcycle_parts?post=6625"},{"taxonomy":"motorcycle_models","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotbike.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/motorcycle_models?post=6625"},{"taxonomy":"motorcycle_builders","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotbike.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/motorcycle_builders?post=6625"},{"taxonomy":"motorcycle_gear","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotbike.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/motorcycle_gear?post=6625"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}