Motorcycle maker Harley-Davidson has become the latest manufacturer to drop diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives amid sustained pressure from anti-DEI activist Robby Starbuck.
In a statement Monday, the Milwaukee-based company said it has not operated a corporate DEI function since April, no longer has minority-owned supplier goals and plans to exit socially motivated training for employees.
Harley-Davidson’s statement, posted on X, said that it sees “every leader’s role to ensure we have an employee base that reflects our customers and the geographies in which we operate” – and the company would limit training to legal requirements.
They do have an electrical motorcycle branch that might keep the company alive if they lower prices. https://www.livewire.com/
Definitely won’t be as big as it is now though.
Cheapest is 14.5k?? I get it’s electric but God damn my Yamaha FJR1300 was 13k with 0 miles off the damn showroom floor (also, pro tip… don’t ever buy a brand new bike) ;)
Edit: just looked at Yamaha website. A new FJR1300 is now 18.3k
wtf has everyone gonna insane???
“wtf has everyone gonna insane???” (sic)
Yes
Also fun fact the HD Livewire had a range of 75mi. lol
What’s in those? A couple of D cells?
I double checked because my comment was based on memory.
LiveWire S2 Del Mar Zack from RZ got 66 miles to a “tank”. lol
It has a 10.kWh battery. Estimated range from manufacturer: 113 miles.
There are four different models from LiveWire. Three of them have that same 10.5kWh battery.
One has a 15.4kWh battery. Estimated range: 146 highway/95 city miles.
So yeah, clearly only a couple D cells in those things. Cool bikes though, i will say.