Is Harley also buying Ducati or is it just a rumor???

Question

Is Harley also buying Ducati or is it just a rumor???

Answer 1

probably not a good idea since ducati's are famous for being over priced,unreliable,expensive to maintain oil leaking garage queens.

it might hurt harleys image!

Answer 2

The 883R...lol

Answer 3

no, just MV Augusta, hopefully it doesn't ruin a good road racer...

Answer 4

I read an interview with Ducati's CEO a while back and he wanted the purchase to happen. 50% of all Ducati owners already own a Harley as well. Since HD's purchase of MV I seriously doubt they will buy Ducati also.

Notice how all the haters had to get in their little Harley stab even though it has nothing to do with the question. You guys are so sad and so predictable, but you do make me laugh so keep it up!!

Answer 5

Harley have agreed a deal to buy the Moto Guzzi, Cagiva & MV Agusta brands. There was a press release July 11th. Nothing about Ducati as far as i know

Answer 6

no way i know that Harley has money but with the other deals on the table i don't think they could do it

Answer 7

I hope not, They'll change the ducati's to have 1950's technology with an added oil leak.

Answer 8

There have been rumours about that for quite some time. The last time it was Ducati saying they wouldn't mind being bought by or merging with HD. That was the major rumour and then out of left field HD bought MV Agusta.

It sounds like HD is mainly interested in their dealer network so they can sell more of the HD brand overseas since the US market is shrinking right now.

I would really like HD to wake up to the youth market here in the US and turn MV, Buell and whatever other company they feel like buying into a real American presense on the sportbike scene.

People may not all like the bikes, but HD as a company has totally dominated the American motorcycle market for 15 years. Now it's time to use all the money they have stashed to get some new buyers onboard.

So, Ducati is just a rumour until it actually happens, and MV is a reality. Who knows what is actually going on at this point?

Answer 9

I agree with 'Magz.'