The Milwaukee Post

May 30, 2014 • Milwaukee County Post • 7 Harley-Davidson shakes off a slow spring start By KIRSTEN KLAHN Special to the Post MILWAUKEE – Harley-Davidson Inc.'s sales are beginning to gain momentum after a slow start to its second quarter, according to a report released last week by Milwaukee-based Robert W. Baird & Co. Inc. The slow start was due to weaker-than- expected sales in April and early May, main- ly attributed to the cooler-than-normal spring, according to the 51 Harley dealer- ships contacted by Baird. "The weather has been unusually cold and wet. This has kept traffic down," one dealer noted in the survey, which included 15 dealerships from Canada and overseas. Baird's survey asked the dealerships about retail trends, inventories, promotion- al activities, financing trends and their future expectations. However, dealerships said business began to pick up in mid-May. According to the survey, the second quarter is flat compared to 2013 so far, but Baird is predicting a strong June finish for dealerships, which will be helped along by Harley's Street models. Because the Street bikes are used in the Riding Academy train- ing fleets, they'll immediately be recorded as retail sales, according to Baird. In the past, June has represented 28 to 35 percent of the sales in the second fiscal quarter, the reported stated. Dealers anticipate retail sales will be up about 5 percent this year, a small increase compared to the 4.4 percent sales growth Harley reported in the U.S. in 2013, Baird said. New-bike inventory remains lean, with 83 percent of dealerships saying it was "too low" or "about right" for this time of year. According to the report, dealerships report- ed tight inventories of Harley's new Project Rushmore touring bikes. "Rushmore has been huge," one dealer said in the survey. The report also stated that 57 percent of the dealerships surveyed said they were selling motorcycles below the suggested retail price. However, many expressed opti- mism that sales would rebound. www.harley-davidson.com www.rwbaird.com Post Staff MILWAUKEE – Milwaukee County Sheriff David A. Clarke Jr., unhappy with what he calls soft-on-crime practices by the justice system in the county, is calling for the suspension of all social engineering criminal justice experiments related to vio- lent crimes. Clarke claims that career criminals who commit crimes such as robbery, sexual assault, aggravated assault, burglary and felony drug dealing are being sent back into the community, only to offend again. "This is not smart on crime. It is stupid. It discriminates against an overwhelming majority of black, law-abiding residents. These experiments lead to watered-down sentences in exchange for plea bargains, personal recognizance as bail for heroin dealing, and stayed sentences leading to probation," Clarke said in a statement. Clarke called the arrest of 18-year-old Sylvester Lewis in connection with the shooting of 10-year-old Sierra Gyton last week on a Milwaukee playground just "the tip of the iceberg." According to media reports, Gyton had been arrested 15 times since the age of 12 for various crimes, including trespassing, battery, robbery and auto theft, and was on probation at the time of the alleged shooting. Clarke wants Milwaukee County District Attorney John Chisholm and Milwaukee County Chief Judge Jeffrey Kremers to vol- untarily and temporarily suspend what he feels are "failed programs" until an inde- pendent review of the last five years can be conducted by criminal justice researchers skilled in analysis. 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