I've been riding Harley for ten years now. Have a Road King and a Fat Bob. Since I've been on the road with Harley, I've been hearing exactly the same thing. With each new model it is no longer a real Harley. With every change in personnel, the company goes under. I'm brand new to the MMC world now... but funny enough, the behavior here is exactly the same.
Yes, there are parallels. With the discontinuation of the EVO engine and the introduction of the soulless Twin-Cam, Harley-Davidson lost me as a potential customer, just as Morgan lost me with the discontinuation of the Trad. But both, EVO-Heritage and 4/4, remain dearly beloved in my garage.
And that's exactly the point ... if Harley were still building EVOs or Twin Cams today, the company would be bankrupt. The emissions regulations simply force the manufacturers to go other ways. Of course, these were great engines, but they are simply no longer legal today.
My parallel from Harley to Morgan is that the existing clientele does not want any changes. But a company can't have a future like that.
If the existing clientele doesn't want any innovations, there are plenty of options on the second-hand market. That applies to Harley as well as to Morgan.
