‘Woke’ Harley-Davidson CEO destroyed biker ‘brotherhood,’ fans say: ‘Stabbed us in the back’

The heartache with Harley-Davidson’s drift away from core customers came to a head in current weeks when Zeitz’s “woke” schedule became the center of social media and consumer outrage. wachiwit – stock.adobe.com

Old-fashioned US riders who sustained and welcomed Harley-Davidson’s muscular photo of rugged, flag-waving American self-reliance are matched versus the European world traveler with renowned friends and left-leaning aims who today heads the brand.

The misery with Harley-Davidson’s drift away from core customers capped in current weeks when Zeitz’s “woke” program ended up being the facility of social media and customer outrage. wachiwit– stock.adobe.com

“They shed their human touch. That’s the very best method to put it,” longtime Harley-Davidson biker “Horseshoe” Johnny Hennings informed Fox News Digital at the end of the Sturgis Motorbike Rally in South Dakota last week.

He transformed the price cut sneaker brand name into a high-priced style statement, and cemented his status in worldwide couture as a board participant of Kering, the French moms and dad business of high-end brand names Bottega Veneta, Gucci, Puma and Saint Laurent, to name a few.

Zeitz launched Puma Ocean Competing, with Selma Hayek christening the initial watercraft in Boston, in 2008; founded The B Group with Richard Branson, based in London and New York City City, in 2013, with a goal to specify organization by social schedule; and opened the Zeitz Gallery of Contemporary Art in South Africa in 2017.