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Posts tagged ‘Harley Davidson’

9
Jan

Harley Knucklehead Resurrection

Harley Knucklehead Resurrection

The Roaring Rumble of the Knucklehead: A History in Chrome and Combustion

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12
Feb

SHOVELHEAD CHOPPER

SHOVELHEAD CHOPPER

Built from a burned engine and frame and ridden around 12k miles since.

SHOVELHEAD CHOPPER

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11
Oct

Harley Davidson Move Manufacturing From China

Harley Davidson Move Manufacturing From China

Now that Harley Davidson has no more trendy Hollywood types to buy their overpriced bikes, Harley will have to face the reality of building a reliable and powerful motorcycle of its own merit. Not an underpowered, heavy and unreliable bike resting on the unearned laurels of an age long past.

Harleys are already extremely overpriced in the United States where they don’t have any import tariffs. But the bigger problem is that they have cemeteries full of customers.
30
Mar

Harley Rider Mulholland Snake Run.

Southern California – Harley Rider

Mulholland Snake Run.


Harley rider doing a spirited short Mulholland Snake run. Rider is in the process of upgrading the bike for the track. POV here is a pretty common short Snake run. Read more »

17
May

Is Harley Dying?

How Harley-Davidson Killed Itself

If Harley Davidson is the Titanic, the pandemic might just be that one big iceberg. Worse still, it had a hole in the hull and sputtering engines before all this even began. Damn. Is HD done for?

The famous quote about Harleys ” Over 90% of Harleys built since 2000 are still on the road,, the other 10% made it home”

‘Giant Mobility Scooter’. The best line I’ve heard in a long time! Read more »

7
Apr

Rise and Fall Of Harley-Davidson

Rise and Fall Of Harley-Davidson

Harley-Davidson is the most well-known American motorcycle brand in the world, but that status may be preventing the company’s future growth. Its core customers helped the company reach new heights, but Harley is facing challenges reaching new customers. And without new riders, the company might slowly erode. Read more »

1
Apr

Harley-Davidson Temporarily Shutdown

Harley-Davidson Temporarily Shutdown

Harley temporarily shutdown production after an employee at the Menomonee Falls plant tested positive for Coronavirus.

Some comments:
To bad for the workers, but the board has time now to figure out why they build such crappy overpriced bikes today, instead giving their customers the bike they want.

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31
Aug

California Motorcycle Ride

California Motorcycle Ride

Harley-Davidson night at the Cajon Classic Cruise weekly Hot-Rod/motorcycle show. One of our riding won Best Bike at this show.

The Harley-Davidson display had their new 2019 FXDR 114 on display. there were 11 motorcycle riders who rode out from the College Avenue exit on Highway 82 downtown El Cajon California for the show. Read more »

19
Oct

Harley-Davidson News

San Diego custom HarleyScary Harley-Davison News:

Yesterday, Harley-Davidson announced  that its third-quarter profits dropped 18.7% based on lower motorcycle sales. Today,  Harley-Davidson motorcycles announced that it would be cutting approximately 5% of its workforce by the end of the year.the cuts will also affect about 70  Harley-Davison contractors.

Harley-Davison did not say where these cuts in their workforce will take place. Read more »

16
Apr

Harley-Davidson 2016 CVO Pro Street Breakout

Harley-Davidson 2016 CVO Pro Street Breakout review vs 2014 CVO

Looks like Harley-Davidson 2016 CVO is incorporating more and more of the chopper look into their production bikes.
It’s nice to see that they finally got their engine up to a 110 and the rear tire up to a 240! I also like the fact that on this model they got rid of their huge speedometer control setup that was in the middle of a lot of their gas tanks.

Walk around and Start up of the 2016 Pro Street Breakout compared directly with the 2014 CVO Breakout. The 2016 CVO Pro Street Breakout is a mid-model-year 2016 release (january). The Pro Street Introduces new features such as inverted forks and dual disc brakes to the Breakout model.

Currently, I’m writing an 2006 American Ironhorse Texas Chopper that has an S&S 111 engine (actually they had three options for engines from 111 117 or 124) and a nice wide 280 rear tire.  Plus, the Texas Chopper came standard with two front disc breaks. So, it just took Harley about 10 years to start to incorporate some of these features into their bikes. Read more »