A throaty roar and an ear-splitting siren cut through the balmy sea air of this Cuban resort town as Luis Enrique Gonzalez gunned the engine of his vintage Harley-Davidson Knucklehead, which was a police motorcycle in another life before the 1959 revolution.
“I love everything about it. It’s like my girlfriend,†Gonzalez said, showing off   … More
After hanging on a dentist’s wall for 30 years and then being stowed in a garage and then a basement, a 1903 Indian motorcycle will have a new owner. On Saturday, April 21 at the Frederick County Fairgrounds, bidders from around the world will compete to own a piece of two-wheeled history from Charlie Alder, Jr.’s estate.
“This motorcycle predates the Harley – the bike most Americans associate with homegrown motorcycles,†explained Steve Rinker, who runs … More
Company’s other plants to follow in streamlining, automating
For a look at what’s to come for Harley-Davidson Inc., the best place to start is the company’s largest motorcycle factory, where change has been described as “leaning into a hurricane.”
Where 41 buildings once stood on 232 acres, there’s now an enormous vacant lot.
Gone are about half of the 2,300 jobs that, for decades, supported families in this blue-collar town.
The old buildings, some of them dating back to World War II, were … More