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Default It's Official - MoCo moving to China

Dateline Milwaukee, WI - 01 APR 10

Harley-Davidson Motor Company made the official announcement today that all U.S. operations will cease as of 31 DEC 10, and all current manufacturing operations will be relocated to the city of Xiang in mainland China. Citing sluggish sales and a dwindling market, the MoCo also announced that a restructuring of their model lines will also take place. The Touring line and the Sportster line will each remain intact, the VRSC line will no longer be manufactured, and the Dyna and Softail lines will be combined and reduced to offer only the following models:the WideGride, the Splinger, and the FatBoy Ro. More details to follow.
 
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April fools!!
 
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...and all paint from here on out will be lead based.
 
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LOL good one. Had me going there for a minute

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All day long.. This is like the third HD is merging, HD is going to china..

BOYS I want a new joke!!!
Like someone needs to claim they are starting a new village people band.. Or Sandra turned gay cause of JJ..
 
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Parts will be available at Harbor Freight too.
 
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I heard the Rocker will now be called the Wok-er
 
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May be a joke today,might be true tomorrow !!!
 
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Originally Posted by SoftailDon
Parts will be available at Harbor Freight too.
Originally Posted by wcsj55@yahoo.com
May be a joke today,might be true tomorrow !!!
Good ,, I'm goin to Harbor Frieght Saturday 1 anda 1/2 hours away
 
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Originally Posted by Dooderhead
April fools!!
Dammit! I was so looking forward to the FatBoy Ro.
 


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