It never was for 25-plus years. Not much is made in the US for their bikes anymore. Maybe 20 percent of it is made in US but the rest, lol. That has probably changed since 2000.
It hasn't had enough domestic content to fly an American Flag sticker on it since I've worked for them, before 2000, and I'm guessing well before that. It's a sham for any motorcyclists with an identity crisis. Put on this $80 HD T-shirt, drink enough beer to sport a gut, and you're in the club!!!
Harley has no customers.. their target demographic will all be dead in less than 10 years and they've done nothing to build a new generation of loyal riders.. Harley is cutting costs however they can while they can.. will be sold off or out of business entirely by 2030...
@@karenbacon6310 I have a fifteen-year-old Harley sitting in my garage right now that has never dripped even a drop. The issue is the quality of character of the management, not the quality of the product.
The problem is that the people who make these decisions are not interested in motorcycles. When the company goes broke they’ll just move on to another company, ruin that and keep moving.
They are numbers people. That is all they care about. Serving the shareholders. HD would need to go private. Problem is, the people who started the company poured their haerts & souls into it. Maybe Willie G was the last, MAYBE. Plus you add in most of America is riding & driving something made overseas! = Not entirely management’s fault. They would need to match the current line of foreign made motorcycles plus keep some of their current line. Large companies see the writing on the wall & the direction our government is taking this country. They don’t care about the middle- middle class down unless it is about collecting their tax dollars! JMHO!
True, they’re not humans, they just treat people as things. Use them then dispose them and move on to use people from another place. This is why we need to stop outsourcing. They must face high taxes if they want to sell their products back to us from the outside.
HD is buying 1 Billion of its stock. What's that tell you? Any if you think that's fake news just "Google it". 'Harley-Davidson Announces Plan to Repurchase $1 Billion of Its Shares Through 2026"
Yes you are right, lying!!! I ended up with something made in Taiwan, handle bars that break and a CPU that they can't reprogram, been dealing with their repair shops for 2 years, fed up with their lying!!!! 🤥
@user-we4ku7vv7tYou have to ask something that is this obvious at this point of time? Responding to you is probably a waste of time. So go on and keep waiting. 😂
We need to get rid of Zit boy. The Harley Davison has been a Wisconsin company from tge start. We don't need to move the company to cheep child labor we need a new CEO.
As a lifelong motorcyclist and Harley owner , this is beyond a stab in the back to the workers, it’s a stab in the back to Harley customers! Harley owners relish in the fact that they’re riding an American made Motorcycle. They do not want more parts made overseas. The CEO needs to be fired today for this move as well as the woke policies he implemented. He has been a nightmare! In the meantime, my fellow motorcyclists buy an Indian !!
I read that BlackRock and the Vanguards are board members…so it’s probably the whole board that’s doing this…they are the ones that picked that CEO I believe.
He won't be fired, he will get a bonus for cutting costs and he will be long gone by the time his decisions kill the company. That's what these vulture CEO's do, they go into a company and make stupid decisions that are only beneficial in the short term and they collect their performance bonuses and move on to the next company before the true outcome of they're decisions comes to light.
@Gonefishin12 😅😂😅 that's a good one..... who's ideas do you think these are ? It surely not conservative values sending jobs over seas. The Trumpster will slap tariffs on HD just like good.Ol' Reagan did . Then we will see who sends jobs over seas . How bout 100% tarif on goods imported from foreign lands that.were originally made here
The woke CEO of HD is running this company into the ground and can care less. Black Rock controls it all and this CEO is a puppet to ruin this brand. This ship is sinking fast.
HD has a fiduciary responsibility to its shareholders and a moral obligation to hard working Americans. "Temporary transition" doesn't sound very temporary.
HD has been dead for decades. Their lifeless body has just been strung along until now. It’ll be a funny day when all they sell is T-shirt and HD branded walkers
I read that BlackRock and the Vanguards are board members….these companies usually only care about their board members and largest shareholders…..and those people are probably onboard with this. And yes…temporary transition is completely stupid….why would anyone temporarily build a factory in Thailand just for 2025 models and then close it down after 2025…that would be a waste of money and I don’t believe they are doing that at all…that has to be a lie.
Indian Motorcycles still U.S. made in Spirit Lake, Iowa(My father worked at the original Indian Motorcycle Company in Springfield,MA before and after WWII)
It's already been going tits up. Young people aren't interested in the open road and wind in their hair. Everything is virtual and existential to the new generations, which isn't Harley Davidson.
All kinds of components for Harley’s for decades have been made overseas. Harley and Harley owners just have not wanted to be honest about their 100% American Made machines.
Very true. With a little research it indicates very little is made in US, including the motor. Assembly of motor & parts are done in US. It hasn't been an American made machine in quite some time; to be fair, our American car Manufacturers operate very similar.
My governor (in PA) gave one of the Harley plants in our state a million dollars to keep them from moving. That’s was probably 15-20 years ago. I don’t support bribing them with my tax dollars though and I doubt it would ever happen again.
@@rosebud7943 A promise is not a binding contract. Besides, they are moving production because there is more demand in Thailand than the US. Why on Earth would they build it in the US and make less money because they have to pay duties. Business 101.
Harley has lost my business for life. I won't dump my bike, but I refuse to buy anything else from Harley. No More Tshirts , No more Service at the dealership. All my friends feel the same way. Harley went woke so lets see how they do without us Customers.
This is gonna hurt the tattoo industry. Who’s going to get a Harley tattoo that says “ Madi in Thailand”. Sad… seriously though. I’m guessing their sales will totally tank.
well....if the writing is on the wall and you have a bad gut feeling I would trust that feeling. This gives you the opportunity to start networking and find a more stable job. it's sad to hear an American bike is going to not be built in America.
Sales in America are down, but sales in Asia are up. Aley is right. I am Thai. I am proud. Many Japanese cars are produced in Thailand and exported all over the world. You don't have to worry about the quality.
A lot of Triumph motorcycles are made in Thailand, too. It's all about profitability. Though the production costs will be reduced, you can bet they'll still jack up the prices on the showroom floor. The only affordable Harley for blue collar workers these days are used Harleys, unless you want to finance with these rediculous interest rates.
Uh, no. There has to be a market for them. Those that would buy them are broke in their parents basement responding to TH-cam videos and playing video games
Thailand has large motorcycle manufacturing centers there - Ducati, Triumph, etc. - and now Harley. Once it leaves it is gone forever. One year??? The cost to move alone would mandate a 5 to 10 year commitment.
Over 90% of HD parts are imported, assembled in USA is not the same as Made in USA. People have been buying foreign made US assembled HDs for decades now. I’ve been riding and building Harley’s since the 70s, when even then the front ends, starters etc were Japanese…
I bought a 2023 FXST in APRIL 2023. 10 TIMES IN SHOP FOR WARRANTY ISSUES at 280 -800 miles. I believe this was due to the hostile work environment at the Pennsylvania Plant because of said pandemic. if anyone buys a 2025-?? believe me... buy the extended warranty. News flash many parts are from China anyhow. Thailand and India are making bikes for Triumph and most of the Japanese bikes, NOW!
As sad is it may sound, it makes sense to move to Thailand from their perspective. Asia is all about status. Owning a Harley there is like owning a Rolex or Mercedes. As someone who has lived in Thailand, I can attest to the fact that they sell A LOT of bikes there, with a HUGE markup - mostly due to import duties (a CVO costs more than $100k over there). But even then, when they opened their first factory there, the prices didn’t drop, even though the import duty was reduced. People will pay anything there for that status symbol. China is even crazier in this regard. They banned every two-wheeler with a motor from their major cities. Something about motorbikes being associated with poverty in their culture. The only exception is if you pay something like $50k for a special permit. 95% of those permits in China, are given to Harley Davidson owners. So while in America, Harley is associated with a subgroup of Baby Boomers, in Asia they are a rite of passage into being considered high status of sorts. So if you are making most of your money in a certain area, wouldn’t it make sense to ship your production to that area? Toyota, Nissan, Hyundai, VW, BMW, Mercedes, Honda, and other foreign manufacturers did the same thing for the U.S. Heck, many of them have models (such as the Toyota Tacoma and Tundra), which are only officially sold in North America - they don’t even sell them in Japan.
It was nice when all you needed was a set of standard American tools to get the job done. I don't care if it's metric but shit, make it one or the other.
Shame on you for trying trying to work on it like a true enthusiast. Bring it to a dealership so they can rob you blind to do nothing because it's cheaply built
I used to have a Harley. Anytime I went to the dealer for a part they always said made in Mexico on them. Harleys been doing things like this for awhile now. Just like the auto companies.
How stupid is that….”just for model year 25”. That would be a waste of money to build a factory in Thailand and train workers just to make models for 2025 and then nothing else….plus it just doesn’t make any sense…so there’s no way that statement could be true. But look at who the CEO is and look at who the board members are….it’s pretty obvious what they are trying to do to this American made company.
Temporary transition? Depends on what the CEO means by “temporary,” & “transition.” Since HD seems to be running the company off the cliff, they need to permanently transition the CEO & board out the door with no golden parachute, no stocks, no cash payout. Just escorted out the door.
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If Harley is being made outside the US then it is no longer an American Icon.
Don’t worry. Regardless of anything, it will remain an American Icon as long as CNN and friends says so. Nothing else seems to matter these days.
It never was for 25-plus years. Not much is made in the US for their bikes anymore. Maybe 20 percent of it is made in US but the rest, lol. That has probably changed since 2000.
It hasn't had enough domestic content to fly an American Flag sticker on it since I've worked for them, before 2000, and I'm guessing well before that. It's a sham for any motorcyclists with
an identity crisis. Put on this $80 HD T-shirt, drink enough beer to sport a gut, and you're in the club!!!
Agreed.
Last REAL Harley was the Shovelhead... 1984
Watching harley destroy itself and alienate it's customers😢
Yea I never thought I would ever see this. Kinda heartbreaking 💔 I guess. Just sad. Feel so bad for all those people and an icon!
Welcome Europe and Asia, those countries dont have the same environmental regulations as the USA
Just like Disney. Same motive, too.
@@1976ondy so it’ll be great, for those countries?
Harley has no customers.. their target demographic will all be dead in less than 10 years and they've done nothing to build a new generation of loyal riders.. Harley is cutting costs however they can while they can.. will be sold off or out of business entirely by 2030...
Harley is not an american icon anymore. They have more asian parts then american. They lost that privilege years ago.
If it leaks, you know it was American made, lol!
@@karenbacon6310ha ha ha, you people with, "Harleys leak oil" kill me. That was the Shovelhead era and back. 40 plus years ago. 🤦
@@PanM8ha ha ha the Evo leaks like the shovel head did.
Ah no my evo does not leak oil at over 60K miles
@@karenbacon6310 I have a fifteen-year-old Harley sitting in my garage right now that has never dripped even a drop. The issue is the quality of character of the management, not the quality of the product.
Price of production will decrease, but the price of the bike to consumers won't!
At least it'll be built better
If they were made in Japan yah
The problem is that the people who make these decisions are not interested in motorcycles. When the company goes broke they’ll just move on to another company, ruin that and keep moving.
They are numbers people. That is all they care about. Serving the shareholders. HD would need to go private. Problem is, the people who started the company poured their haerts & souls into it. Maybe Willie G was the last, MAYBE. Plus you add in most of America is riding & driving something made overseas! = Not entirely management’s fault. They would need to match the current line of foreign made motorcycles plus keep some of their current line. Large companies see the writing on the wall & the direction our government is taking this country. They don’t care about the middle- middle class down unless it is about collecting their tax dollars! JMHO!
Just like sears and Kmart. Ceo only mission to destroy it
True, they’re not humans, they just treat people as things. Use them then dispose them and move on to use people from another place. This is why we need to stop outsourcing. They must face high taxes if they want to sell their products back to us from the outside.
HD is buying 1 Billion of its stock. What's that tell you? Any if you think that's fake news just "Google it".
'Harley-Davidson Announces Plan to Repurchase $1 Billion of Its Shares Through 2026"
Titan Motorcycles is a perfect example - just an aftermarket Harley. Titan expanded to quickly and lost everything.
You do not tool up for a one year run.
exactly, they're just telling everybody what they want to hear and then one day... poof, HD is gone
It's time to trade my street glide in for an Indian!
I actually just did that
Made by polaris
Why? You already own it.
@@jimmyjames6487 all American made though.
@@jimmyjames6487 I bought an American Polaris! Kept my Pan though!
The AMF years are starting to look better and better.
Dude, that's sayin a lot!
'Buy a Harley, and buy the best. Ride a mile and walk the rest.'
Yeah , only one YEAR ? Lying ! 👹
Decision could be based on who's elected to office this nov.
@@GreggWalken-xd3qv. They been bailed out twice under a Democrat president.
Once they leave, they dont come back....
Yes you are right, lying!!! I ended up with something made in Taiwan, handle bars that break and a CPU that they can't reprogram, been dealing with their repair shops for 2 years, fed up with their lying!!!! 🤥
HD is killing itself in real time.
You see what happens Larry? You see what happens when you hire a German shoe salesman as the CEO to run your American company???
As if the last 30 years of offshoring mostly happened under foreign-born CEOs.
maybe he was only following orders...... ;-)
I read that BlackRock and the Vanguards are on the board too….so that explains a lot as well.
@shortattentionspangarage-"Shomerfucking Shabbos!"🤣🤣
Haha! The Big Lebowski.
They’re just a T-shirt company anyhow.
There goes America’s iconic motorcycle. 😢😢😢
It was gone when they went woke
@user-we4ku7vv7t Ask AOC what woke means. She was saying it back in 2016-17. liberals started saying it first.
Going Going GONE...
Indian motorcycles stock will rise!
@user-we4ku7vv7tYou have to ask something that is this obvious at this point of time? Responding to you is probably a waste of time. So go on and keep waiting. 😂
We need to get rid of Zit boy. The Harley Davison has been a Wisconsin company from tge start. We don't need to move the company to cheep child labor we need a new CEO.
As a lifelong motorcyclist and Harley owner , this is beyond a stab in the back to the workers, it’s a stab in the back to Harley customers! Harley owners relish in the fact that they’re riding an American made Motorcycle. They do not want more parts made overseas. The CEO needs to be fired today for this move as well as the woke policies he implemented. He has been a nightmare!
In the meantime, my fellow motorcyclists buy an Indian !!
I read that BlackRock and the Vanguards are board members…so it’s probably the whole board that’s doing this…they are the ones that picked that CEO I believe.
He won't be fired, he will get a bonus for cutting costs and he will be long gone by the time his decisions kill the company. That's what these vulture CEO's do, they go into a company and make stupid decisions that are only beneficial in the short term and they collect their performance bonuses and move on to the next company before the true outcome of they're decisions comes to light.
@starshine3588 Well Harley went woke in early 2000. Lol.
Vote Blue to take back the middle class!
@Gonefishin12 😅😂😅 that's a good one..... who's ideas do you think these are ? It surely not conservative values sending jobs over seas. The Trumpster will slap tariffs on HD just like good.Ol' Reagan did . Then we will see who sends jobs over seas . How bout 100% tarif on goods imported from foreign lands that.were originally made here
Maybe the union should reconsider their their aggressive requirements from companies. They are forcing corporations to look into outsourcing
This! I bet the cost for each employee is just too much
Lol we allowed corporations to take over and become our leaders
Yes, we need to take back control of our government. We need independents without conflicts of interest.
Look up the Supreme court decision: "Citizens United"
Far more truth to this than you realize.
in one word what your describing is Fascism !, couldnt agree more
It’s no longer an American icon if it’s not built in America 😮
Just pretend it is. Just like iphones and Levi's jeans. To compensate, the bike will be better built and cheaper.
@@kamsunleong6648 Worse built and more expensive you mean!
HD won't be able to sell any of that junk,
I bet they still sell. People are dumb and will buy what they are told to.
Not in USA we will buy something else
@@mikepalmer1971 Some will....but with the two pronged offensive that hd has decided to use to destroy itself...
The woke CEO of HD is running this company into the ground and can care less. Black Rock controls it all and this CEO is a puppet to ruin this brand. This ship is sinking fast.
HD has a fiduciary responsibility to its shareholders and a moral obligation to hard working Americans. "Temporary transition" doesn't sound very temporary.
HD has been dead for decades. Their lifeless body has just been strung along until now. It’ll be a funny day when all they sell is T-shirt and HD branded walkers
That's the lie they always tell. Corporate board members only care about the money they can stuff in their gigantic piggy banks.
I read that BlackRock and the Vanguards are board members….these companies usually only care about their board members and largest shareholders…..and those people are probably onboard with this. And yes…temporary transition is completely stupid….why would anyone temporarily build a factory in Thailand just for 2025 models and then close it down after 2025…that would be a waste of money and I don’t believe they are doing that at all…that has to be a lie.
The stockholders want profits and greedy workers are the issue.
temporary insanity
Indian Motorcycles still U.S. made in Spirit Lake, Iowa(My father worked at the original Indian Motorcycle Company in Springfield,MA before and after WWII)
Owned by polaris
If you think the Canadian owned Indian is all USA parts and manufacturing then they got you right where they want you.
@@jimmyjames6487 Polaris makes some of the finest American snowmobiles. Very reliable.
soon to go t*t's up. what sucks is it will effect 650 trillion mechanics that fix these sh*t boxes
Word, I mean MATH! Math. I meant math.
It's already been going tits up. Young people aren't interested in the open road and wind in their hair. Everything is virtual and existential to the new generations, which isn't Harley Davidson.
Nah. Theres tons of shitboxes out there.
650 trillion what have you been smoking
@@norm2264 2 pacls of sarcasm a day. you should try one
Adios, Harley. Your days are numbered
Boycott.
Don’t boycott. QUIT!
After buying a few, that is a given.
All kinds of components for Harley’s for decades have been made overseas. Harley and Harley owners just have not wanted to be honest about their 100% American Made machines.
Assembled in USA, not made. Big difference
Same with John Deere.
20 years ago I worked for a Japanese company, Nissin, that made brakes for HD. This isn’t new.
@@richardshirley2786john deere is a sticker and paint company
Very true. With a little research it indicates very little is made in US, including the motor. Assembly of motor & parts are done in US. It hasn't been an American made machine in quite some time; to be fair, our American car Manufacturers operate very similar.
This was like Australia with Holden. No one has money anymore, who can buy their dream toy and put food on the table
Still selling a lot of Gold Wings, BMW, and Indians.
FIRE ZIETZ and the whole tree hugging, skinny jeans wearing bunch that follow him. HD has been out of touch with its customer base for quite a while.
Only moving Production overseas for one year right..... thats gonna be a lie in A year... 🤦
Foreigner purchases iconic American company to destroy it.
Boeing spent the last 20 years doing this , look where it got them.
If you work for a company that manufacturers in the usa your job will be gone!!!!!!..
Obammie said that years ago…
YOU ARE PROBABLY RIGHT 😢
Only if you manufacture a product few people want.
@@megastick9324. I assume that’s a slur ,but Obama bailed them out the last time they were hurting !
Thank a democrat
Less money to build but will still charge insane prices.
Imagine believing a company cares about you in 2024 😂
The last real Harley was the evolution.
Why didn’t the Governor try to stop this?
What is the governor going to do? Tell a private business how to run its business? GTFO here.
Let cackles harris take over HD and America, she'll fix it real good. NOT.
Because he is a liberal, trying to kill America
My governor (in PA) gave one of the Harley plants in our state a million dollars to keep them from moving. That’s was probably 15-20 years ago. I don’t support bribing them with my tax dollars though and I doubt it would ever happen again.
@@rosebud7943 A promise is not a binding contract. Besides, they are moving production because there is more demand in Thailand than the US. Why on Earth would they build it in the US and make less money because they have to pay duties. Business 101.
This is what happens when shareholders trade profits over Americans.
Building back better.
Another American company that puts profits over American interests.
..........In Thailand.
My friends feel the same way, No more Harley,
If Harley moves away from America then I will not support Harley anymore!
Harley has lost my business for life. I won't dump my bike, but I refuse to buy anything else from Harley. No More Tshirts , No more Service at the dealership. All my friends feel the same way. Harley went woke so lets see how they do without us Customers.
This is gonna hurt the tattoo industry. Who’s going to get a Harley tattoo that says “ Madi in Thailand”. Sad… seriously though. I’m guessing their sales will totally tank.
If they had the sales they wouldn’t be moving and who is Madi?
What else bothers me is that while they will save money, they won’t pass that savings on in terms of a lower price for their bikes. That’s bullshit.
Wow! Hardly Davidson no longer American made!! Very very sad!! First step to go WOKE!! 😢😢😢
Start buying. Gonna be rare and price will double
@@Sam123QU29: Yeah, I’ll pick up a half dozen before it goes off sale!
@@rayray8687 top bloke
@@Sam123QU29 great point
Harley's are expensive and unreliable.. Folks like their look but find that they are money pits.
CEO needs to move overseas
The fall of harley and rise of indian
FACTORY HD MADE IN INDIA AND CHINA. 🎉
@@faraon2012 Triumph also assembled in Taiwan, so much for British Icon, world is a woke joke.
My Thai members are rising.......... MUAY THAI for life........
How are Harley’s customers going to deal with their iconic brand being built in Thailand? Not well, I suspect.
A friend of mine says that his RAM 2500 is an American Brand lol. Italian owned --> Chinese parts --> Mexican built --> American bought
Bingo
well....if the writing is on the wall and you have a bad gut feeling I would trust that feeling. This gives you the opportunity to start networking and find a more stable job. it's sad to hear an American bike is going to not be built in America.
It’s been assembled in the USA for decades with China , Japan, Taiwan supplied parts.
Go woke, Go Broke !!
Fire the CEO & The Board of Directors !
This sounds like a permanent move!
Sales in America are down, but sales in Asia are up. Aley is right. I am Thai. I am proud. Many Japanese cars are produced in Thailand and exported all over the world. You don't have to worry about the quality.
A lot of Triumph motorcycles are made in Thailand, too. It's all about profitability. Though the production costs will be reduced, you can bet they'll still jack up the prices on the showroom floor. The only affordable Harley for blue collar workers these days are used Harleys, unless you want to finance with these rediculous interest rates.
I'm all done with this product
The calm before the storm
It's not temporary they're lying! Update your resumes and start looking for another job.
Greed!!!!!!!!!
Temporary means until they get people to do it in Thailand full time, I'm sure.
The price on my rice burner just keeps going up.
No it's not 🤣
Uh, no. There has to be a market for them. Those that would buy them are broke in their parents basement responding to TH-cam videos and playing video games
@@ro307805 but mine is big . Set it next to a harley without looking at the name can't tell the difference
Thailand has large motorcycle manufacturing centers there - Ducati, Triumph, etc. - and now Harley. Once it leaves it is gone forever. One year??? The cost to move alone would mandate a 5 to 10 year commitment.
just google who sits on there board of directors. the end is near
Bring back the V-rod.
They will, only it will be renamed the GayRod.
I will never buy a foreign Harley ever they will go broke
Over 90% of HD parts are imported, assembled in USA is not the same as Made in USA. People have been buying foreign made US assembled HDs for decades now.
I’ve been riding and building Harley’s since the 70s, when even then the front ends, starters etc were Japanese…
I would never buy a Harley I agree NEVER
@@megastick9324 no they aren't. Get your facts straight. 70-80% of the parts for the American bikes are made here.
@@WolfinWolvesClothing713 man I wish you were close enough for a cash bet…
Yeah, let’s vote for four more years of this!
I bought a 2023 FXST in APRIL 2023. 10 TIMES IN SHOP FOR WARRANTY ISSUES at 280 -800 miles. I believe this was due to the hostile work environment at the Pennsylvania Plant because of said pandemic. if anyone buys a 2025-?? believe me... buy the extended warranty. News flash many parts are from China anyhow. Thailand and India are making bikes for Triumph and most of the Japanese bikes, NOW!
As sad is it may sound, it makes sense to move to Thailand from their perspective. Asia is all about status. Owning a Harley there is like owning a Rolex or Mercedes. As someone who has lived in Thailand, I can attest to the fact that they sell A LOT of bikes there, with a HUGE markup - mostly due to import duties (a CVO costs more than $100k over there). But even then, when they opened their first factory there, the prices didn’t drop, even though the import duty was reduced. People will pay anything there for that status symbol.
China is even crazier in this regard. They banned every two-wheeler with a motor from their major cities. Something about motorbikes being associated with poverty in their culture. The only exception is if you pay something like $50k for a special permit. 95% of those permits in China, are given to Harley Davidson owners.
So while in America, Harley is associated with a subgroup of Baby Boomers, in Asia they are a rite of passage into being considered high status of sorts.
So if you are making most of your money in a certain area, wouldn’t it make sense to ship your production to that area?
Toyota, Nissan, Hyundai, VW, BMW, Mercedes, Honda, and other foreign manufacturers did the same thing for the U.S. Heck, many of them have models (such as the Toyota Tacoma and Tundra), which are only officially sold in North America - they don’t even sell them in Japan.
Between the woke BS, the foreign CEO, the EV crap and massive PR scandal HD is losing their core customers. They're done.
That's what happens when you are no longer a privately owned company and sell stock.
Been happening for decades. I have a 2006 HD. Need 3 types of tool sets to work on it. AS, Metric and WTF.
That's what I was thinking.
It was nice when all you needed was a set of standard American tools to get the job done. I don't care if it's metric but shit, make it one or the other.
Shame on you for trying trying to work on it like a true enthusiast. Bring it to a dealership so they can rob you blind to do nothing because it's cheaply built
That’s a real shame
Hardly Ableson.
Gucci Davidson
Real original. Are you 12?
@@WolfinWolvesClothing713 61
Ride your Harley out into pasture with your Bud Light, say goodbye, then do the right thing and put them both out of their MISERY.
Buy and Indian or a Ducati. Don't buy Harley.
So much for “American Made”
There goes the Harley Davidson brand 😮😢
It's cutomer is not in the usa anymore.
you don't build a plant in Thailand for 1 year of production
But have y’all been to Thailand 🇹🇭 it’s amazing
Yay, globalization.
Who wants them now not me
I used to have a Harley. Anytime I went to the dealer for a part they always said made in Mexico on them. Harleys been doing things like this for awhile now. Just like the auto companies.
Harley Davidson is no longer American if it
Goes to Thailand. End of an era.
How's " build back better " working ??? Soon We won't be able to build a tin can in this country.
That's the problem with wanting money for your labor, now harder working people over seas who aren't so greedy will have jobs. Real smart Americans
Taking it public killed it. It needs to be privately held by owners interested in motorcycles. Margins be damned.
Well that takes a lot more money than anyone has.
Sad for workers and American 😢
Si continuan,toda nuestra NACION será un DETROIT mas.
"Just for model year 25" sounds about as believable as "two weeks to stop the spread"
How stupid is that….”just for model year 25”. That would be a waste of money to build a factory in Thailand and train workers just to make models for 2025 and then nothing else….plus it just doesn’t make any sense…so there’s no way that statement could be true. But look at who the CEO is and look at who the board members are….it’s pretty obvious what they are trying to do to this American made company.
This is sad, I own a kawasaki Vulcan 800b because I couldn't afford one in 1996. I love riding.
Reminds me of the AMF days.
Question is why is your government allowing this to happen ?
Boycott them!
All of them are leaving get ready
the beginning of the end.
I'll Never buy another Harley Davidson again
Temporary transition? Depends on what the CEO means by “temporary,” & “transition.” Since HD seems to be running the company off the cliff, they need to permanently transition the CEO & board out the door with no golden parachute, no stocks, no cash payout. Just escorted out the door.
Harley is going woke!
Again this is greed and lack of respect for workers