Very true🤔double edged sword! Like you say AMF re- tooled HD with modern technology BUT they were so bloody greedy they pushed out as many units as possible ( the suits aka bean counters) and Quality/ reliability went out the window or literally poor saps that had to deal with crap and give HD a world wide bad reputation in those 10 years of joint ownership.
Not only did they save them in the 70's they also set them up for their future success by getting them in bed with Porsche, that's who got their engineering straightened out and has been doing their engines ever since, the Evo was developed from a 1976 project called Nova and the V-rod, Twin Cam, and the new Milwaukee 8 are all design work farmed out to Porsche with a few others chiming in like Branch Flowmetrics finalizing the ports and combustion chambers.
I read the H-D story of employee buy back and the York plant was explained. Really good management evolution . Makes the electrical problem look like a nightmare.
Shame they missed out the BIGGEST and most important aspect of motorcycle manufacturing. Q U A L I T Y. Funny how they mention it in the film but STILL didn't deliver.
Towards the end of AMF, H-D suffered the typical corporate trickle down effect. As AMF managers went elsewhere or retired, others were being thrown into the H-D division who knew nothing about motorcycle manufacturing.
AMF saved Harley Davidson, if it wasn't for them they'd have been bought by one of the Japanese motorcycle companies and the name would have dissapeared.
I'd love to see the entire film.
Love to have one of those old shovels.
Derek collins I have one, got in new,
If it wasn't for AMF and their infusion of money, Harley may have died in the early 70's.
Very true🤔double edged sword! Like you say AMF re- tooled HD with modern technology BUT they were so bloody greedy they pushed out as many units as possible ( the suits aka bean counters) and Quality/ reliability went out the window or literally poor saps that had to deal with crap and give HD a world wide bad reputation in those 10 years of joint ownership.
Not only did they save them in the 70's they also set them up for their future success by getting them in bed with Porsche, that's who got their engineering straightened out and has been doing their engines ever since, the Evo was developed from a 1976 project called Nova and the V-rod, Twin Cam, and the new Milwaukee 8 are all design work farmed out to Porsche with a few others chiming in like Branch Flowmetrics finalizing the ports and combustion chambers.
Well now they’ll die in the 20s…
@@ryanthompson2893 They are an institution, that will never happen. Are you a Harley hater?
@@bobwantz214 no, I just don’t like what the company is doing today.
I read the H-D story of employee buy back and the York plant was explained. Really good management evolution . Makes the electrical problem look like a nightmare.
Meine Electra Glide wurde im Juli 1969 produziert. Sie ist immer noch orginal.
Excellent beautiful amazing sublime inmortal.
Where my 73 Iron Head was born.
Thanks for this upload!
The buildings in this video no longer exist. Harley tore the entire place down for one building, sold off some land.
Quantity over quality!
Thank you
Interesting to see the workers clothing in the Japanese and European factory's and compare this with HD workers ....
Lacquered over decals. LOL. When Triumph and BMW were still hand pinstriping fenders and tanks. Hand pinstriping.
Shame they missed out the BIGGEST and most important aspect of motorcycle manufacturing. Q U A L I T Y. Funny how they mention it in the film but STILL didn't deliver.
You have no idea of what you speak.
Towards the end of AMF, H-D suffered the typical corporate trickle down effect. As AMF managers went elsewhere or retired, others were being thrown into the H-D division who knew nothing about motorcycle manufacturing.
0:33: everyone in this photo is dead, imagine that.
Why would you say that ? If they were in their 20s to their 40s in 1973, many would still be alive and in their 70s to 90s today.
It was 1973, not 1923. 😂 I'm sure a lot of those people are still alive. Just really old now.
Putting the little hog in it's pen,an ready to ship it off to market. ☺👍
Funny how we cussed the AMF's and they deserved it. I had repop AMF decals put on my '74 ironhead when I restored it.
AMF saved Harley Davidson, if it wasn't for them they'd have been bought by one of the Japanese motorcycle companies and the name would have dissapeared.
Don't know much about this era but all I hear is that they had Major Quality control isssues.. massive failure and warranty rate..
This was the worst harley davidson season of the AMF season.
POS
Harley wasn't bought by AMF. It was a merger.
Chris Haynes Call it what you want. The families wanted out.
Pre-made engine oil sieves.
LOL
Myth
kinda Dark there
So what he's saying is don't buy a 71 or 72 Harley
They outsourced the whole bike to Asia,more Harley propaganda.
And now they aren't made in the U.S.A.
Various components are made elsewhere and assembled here
Where the heck do you think they're made ?
@@CaptHollister The ''ALL '' American Motorcycle ,Nippon Denso,Keihin,Showa [but I dont care ]
Thailand for the Asian Market
@@ClovisPoint Every manufacturer uses some imported components.