Tag Archives: Harley-Davidson

TORRINGTON, CT – Steve Serafini of Fab-U-This got a text on Wednesday from Eric Landi inquiring if he could solve a problem. Landi wanted to know if Serafini could quickly fabricate a base for an urn to hold the cremated remains of

Might motorcycle racing of some kind – any kind – finally find a truly popular platform that attracts street riders in the U.S. to the sport as spectators and fans? It’s just a hunch, and only a hunch, but my gut’s telling me that the popularity of flat track racing …

SOMERS, NY – The setting is an outlaw motorcycle race in the 1920s, depicted near the end of the Discovery Channel miniseries “Harley and the Davidsons,” and it’s where Harley-Davidson makes history. Not only is the race the first time its legendary “Knucklehead” engine gets tested competitively, but the scene also …

LOS ANGELES – “Harley and the Davidsons” was a hit for the Discovery Channel last week. The three-part, six-hour miniseries about the founding and early years of Harley-Davidson was “the most-watched

Is “Harley and the Davidsons” accurate? My answer to those folks inquiring today following last night’s premiere of part one of the three-parter is probably somewhere between

MILWAUKEE – Layoffs are coming to Harley-Davidson with some 200 jobs being cut at U.S. plants. Workers at the factory in Springettsbury Township in Pennsylvania were notified at a meeting Wednesday with the local union reporting that 117 full and part-time positions will be lost. The layoffs will begin in …

SOMERS, NY – Harley-Davidson may have been founded in 1903 in Milwaukee, but an interesting element in the company’s history can be traced to Somers, which west of I-684 in Westchester County. That’s where William B. Johnson had the first Harley-Davidson dealership owned by an African-American. Johnson opened the franchise in …

OK, I’m thoroughly confused… Having not grown up around motorcycles, I’m not up to speed on a lot of motorcycle history. Consequently, when Harley-Davidson unveiled its new “Milwaukee-Eight” engine this week, it got me wondering about the power-plants that had preceded it. While I was aware of some of the …

MILWAUKEE – Harley-Davidson has settled with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency over illegal engine devices that the EPA said caused excessive pollution. Harley-Davidson will pay a $12 million civil penalty plus $3 million to mitigate air pollution as well as buy back and destroy thousands of “super tuners.” The EPA …

It was arguably the worst period in Harley-Davidson’s history. Decades later, the “AMF years” between 1969 and 1981 are remembered not-so-fondly by many of the brand’s loyalists as a time when build quality and reliability deteriorated. Buy it new, fix it immediately was the routine for

WASHINGTON – Sudden brake failures involving Harley-Davidson motorcycles with ABS covering four model years are being investigated by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, according to published reports, including one story in the Journal Sentinel newspaper in the company’s headquarters of Milwaukee. NHTSA said the probe involves 430,000 motorcycles covering …

MILWAUKEE – Rumors of a takeover bid by a private equity firm caused shares of Harley-Davidson to climb dramatically on Friday, rising nearly 20 percent to close at $54.25. New York-based KKR & Co. is

Harley-Davidson is recalling more than 8,000 of its Dyna Low Rider models manufactured during the 2014-2016 model years to replace ignition switches that may fail.

CHESTER, VT – I’ve bought and sold motorcycles for 45 years, and only once have I purchased one that I never rode for at least a few months. I buy them, enjoy them, and sell them when I’m looking for a different experience. Over the years, I’ve owned everything from …

MILWAUKEE – Harley-Davidson brought out a new model for 2016 today; a version of the Sportster called the Roadster. It’s part of Harley-Davidson’s “Dark Custom” lineup and is available in “Vivid Black with a charcoal denim pinstripe; Black Denim with a red pinstripe; Velocity Red Sunglo with a red pinstripe; and …