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[HD-CVO]

I recently started to do some research on the FXR3 units since I recently acquired one

As the story goes, according to several posts, Harley started the CVO program wiht the 99 FXRs in a plant that was finishing the production of bikes for the British Military. These bikes were produced by (6) two man teams who hand built them start to finish

There are roughly 300 Blue FXR2s, 600 Red FXR2s, 620 Green FXR3s and 64 Blue FXR3s- total is 1600 units

If that is true, and I divide 1600 bikes by 52 weeks I get 31 bikes per week. Divide that by five days a week and you get a littel over 6 bikes a day. Divide that by the 6 teams and I come up with each team building more than one bike per day.

This assumes no one took vacation etc

Any idea how that many bikes could be built by so few people in such a short time? Am I missing something?

[Twolanerider]

A well practiced two man team with the correct tools at hand and all the parts organized and handy could easily assemble a bike a day.  In fact I'd expect more if they were on my line.  These things weren't very complicated.

[SBB]

A well practiced two man team with the correct tools at hand and all the parts organized and handy could easily assemble a bike a day.  In fact I'd expect more if they were on my line.  These things weren't very complicated.

Plus they were assemblies.
Front end, engines, transmissions, etc!

SBB

[FXR2evo99]

Really? ? ?

Yep...........it really is "winter"
 
as I take a gander at the outside temperature of 33 degrees and a 1/2" of snow on my driveway.


LOL

Regards,

Tim

[Twolanerider]

Plus they were assemblies.
Front end, engines, transmissions, etc!

SBB

Yeap, they weren't building engines or assembling transmissions and fork assemblies.  All carb'd bikes.  Just a preprogrammed bolt on ignition module.  Almost no tuning and minimal wire harnesses.   Once they'd done it a few times assembly in a day allowed for a LOT of quality assurance time.