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[RedDevil]

RedDevil, I was just listing what was current production.  You were correct, too, about the V-Rods, but the last year for those was '06.

Sorta surprising that someone who makes a living selling these things and who is providing information about availability of CVO models during the strike to members of this site would not know where the different models are produced, though.

Concur.  That is a little surprising.  Once in a while they throw a wrench in the deal and make a CVO in Kansas, first the SE V-Rod and now the SE Dyna.  I guess they can't let York have all the fun.  Unfortuntely, the best selling CVO's and ones in highest demand come out of the York plant.  My sympathies go out to those faithful that were expecting delivery of their new CVO's this month.  I sure hope they get this strike settled soon. 
Cheers ,
Red

[Twolanerider]

RedDevil, I was just listing what was current production.  You were correct, too, about the V-Rods, but the last year for those was '06.

Sorta surprising that someone who makes a living selling these things and who is providing information about availability of CVO models during the strike to members of this site would not know where the different models are produced, though.

C'mon 103.  Sales staff all know where the bikes come from.  They come from the back of a semi.

[Fired00d]

C'mon 103.  Sales staff all know where the bikes come from.  They come from the back of a semi.

 
Ride Safe,
Fired00d
 

[naitram]

you dont get treated any differently then anyone elses who comes here claiming to have knowledge, and posting incorrect info

[KentuckyHarleyDude]

you dont get treated any differently then anyone elses who comes here claiming to have knowledge, and posting incorrect info

Natram why do I have to "claim" ANYTHING ...I get no benifit from what I post ..I was just passing along info that I get from other dealers ..this info came to me yesterday from a dealer in Mo.who had called about a dealer trade ..he told me what he had heard in regards to CVO's so I just wanted to pass it on ..but Ill make you a deal ..Ill NOT post ANY more information about anything to do with the strike, availability bikes, recalls or any other dealer information on YOUR website ... Ill just be a good little boy and make a remark every now and then....

Bubba

[Twolanerider]

Chit, now Neal, 103 and Fired00d are on double secret probation too.   There went the neighborhood..... 

[SBB]

Chit, now Neal, 103 and Fired00d are on double secret probation too.   There went the neighborhood..... 

Don

I want in on that???

Your the master of the double secret probation, can you handle that for me please?

 

[naitram]

 

[Twolanerider]

Don

I want in on that???

Your the master of the double secret probation, can you handle that for me please?

 

No problem Chip.  Only one catch though.  You have to be bitchy at or cranky with someone to join; or at least be perceived that way.  So say something bitchy or cranky back at me here and you too can be on Double Secret Probation.  If you want to be an EBCM we can do that too  .

[SBB]

No problem Chip.  Only one catch though.  You have to be bitchy at or cranky with someone to join; or at least be perceived that way.  So say something bitchy or cranky back at me here and you too can be on Double Secret Probation.  If you want to be an EBCM we can do that too  .

That reminds me!

Remembering the pictures of your bike when it was torn down I do want to bitch about your discolored crank.
(how am I doing so far?)
I remember thinking someday you were going to have a passenger riding bitch and your crank may lock up.
(Is that better?)
So the next time you crank on "The Red Bike" don't let your passenger get bitchy cause we all know,
A bitchy crank is always better than a cranky bitch!


 

[Twolanerider]

That reminds me!

Remembering the pictures of your bike when it was torn down I do want to bitch about your discolored crank.
(how am I doing so far?)
I remember thinking someday you were going to have a passenger riding bitch and your crank may lock up.
(Is that better?)
So the next time you crank on "The Red Bike" don't let your passenger get bitchy cause we all know,
A bitchy crank is always better than a cranky bitch!


 

Dammit, that was almost a spew at the end.  Hadn't figured out where it was going until almost too late.  Trouble is it was almost too funny to be bitchy enough to qualify.  That's ok though.  I'm hoping to get lucky later tonight so feeling charitable.  Here goes:

Here ye, here ye, one and all.  Be it known that Chip McKenzie is now a sworn and swearing EBCM (# 2.36) and is also gladly accepted to be on Double Secret Probation (# ?).  So say we all.

[SilverDawg]

http://www.post-trib.com/business/261371,StrikerHD.article
Harley-Davidson says tentative pact reached to end York factory strike

February 17, 2007
By ASSOCIATED PRESS
YORK, Pa. --Motorcycle maker Harley-Davidson Inc. said Friday it reached a tentative labor agreement with union workers at its largest manufacturing plant, a breakthrough in the two-week-old strike by nearly 2,800 employees.

The company issued a two-paragraph statement saying a vote by the union rank-and-file was expected next week. It did not disclose terms of the deal or say when production at the factory in York., Pa., might resume.

Harley's stock jumped $1.05 to $69.09 in after-hours trading, regaining all the ground lost during Friday's regular session on the New York Stock Exchange.
 
The nearly 2,800 workers have been on strike since Feb. 2. The union membership had voted to reject a company contract proposal that provided 4 percent annual raises but reduced pay for new hires and lowered health-insurance and pension benefits.
Picketing by the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers Local 175 is expected to wind down on Saturday and a vote could occur Thursday, union spokesman Tom Boger told the York Daily Record.

Neither the union nor the company returned calls late Friday from The Associated Press.

The strike disrupted Harley-Davidson's national production and had ripple effects as far away as Wisconsin, where 440 employees were laid off Monday. The company had warned that additional layoffs were possible if the work stoppage in York continued.

Many Harley suppliers also laid off workers because of the strike: A York company that polishes the metal used in Harley motorcycles laid off 35 of its 50 workers. A Nebraska plant that makes Harley exhaust products laid off 35 of its 100 employees.

Analysts said the strike was costing Harley as much as $11 million a day in sales, but that they expected the strike to be brief and to have little impact on the company's full-year performance.

[mr_magoo]

So in the end sounds like HD will get what they wanted if the union rattifies the new contract.  Wonder what a 4% raise equal for the average worker at York.

[RJ749]

Harley Davidson workers returned today after the strike vote to ratify the new contract last week.