are these all gone?
#1
03-05-2013, 06:28 AM
are these all gone?
Tarnished reputation
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AMF H-D Electra Glide
In 1969, American Machine and Foundry (AMF) bought the company, streamlined production, and slashed the workforce. This tactic resulted in a labor strike and a lower quality of bikes. The bikes were expensive and inferior in performance, handling, and quality to Japanese motorcycles. Sales and quality declined, and the company almost went bankrupt.[6] The "Harley-Davidson" name was mocked as "Hardly Ableson", "Hardly Driveable," and "Hogly Ferguson",[47][48] and the nickname "Hog" became pejorative.[citati
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#3
03-05-2013, 07:04 AM
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#4
03-05-2013, 08:24 AM
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My '75 FXE was an AMF bike. I always thought it was odd looking because I thought of bowling when I saw it. It was a good bike and I had it for 6 years. I got it new for $3200.
#5
03-05-2013, 08:27 AM
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To the OP...you need to check into the Shovel section here to see that your contrived statement is absolutely bull$hit. And then log into www.shovelhead.us and you will find an entire site dedicated to Shovels.
There were problems with AMF but they brought HD into the modern era of bike assembly. They expanded into areas they should have stayed away from and learned from those mistakes. That coupled with the tariffs on the Jap crap are part of the reasons that HD survived so that by 82 HD was again purchased by Harley Davidson
Tarnished reputation...not hardly, not even close. Go pedal your drivel elsewhere. Covered a lot of ground on my pans and shovel over the years and they and me and are still going strong.
There were problems with AMF but they brought HD into the modern era of bike assembly. They expanded into areas they should have stayed away from and learned from those mistakes. That coupled with the tariffs on the Jap crap are part of the reasons that HD survived so that by 82 HD was again purchased by Harley Davidson
Tarnished reputation...not hardly, not even close. Go pedal your drivel elsewhere. Covered a lot of ground on my pans and shovel over the years and they and me and are still going strong.
#6
03-05-2013, 08:33 AM
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#7
03-05-2013, 08:38 AM
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It won't be long and they will be a truly colectors item. They were so hated that few good examples exist today.
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03-05-2013, 08:53 AM
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http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1965-...0a22f502#v4-40
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1966-...item4d0a22d6e8
Couple of pics of my 76 that I wish I still had...
#9
03-05-2013, 08:57 AM
the little bit of truth in that myth keeps it going into perpetuity.
1. all Pontiac fieros started on fire spontaneously
2. all 70 Chevy pickup exploded in a side impact
3. all sport bike riders are squids
and so on
1. all Pontiac fieros started on fire spontaneously
2. all 70 Chevy pickup exploded in a side impact
3. all sport bike riders are squids
and so on
#10
03-05-2013, 09:01 AM
Don't know about 1 and 2 but I know for a fact that 3 is B.S. I know that because I know a guy that rides a sport bike and he was in the Army, not the Navy.