HD engineers lay off around 2010, quality

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02-18-2019, 07:17 AM

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At least he started a new thread about 2010 and didn’t bump a bunch of threads started in that year...

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I heard the engineers were doing meth.

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I heard the engineers were doing meth.

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I've heard the Tennesee mountain air is comparable to the Chippewa falls air in Wisconsin, but as you move out into the great plains area torque values drop off until you hit the rockies.

'74 was a particularly good year for Tennessee mountain, but its getting hard to come by. Where do you keep your valve cap ?

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This thread makes my threads look pretty good!

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Originally Posted by ShadowforNow

Somewhere on Youtube I read a claim HD laid off engineers around 2010 when they ended Buell. Has anyone heard if they laid off engineers that worked on Harleys at that time as well?

Did HD quality start going downhill around '10?

Care to expand on HD’s quality performance over the past decade, and how it declined?

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02-18-2019, 12:57 PM

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Originally Posted by ShadowforNow

Yes, in terms of power, comfort, handling, etc., subsequent years are better. Are the latest bikes as reliable as the EVO era? I doubt it.

Not trolling.

Those are not quality metrics. None the less...power, comfort, handling, etc...have all increased since then.

Further “I doubt it”, is not a statistical metric.

As well, quality has nothing to do with the number of engineers you have, And unlike the the government, every fiscally responsible company has periodic layoffs, even if they are also hiring, it helps top bring in fresh blood, and the shareholders like it.

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