HD engineers lay off around 2010, quality

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02-19-2019, 09:00 AM

Geoff

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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?

Harley shut down Buell because of declining unit sales, not quality.

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02-22-2019, 12:22 PM

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Harley shut down Buell because of declining unit sales, not quality.

Yes, and they didn't do a good job marketing them.

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02-22-2019, 02:06 PM

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Harley shut down Buell because of declining unit sales, not quality.

You need to take a tour of the York plant buddy and watch these guys put these things together.

Its not the quality of the parts in question, It’s the bloody haphazard way they assemble them on the line.

Wiz 🥴

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