"Vaughn Simon" wrote in message
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"Christopher Tidy" wrote in message
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Damn that sucks. No way I'd buy one of those new bikes with a drip tray
under it!

For a whole, folks didn't!

It looked like Harley was going to die, but President Reagan's
administration gave them sort of a bailout in the form of stiff import
tariffs for jap bikes. That, along with some management changes, gave
Harley a new lease on life.

After that, Harley somehow achieved the status of a sort of cultural
icon, and was seemingly able to sell everything they could push out the
factory door.

Vaughn


And my late friend Trev Deely, the Canadian distributor, helped finance the
buyout!

Steve R.