they did that many years ago. Back in 1929, Harley-Davidson contracted with a manufacturing plant in Hiroshina, Japan. Rikuo Internal Combustion Company produced actual Harley-Davidson models that carried the Harley-Davidson label, for use by Japanese military and police. Rikuo continued under contract until 1958.Originally Posted by Retired Army
Now for the burning question. Will Harley move production out side of the U.S.?
Harley-Davidson motorcycles are also made in Manaus, Brazil. The factory there opened in 1998 and continues to produce Harley models for the Brazilian market.
In 2011, the company announced plans to open a factory in India to produce the new Street 500 & 750 models
Leaving out the facilities that are corporate, financial, or sales and administrative locations, we end up with a list of Harley’s manufacturing and assembly plants per the Harley Davidson website:
◦Menominee Falls, Wisconsin - Powertrain
◦Tomahawk, Wisconsin - Windshields, composite plastic parts
◦Kansas City, Missouri - Assembly, Powertrain
◦York, Pennsylvania - Fabrication, Paint, Final Assembly
◦Manaus, Brazil - CKD* Assembles models sold in Brazil
◦Bawal, India - Manufacture of Street models for India, Italy, Spain, and Portugal
*CKD means complete knockdown. Models are basically built in the US, for example, and reassembled in the country where the bikes are sold.
Technically speaking, Harley-Davidson motorcycles sold in the United States are not actually made here, but assembled here. Harley contracts manufacturing of parts to plants located all over the world, including Germany, Italy, Taiwan, Japan, and Mexico. Those parts are then shipped to Harley factories here. So, where are Harley-Davidson motorcycles made? All over the world, actually, but those sold in America, are assembled here in the United States, using a lot of foreign made parts.
At least for now, anyway.
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