Harley-Davidson Kansas City Plant Makes List Of US Best Factory Tours. CNN interviewed one of the authors of “Watch it Made in the U.S.A.: A Visitor’s Guide to the Best Factory Tours and Company Museums,” who shared her top 9 favorites from across the U.S., which included the Kansas City Harley-Davidson plant. Visitors can view the complete assembly of the Sportster, V-Rod and Dyna models. With the “Steel Toe Tour” visitors get a true behind-the-scenes look and are required to wear steel toe protection, a safety vest and safety glasses. Other factory tours making the list include the Fender factory and custom shop tour in Corona, Calif., the Jelly Belly factory tour in Fairfield, Calif., the Ford Rouge Factory tour in Dearborn, Mich., and Ben and Jerry’s Ice Cream Factory tour in Waterbury, Vt.
Steve Menneto, VP Motorcycles At Polaris Annonces Number Of Indian Dealers. “When Polaris acquired Indian, there were fewer than 10 dealers selling it” says Menneto. “Now, the company has over 200 dealers in and 150 outside of North America.” There are 6 Indian branded motorcycles in the lineup, under 3 different model platforms: Scout. Indian Chief Dark Horse, Classic, and Vintage. Chieftain and Roadmaster.
Royal Enfield Acquires Chassis Design And Engineering Company Harris Performance. Harris Performance is one of the leading experts in designing and manufacturing of specialized high- performance motorcycle chassis and components. Harris Performance has had a longstanding relationship with Royal Enfield and was responsible for the chassis development of the brand’s Continental GT café racer model. Under the terms of the deal, Royal Enfield will acquire all assets, employees, trade names, technical know-how and intellectual property of Harris Performance Products Ltd.
Zero Motorcycles Enters The Italian Market. Received A New 1 Million Grant For Research. Zero Motorcycles, the global leader in the electric motorcycle industry sees huge opportunities in Europe and announced that its complete line of 100% electric motorcycles is coming to Italy. This is a vital step forward in our plans to expand global availability of Zero Motorcycles and an extension of our popularity throughout Europe,” said Chief Executive Officer Richard Walker. “The Zero brand is particularly strong in Germany, Switzerland, Scandinavia and The Netherlands, and we are seeing strong demand in Italy,” Walker continued. Zero intends to strategically expand its Italian network and has already appointed its first dealer located in the heart of Milan. The company has been awarded a grant of $1,009,220 from the California Energy Commission (CEC). With matching commitment from Zero, over $2M in funding will be made available to drive the company’s continued research, development and assembly of 100% electric motorcycles at their California headquarters.
I would rather tour the best factories than visit the factories with the best tours. Congrats to Indian, Royal Enfield, and Zero on their continued success. When Harley quits cutting wages and laying off employees and starts raising wages and hiring more employees I will congratulate them on their success too.
Let’s all enjoy the success of Polaris. Will push Harley doing better bikes…
ZERO’s success ? And what success would that be pray tell . Stealing money from CA taxpayers because they can’t pay their own way ? Opening up into a market with next to zero disposable income … and economy on the verge of collapse and ZERO interest in EV’s of any kind ?
Gee .. thats success alright … assuming you consider being subsidized lock stock and barrel and going to a market where there is no market as …. success
Polaris ? Ehhh …. any takers that within the next five years we and the Company will all be singing
” So tonight I’m gonna part like its 1953 ” … wink wink
Sorry guys … but its about time you look up the meaning of the word … success … before jumping on the bandwagon with your little cheerleaders outfits on
Anybody think our resident village idiot must work in the oil-and-gas industry? I’ve never seen such frothy mouth-spewage from someone who wasn’t scared for their lives or livelihood!
The oil companies used to apply for electric vehicle research grants.
Didn’t Harley just lay off a whole bunch of workers at the KC factory?