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14th March 2012
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Senior Chief Harley Engineer 1st Class
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Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Minnysoda
Posts: 1,357 Sportster/Buell Model: AMF XLS Roadster Sportster/Buell Year: 1981
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Originally Posted by IronMick
It is really more of an assembly plant, not a manufacturing plant. Source the parts from overseas, bolt them together, then out the door with it.
I wonder what % of parts, or what specific parts, are actually maunfactured in the USA?
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Hell, even my '81 has a few stock parts made in Japan.
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14th March 2012
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Senior Master Custom Bike Builder
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Join Date: May 2010
Location: Pottstown PA.
Posts: 5,144 Sportster/Buell Model: xlch Sportster/Buell Year: 1960
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thanks for sharing those great classic pics.m.s. got my curiosity going,could this be the early days of the york assembly plant? dont know without looking it up,what year that started production. york asembly plant started out as old buildings.did some overhead crane work in there in the 90s
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72 1000cc barrels and heads, s&s 41/2'' flywheels, sifton cams, s&s super B w/ zippers thunderjet w/yost powertube, andrews gears,and shafts, competition engineering kevlar wet or dry clutch, 72 oil pump, morris magneto w/auto advance and single fire module, cycle electric generator w/electronic regulator,73 cu.in.
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14th March 2012
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XL FORUM TEAM MEMBER
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Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Padgett Place
Posts: 329 Sportster/Buell Model: sportster xl Sportster/Buell Year: 1979 Sportster/Buell Model #2: '01 Heritage Softail Sportster/Buell Year #2: '01 Other Motorcycle Model: Yamaha XS 650 Other Motorcycle Year: 1980
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AHHH, the way thing's used to be. Thanx Mag, good of you for keeping your friend's memory alive.
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15th March 2012
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Senior Chief Know It All
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Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: corwith-on-boone
Posts: 814 Sportster/Buell Model: xlx61 Sportster/Buell Year: 85 Sportster/Buell Model #2: xl1200r Sportster/Buell Year #2: 05 Other Motorcycle Model: yamaha vstar 650 custom Other Motorcycle Year: 00
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...and just in time for the introduction of the "new" sportster seventy-two.
these old pics are classy. if anyone else has some photos from the factories please put them up and maybe we can get a sticky, if there's enough.
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05 xl1200r (bought used)
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15th March 2012
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Master Custom Bike Builder
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Join Date: Jan 2010
Posts: 3,086
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Originally Posted by scottfisher
Did you note the size of his hammer??
Why does mine always need to be bigger?!?
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thats not a hammer.
its an amf corrective action tool for quality control problems. |
15th March 2012
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Senior Master Custom Bike Builder
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Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Australia
Posts: 7,865 Sportster/Buell Model: XLCH 1000 Sportster/Buell Year: 1977 Sportster/Buell Model #2: 75 motor in Norton frame. Other Motorcycle Model: 42WLA 45, Harton, Narley Other Motorcycle Year: 1942
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Quote:
Originally Posted by IronMick
I wonder what % of parts, or what specific parts, are actually maunfactured in the USA?
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Well, if u go to a Harley dealer and look on the back of the packaging of all the chrome accessories out front, pretty much all that shiny stuff is made in Asia. So I would say maybe the engines and trannies are US made, maybe the frames and tins because they are bulky to ship, but pretty much everything else is Asian-sourced. And even the casting for the engines, well who knows?
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15th March 2012
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Senior Master Custom Bike Builder
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Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Australia
Posts: 7,865 Sportster/Buell Model: XLCH 1000 Sportster/Buell Year: 1977 Sportster/Buell Model #2: 75 motor in Norton frame. Other Motorcycle Model: 42WLA 45, Harton, Narley Other Motorcycle Year: 1942
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Here's a good video of new Harley engines being made.
Interesting at about the 1.00 minute mark, pressing together the flywheels in a jig, so no truing needed before they are dropped into the cases. Huge timesaving over the old tapered pins. But not as solid. Seems like a number of Twinkies walk their cranks out of line and have to be retrued and welded up at low mileage.
<iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/2S8nPc9jWko" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
http://youtu.be/2S8nPc9jWko
Sorry, I nevder can remember how to embed the actual video on this forum. Youll have to click the link to see it. Doh! |
15th March 2012
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Biker
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Join Date: Nov 2010
Posts: 37 Sportster/Buell Model: XL883n Sportster/Buell Year: 2010
Reputation: 10
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Thanks for the old pics. Those buckhorn bars give Sportsters their best look.
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18th September 2012
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Know It All
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Join Date: Aug 2009
Posts: 174 Sportster/Buell Model: xl 1200 Sportster/Buell Year: 1994 Sportster/Buell Model #2: xl883/1200 conversion Sportster/Buell Year #2: 1995
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18th September 2012
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Senior Chief Harley Engineer
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Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: Northern Illinois
Posts: 1,028 Sportster/Buell Model: XLCH Sportster/Buell Year: 1972 Other Motorcycle Model: 76R90, 2010 Thunderbird
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Quote:
Originally Posted by DR DICK
thats not a hammer.
its an amf corrective action tool for quality control problems.
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we always called the "proprietary balancing tools" |
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