Was near the factory yesterday and decided to stop in to see what was gone on with all the new construction I saw going on a few weeks ago. While there I went through the plant as it has been awhile. The new construction is a new visitors center that should be complete this month, but looks like another month to me. They are also adding more on to the factory itself to increase production (can do 750 per day now).
The Dyna line was moved to Kansas City and all they make now are the Softails and touring bikes (lots of Roadkings on the production run).
Something I didn't know. The Softails are done like a regular assembly line where the workers man one station and the line brings the bike to their station. They then have about 2.5 minutes to complete their task. But the touring line has 25 stations I believe and the workers follow the bike from station to station and complete the bike as a three person team. Interesting.
The paint room was off limit (the 100 year colors are being worked on) and is very hush hush concerning the colors. Thought the tour guide would slip up and say something, but security is very high. Another thing different was no camera's on the premises anymore.
The Dyna line was moved to Kansas City and all they make now are the Softails and touring bikes (lots of Roadkings on the production run).
Something I didn't know. The Softails are done like a regular assembly line where the workers man one station and the line brings the bike to their station. They then have about 2.5 minutes to complete their task. But the touring line has 25 stations I believe and the workers follow the bike from station to station and complete the bike as a three person team. Interesting.
The paint room was off limit (the 100 year colors are being worked on) and is very hush hush concerning the colors. Thought the tour guide would slip up and say something, but security is very high. Another thing different was no camera's on the premises anymore.