Harley Davidson Scouting Sites

Predictable.

Company executives are sitting down with union leaders this week in order to find a way for Harley to stay in Wisconsin. The production workers’ contract expires in 20 months.

A company spokesperson has stated that scouts are already investigating other cities for its engine and transmission departments.

As I said in the past, Harley is selling a luxury item in a down economy to a demographic that is trading in their hogs for condos in Florida.  They haven’t done a good job in adapting their product offering (granted, it’s hard to do when the lion’s share of your product is the image), so they are left with trying to cut production costs.