I bought my 82 FXB Sturgis used (500 miles) in 1982. I have always been told it was an extremely rare bike due to its reddish/maroon factory paint scheme. I've tried emailing harley and never got a response. Does any one know the answers?
2007-02-25 11:00:15 · 1 answers · asked by rick m 6 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Motorcycles
Couldn't find Sturgis, but here's the total.
AMF had to some extent attempted to compete head-on with Japan rather than concentrating on the more specialized market that Harley suited best. Production figures for 1982 offer some measure of the hopelessness of such a strategy: Honda built more than 3.5 million bikes in the year; Harley built less than 50 thousand.
The situation was desperate. Just six short years after 1973, Harley's share of the rapidly growing American big-bike market had plunged from almost 100 per cent to less than 40 per cent.
Production in the United States plummeted from 75,000 motorcycles in 1975 to 41,000 in 1981.
http://www.is-it-a-lemon.com/modules.php?name=News&file=print&sid=819
2007-02-25 15:00:38 · answer #1 · answered by Indiana Jones 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋