We got up
early this morning and headed into York for the “steel-toe tour” at the Harley
Davidson Vehicle Operations facility.
This is the plant where the bike we ride, an Ultra-Classic, was
made. We toured the York plant once
before, but they are in a different building now. The steel toe tour lasts about 2 hours and
takes you behind the scenes to see how a bike is built from start to finish. Unfortunately, no pictures are allowed while
on the tour.
This year is
the 110th anniversary of Harley Davidson. Mr. Harley and Mr. Davidson and his two
brothers started out in 1903 in a small shed, they made 3 bikes that year. The plant’s goal today was 388. Soft tails, Touring and Trikes are all built
at this plant, all on one assembly line.
What I found amazing was that the bikes are built in the order that
orders are received so you might see a Soft tail, then two Touring, a Trike and
then back to a Soft tail coming down the assembly line. This is a picture of the 110th
Anniversary Edition Trike.
I did try
out one of the 1200 Sportster’s, I’m still too short to touch the ground. I’m only able to sit on this one because it
is bolted to the ground.
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