Harley Davidson Amf Years

The amf days 1969 1981 were a dark time for harley davidson and.

Harley davidson amf years. I have a very nice amf harley davidson 250sx. 1978 harley davidson harley davidson sx 250 amf super clean bike. The company has survived numerous ownership arrangements subsidiary arrangements periods of poor economic health and product quality and intense global. Harley davidson inc h d or harley is an american motorcycle manufacturer founded in 1903 in milwaukee wisconsin along with indian it was one of two major american motorcycle manufacturers to survive the great depression.

In the year of 1969 the woodstock music festival took place in upstate new york american astronauts landed on the moon and the amf corporation took over production of harley davidson motorcycles. It s funny i went to the harley museum and even they act like it was all amf. This is one of 469 sold in 1978 so for this particular year it is a very rear bike. In 1981 amf sold harley davidson to a group of 13 investors for 80 million.

Davidson was one of the cofounder s grandsons. Amf was a leisure product company sailboats bowling alleys etc with cash to burn. In the year of 1969 the woodstock music festival took place in upstate new york american astronauts landed on the moon and the amf corporation took over production of harley davidson motorcycles. Years amf owned harley davidson.

American classic motors. Harley davidson amf electra glide classic motorcycle amf light purple great condition for 40 years old 7 200. Recall harley davidson s amf years prior to the acquisition of harley davidson american machine foundry or amf was primarily known for its bowling equipment and other recreational items. How harley davidson bounced back.

The bike has been kept up very good and has a lot of info on what has been done to over the years. After years of having its reputation damaged the company had a lot of work to do to gain trust back from customers. Amf bought the company in 1968 and i think 72 or 73 was when the bikes actually got labeled as such. Well the real issue was the employees who were assembling the bikes sabotage was not unheard of and qc did not exist as we know it today and management.

65d90025 this vin would indicate that the cart was made in 1965 and is a model d gas cart. The other company that was trying to buy h d was known for selling off any actual assets borrowing against the name and then liquidating all cash. Finding and decoding the year on the amf harley davidson golf cart all carts made in the 1960 s use the first two digits of the serial to denote the year and the next two are the model as in this example.