CamaroCarl
Get busy living or get busy dying.
Well the last H-D sportster being built in Kansas City rolled off the line today. The factory opened in 1997, some of the people worked there for the whole 22 years, start to finish. Started with just sportster, added the Dyna line, then Vrod vehicle and powertrain line, added a cvo line for vrod and dyna, then the Street 500 and 750, and some of the soft tail line. Over 800 union employees at one time, Harley enthusiasts from all over the world came and toured the plant, we had an open house every year for the public. We brought our kids to work once a year, showed them how Harley's were built, some of them grew up and got jobs there. From fabrication to paint to final assembly. I worked there for 17 years, my wife for 9 years. For some of us we were all in on Harley Davidson, lived it and breathed it every day. Lot of emotions today, life goes on, there will be other jobs, but I don't think anything will replace the experience I had of building Harleys.