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The un-green machine (or, hey honey, time to ditch the Harley) (ZDNet)

Tuesday, December 30th, 2008

Actually, my husband DOESN'T own a Harley-Davidson model of any sort, his tastes run to his American Ironhorse Slammer chopper and the Suzuki Intruder chopper-clone-in-waiting as back-up when the engine on the big one goes awry (or he actually wants to take me for a ride). But I got a big kick out of this article in Wired about the greening of motorcycles. Sure, on the surface, motorcycles are ...

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The un-green machine (or, hey honey, time to ditch the Harley) (ZDNet)

Ladies of Harley give back (St. Petersburg Times)

Thursday, December 18th, 2008

ST. PETERSBURG -- Christmas came early for some clients at the Suncoast Center for Community Health. And Santa was riding a Harley Davidson. The Ladies of Harley Davidson, a charitable arm of the Florida Gulf Coast Harley Davidson's Owners Group,...

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He lost his life on Harley he loved (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)

Saturday, December 6th, 2008

Ricky Frascone and his wife were riding his beloved Harley on a beautiful, sunny day. Shortly after lunch, they decided to cruise down Highway 65 to see what new accessories and T-shirts were in stock at the dealership where they'd bought the motorcycle. They never made it.

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He lost his life on Harley he loved (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)

UPDATE: Faulty fan caused Harley plant smoke (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)

Monday, November 17th, 2008

A ventilation fan caused the smoke this morning on the roof of the Harley-Davidson plant in Wauwatosa, a company official said.

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UPDATE: Faulty fan caused Harley plant smoke (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)

Blaze contained on Wauwatosa Harley plant’s roof (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)

Monday, November 17th, 2008

Fire crews quickly contained a blaze on the roof of a building at the Harley-Davidson plant near Highway 45 and W. Capitol Drive in Wauwatosa this morning.

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Blaze contained on Wauwatosa Harley plant's roof (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)