If Harley-Davidson are going to increase the dividend they pay to shareholders, they generally do so early in the year, following the prior year fiscals. This year the board has approved a dividend of $ 0.365 per share( common stock) for the first quarter of 2017, a 4.3 percent increase compared to the $ 0.35 paid Q1 2016.

Harley-Davidson Financial Services is being sued by a customer in Florida for what has been described as telephone harassment when an auto-dialler system made repeated collection calls to his cell phone.

Harley has seen its 26th dealership open in India since it began selling there in 2010. Foothills Harley- Davidson, at Dehra Dun in the state of Uttarakhand in norther India, lies in the“ Doon Valley ", close to the foothills of the Himalayas.

The percentage of Harley- Davidson unit sales being made outside the U. S. reached a new record percentage of total sales in 2016, at 37.89 percent( 98,631 units) of their total 260,289 unit sales for the year. That is substantially up on the 36.42 percent posted in 2015 and from the 30.22 percent( 94,830 units) exported in 2008. Sales in Europe( EMEA) were a new record at 45,838 units sold, 46.47 percent of total export sales and 17.61 percent of total sales. Harley achieved a record in-class market share in Europe in 2016 of 10.8 percent.

Drag Specialties has reimagined how it connects with its dealers on a regional basis for 2017 with the first exclusive Dealer Training Tour, which will take the company’ s renowned product training to its dealers in a series of evening events that combine hospitality with industry expertise. The tour kicks off at Tampa, Florida, on Tuesday March 28, then, after moving on to Jacksonville, Florida, on Thursday March 30th will sweep north, west, south and back east again in a 17-state, 24-stop itinerary( with more dates and venues to be announced) that will reach a crescendo in Texas in early October( Dallas and Houston). The Drag truck will feature no less than 10 late model customs featuring product from participating vendors such as Bassani Xhaust, lighting specialist Custom Dynamics, Hogtunes, Memphis Shades, Klock Werks, Khrome Werks, S & S Cycle, Saddlemen,

Revolution Performance, LA Choppers and more. Dealers at each stop will be able to take advantage of the same kind of vendor presentation program that has been a hallmark of Drag Specialties’ annual National Vendor Presentations, with their sales contacts on hand to help them get the most out of a unique opportunity to add to their knowledge base in a way that is proven to help sell product.

The 2017 Drag Specialties‘ Fat Book’ catalog cover bike is one of ten project builds that will showcase vendor product on their coast-tocoast tour

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