[Richard230]

Should you be interested in such things, here is a long, interesting and informative history article about the Motor Company: 
https://jalopnik.com/how-harley-davidsons-all-in-bet-on-its-past-crippled-it-1830332227

[heloego]

   Interesting read.
   I remember the AMF crap they put out for awhile. The problems wasn't so much with the employees, but the way the AMF Group treated them, thus the excessive absenteeism and low quality production. Kind of a way to tell AMF to f*ck off.

[Stanley]

It seems the "young" Harlistas tell of the leaky unreliable AMF days while implying earlier bikes were solid, oil tight bikes that ran forever without shedding parts. I recall things being more nuanced. That said, I'd never want to own an AMF XLCH.