After constantly recording a sales of 100 units a month this year and also facing stiff competition from the likes of Kawasaki and Honda, Harley Davidson have planned to setup their manufacturing plant in India. While the plan is stiff in its initial stages, we hope it comes out soon as the other superbike manufacturers in India are have already begun their operations to further strengthen the superbike segment.
A key official from the company revealed :. "These initiatives are at a very early stage. The new plant has been planned as the Indian market has shown explosive growth in superbikes in the past few years, albeit on a comparatively smaller base,"
Harley has a completely knocked-down (CKD) assembly plant at Bawal in Haryana, about 100 km from New Delhi. India is the only country after Brazil where Harley has a CKD unit for assembling kits supplied from the US. Assembling bikes has helped the hot-rod maker circumvent high import tariffs and lower prices on its motorcycles in India by an estimated 20-25 per cent in 2011. The Harley range starts from Rs 5.60 lakh with the superlow model and goes up to Rs 35.45 lakh for the Ultra Classic Electra Glide marquee brand.
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