No cameras were allowed in the plant itself but we drooled over the display of this years' colors:
...and this years' models:
The tour was very well done and we really enjoyed seeing how our bikes were made from pressing flat steel plates into fenders and fuel tanks and then how the workers have to dress and be blasted by pressurized air streams before they go into the paint rooms. Of course us dusty visitors got nowhere near that part of the process! Then we saw the bikes themselves being assembled on the line from all the various components. It apparently takes about 2 1/2 hours from beginning to end. Finally, the best job in the house, where each completed bike is hooked up to computers, placed onto rollers and ridden for several minutes to make sure everything works. We had a great time and were very impressed by the whole operation.
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