A cikin 1969, American Machine and Foundry (AMF) ya sayi kamfanin, ya sauƙaƙe samarwa, kuma ya yanke ma'aikata. Wannan dabarar ta haifar da yajin aiki da kekuna masu ƙarancin inganci. Kekuna sun kasance masu tsada kuma sun kasa a cikin aiki, sarrafawa, da inganci ga babura na Jafananci. Sayarwa da inganci sun ragu, kuma kamfanin ya kusan fatarar kuɗi. An yi ba'a da sunan "Harley-Davidson" a matsayin "Hardly Ableson", "Hardlyable Drive", da "Hogly Ferguson", Tambaya: Menene wannan dabarar ta haifar?
yajin aikin ma'aikata da babura masu inganci