Launch a small displacement motorcycle in China
Not delivered by the deadline
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- Announced
- 23 Jul 2019
- Due
- 31 Dec 2020
- Checked
- 21 Oct 2026
- Deadline
- Met
- Late
- Not met
- Today
What the company said
“launch a smaller, more accessible Harley-Davidson motorcycle planned for China in 2020”
What we found
Evidence strength A What the grades mean
A 10-K filed after the 2020 deadline says the company had not launched the planned China small-displacement motorcycle, and a later 10-K says launch timing is uncertain.
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A Harley-Davidson 10-K filed 2021-02-23
“To date, the Company has not launched a premium low displacement motorcycle through this collaboration.” ✓ confirmed on the page
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A Harley-Davidson 10-K filed 2022-02-25
“The timing of a launch of a premium low displacement motorcycle for the China market is uncertain.” ✓ confirmed on the page
Market reaction: the shares moved +1.2% against the S&P 500 over the three sessions around the disclosure (22 Feb 2021 to 25 Feb 2021). What this measures
Checked 21 Oct 2026.
Commitment DNA
The structured record of this commitment. Fields the company did not state are left blank rather than guessed.
- Event type
- Commercial launch
- Indicative materiality
- Medium rules
- Action
- Launch
- Deliverable
- small displacement motorcycle
- Where
- China
- Language
- Expected (“expects”, “plans”)
- In the company’s control
- High
- Specificity
- High
- Depends on
- Partner
How this entry was checked
- Commitment recordedThe company's words were matched word for word against the filing.
- First checkAn AI model, Claude (Anthropic), read the company's later filings and recorded the outcome with a quoted passage.
- Second check: agreesA different AI model, Gemini (Google), re-read the evidence without being told the outcome and reached the same answer.
- Third check on a negative finding: agreesBecause a negative finding could harm a company if wrong, a stronger model re-read the evidence fully blind and reached the same answer.
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