Harley quarterly revenue hit by two-week production shutdown

FILE PHOTO: Motorcycle maker Harley Davidson’s logo appears on the window of a store in Boston, Massachusetts July 17, 2008. REUTERS/Brian Snyder Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.comRegisterJuly 28 (Reuters) – Harley-Davidson Inc. (HOG.N) posted a rise in profit and maintained its full-year revenue outlook on Thursday even as a two-week production shutdown hurt second-quarter sales.The company’s shares rose more than 5% in pre-market trading.The 119-year-old Milwaukee-based company had suspended assembly and shipments of motorcycles, excluding electric models, in its manufacturing plants in Wisconsin and Pennsylvania in May following a regulatory compliance issue at a third-party parts …
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