Lehman Trikes will no longer provide components, paint, and conversion services in the manufacture of the Harley-Davidson Tri Glide and Street Glide trikes effective with the end of production of Harley-Davidson's 2010 models in summer 2010. Lehman Trikes has been a strategic supplier for Harley-Davidson trikes since 2008.

Harley-Davidson Street Glide Trike.

"Harley-Davidson has advised us they will be moving the trike assembly in-house to their York, Pennsylvania, production facilities for the 2011 models," said Ken Hines, President and CEO of Lehman Trikes. "Lehman is proud to have been a supplier to Harley-Davidson. They have been a great mentor to the company and ourassociation has led to benefits that will far outlive the contract. We are pleased to have been associated with this program, and while disappointed, we understand their business rationale."

Julie Chichlowski, Director, Trike Platform at Harley-Davidson, said, "It has been a great pleasure working with Lehman Trikes on this program. They have proven to be a responsive, high quality supplier to Harley-Davidson for trikes, and we would welcome the opportunity to work with them again should we have other needs in the future. Our decision to move trike assembly is based purely on the restructuring of Harley-Davidson's York operations, which now provides the opportunity for us to build trikes in house and streamline trike assembly and distribution."

Lehman Trikes, based in Spearfish, South Dakota, is a manufacture of turnkey trikes, conversion kits and accessories for Harley-Davidson, Victory, Honda, and Suzuki motorcycles. Last summer, Lehman Trikes unveiled it newest trike product, the "CrossBow" for the Victory Vision. "We constantly move forward at Lehman Trikes." said Hines. "By staying ahead of the growth curve in the trike industry, we continuously lead the industry by improving and developing the highest quality products for our customers."

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