Harley-Davidson restarts production, but the company is reportedly shipping 70% fewer bikes to dealers in 2020 (HOG)

Harley-Davidson is undertaking a tentative restart of motorcycle production and shipping a reduced range of bikes to dealers, the Wall Street Journal reported. Under new CEO Jochen Zeitz, Harley is expected to focus more on its core business to stem a stock slide of over 40% since the beginning of 2020. Visit Business Insider’s homepage for more stories.

Harley-Davidson is reopening its factories this week at lower production rates and sending dealers a narrower range of motorcycles, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday.

The motorcycle maker, which closed its US assembly plants in March due to