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IN THE WIND P44 tional production to alleviate the EU tariff burden is not the company's preference, but represents the only viable option to make its motorcy- cles accessible to customers in the EU and maintain a viable business in Europe," the filing stated. Europe is the second-largest market for Harley-Davidson. It sold nearly 40,000 units in 2017 and hopes to continue its overseas growth in the face of weakening sales in the U.S. Harley-Davidson added in the filing that it "remains fully engaged with government officials in both the U.S. and the EU helping to find sustainable solutions to trade issues and rescind all tariffs that restrict free and fair trade." It is little coincidence that the EU is retaliating against President Trump's tariffs by targeting an iconic American brand that resides in Wisconsin, the home state of House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI). A spokeswoman for Ryan stated on Monday morning that Harley's decision is "further proof of the harm from unilateral tariffs," adding that "the best way to help American workers, consumers and manufac- turers is to open new markets and not raise barriers." Harley-Davidson shares (NYSE: HOG) fell nearly six percent on Monday, June 25, following the release of the SEC filing. Jean Turner TRIUMPH MOTO2 UPDATE—CHASSIS DEVELOPMENT TESTING AT ARAGON. F riday, June 22 marked the completion of the first major chassis and ECU testing with the new 2019 Triumph Moto2 engine on track at Aragon in Spain, home of round 14 of the Moto2 Championship. With three chassis manufacturer teams repre- sented, Kalex, KTM & NTS, each crew was testing their new prototypes powered by the new 765cc Triumph triple engine, the sound was as you'd expect—truly hair raising. The Kalex was ridden by championship con- tender Alex Marquez and test rider Jesko Raffin, the KTM by Julian Simon, 2009 125cc World Champion and Moto2 runner-up and test rider Ricky Cardús, and the NTS by experienced Moto2 and MotoGP rider Alex de Angelis. Trevor Morris, Technical Director from Extern- Pro, said, ''Today was the first time everything was in place to see what the whole new package could do, and the results have been incredibly positive. "We are particularly pleased to see the new setup already matching the lap times to the 2018 series bikes, in just two days of testing. This shows just how big a change is coming, and that's we're exactly where we wanted to be.'' Steve Sargent, Chief Product Officer for Tri- umph Motorcycles, added, "It was exciting to see the new chassis and our triple 756cc engine together on track for the first time, and better still to see such a great first test result. "We are very pleased with the progress to date and impressed with the level of passion and effort from the chassis teams, the riders, the ECU team Magneti Marelli, Exernpro and Dorna in develop- ing the new generation of Moto2 motorcycles." CN The first major chassis and ECU testing with the new 2019 Triumph Moto2 engine on track at Aragon in Spain has been completed. So far so good, according to Triumph.