Here's a closeup of a 2008 105th anniversary Sportster's air cleaner, taken at the 2007 International Motorcycle Show in San Mateo, California.

According to various sources, it appears that Harley-Davidson is experiencing a significant downturn.

The Kansas City Business Journal reports:

In the wake of lower first-quarter earnings despite higher revenue compared with last year, Harley-Davidson Inc. said Thursday that it will temporarily close some plants, reduce daily production and cut about 730 jobs.

Forbes, BusinessWeek, and many other business journals are all reporting similar news. How will this affect the 2008 year sales, and what will this do to the 2009 model line-up?

2008 Harley-Davidson FXCW Rocker with Vivid Black Deluxe paint.

To celebrate the Harley-Davidson 105th Anniversary 14 serialized models featuring an exclusive Anniversary package will be built. Harley-Davidson has been celebrating Anniversaries by building motorcycles with special features as well as throwing big parties for a long time. This Anniversary coincides with the 25th - Silver Anniversary of H.O.G Harley Owners Group and should provide the best party to date and features some great looking Anniversary models.

2008 Harley-Davidson 105th Anniversary Dyna Wide Glide: 2008 Harley-Davidson Dyna Wide Glide featuring the 105th Anniversary package.2008 105th Anniversary Sporster Air Cleaner105th Anniversary Sportster Tank: Lovely copper and black color scheme

2008 Harley-Davidson Models Have Been Announced

New Bikes and New Features. The long awaited 2008 Harley-Davidson models were released today. There are some exiting new bikes and some very nice features added to existing models. To honor Harley-Davidson's 105th Anniversary there will be 14 models available with a limited-edition 105th Anniversary styling package.

Harley-Davidson Rocker and Dyna Fat Bob

Harley-Davidson is stepping it up with 3 radically styled factory customs. The Dyna Fat Bob, the Rocker and the very cool Rocker C are exciting new additions to the diverse Harley-Davidson model line.

Dyna Fat BobRockerRocker C

We've scoured the documents filed with the California Air Resources Board (CARB) by Harley-Davidson, certifying each model to be sold within California for the 2008 model year. Here are the results:

Sportster models

All 1200cc
XL1200 C (Sportster Custom)
XL1200 L (Sportster Lowrider)
XL1200 R (1200 Sportster Sport)
XL1200 N (Sporster Night)
XL1200 C ANN (Sportster Custom Anniversary)
XL1200 L ANN (Sportster Lowrider Anniversary)

We've noticed, with more than a bit of pride, that our page on 2008 Harley-Davidson model changes has been ranking #1 in Google for the term 2008 Harley Davidson for over a month.

On June 15, we added links to the CARB executive order database documents - I reverse-engineered the search query URL that allowed us to place a direct link to the CARB database search results so that our visitors wouldn't have to enter the search terms themselves. Well, now we've extracted the 2008 Harley-Davidson California model information from the CARB E.O. documents so you won't have to do it yourself.