2001-01-26 Harley-Davidson Response - Minnesota Judicial Branch

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I Q. Any olhcr formal cducalion?
I soltl your motorcycle lo prival~. pilrll~\;”
2 A. Quite LL few classes through work, formal
2 A. Yeah, ofcoursc. I’m sorry. yes, I did. 1
3 classes that would qualiry mc for credits, but I haven’t 3 traded a new llarlcy to a Cadillac ilc;tlcl-. Yes, l (lid,
4 used them.
4 Q. Whal do you mm hy ;I new I larlcy’!
5 Q. Okay. Any military service’?
5 A. I just bought it.
6 A. No.
h Q. Do you rcmcnikr which I larlcy -- and WINJ~ w;~s
7 Q. Do you have any criminal record of any type? 7 that?
8 A. No.
8 A. 19% Red Heritage, I:XSTC’. antI it was to Wally
9 Q. Mr. Carter, how many Harley-Davidson
9 McCarthy’s, and it was right around May or .lunc (11~ ‘98, to
0 motorcycles have you owned?
0 the kst of my recollection.
1 A. 1 can’t remember. Over my lifetime?
I Q, Where did you purchase that motorcycle Irom’!
2 Q. Yes.
2 A. Twin Cities South.
3 A. Twenty.
3 Q. And what is your best recollection as to when
4 Q. When did you first get involved with
4 you had purchased that motorcycle?
5 Harley-Davidson motorcycles?
5 A. Somewhere around the early part of 1998, early
6 A. Probably 25 years ago. ‘73 for sure. How
6 or middle, May, June, somewhere around there.
7 long ago was that? Twenty-seven years ago? Yeah, ‘73 7 Q. Other than th$ transaction with Wally
8 probably was the first year.
8 McCarthy’s dealership, do you recall selling any
9 Q. How many Harley-Davidsons do you pnzently 9 motorcycles to any other either motorcycle dealers or
0 own?
0 automobile dealers?
I A. &ro.
I A. No. You refreshed my memory. When you said
2 Q. What was the highest number of Harley-Davidson 2 sell to a dealer, I don’t feel 1 did that with Wally
3 motorcycles you owned at any one time?
3 McCarthy’s. I traded it for another vehicle, hut I don’t
,4 A. I had two.
4 ever remember selling a Harley to any dealer, no.
:5 Q. Have you ever owned more than two at any one 5 Q. Who did you deal with at Wally McCarthy’!
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I A. Sonnen, S-O-N-N-E-N, is the salesman’s name.
2 A. Not that I can remember.
2 I happen to know his name becau.se he’s a relative of
3 Q. Let’s do it this way: Why don’t you tell me 3 somebody I work with at Northwest Airlines.
4 which Harley-Davidson dealers that you’ve dealt with. 4 Q. Have you ever dealt with a gentleman by the
5 A. Donahue, St. Croix, St. Paul, Twin City, 5 name of Dave Robson?
6 Faribault. I’ve been to the North store, but I don’t thin1 6 A. Yeah, I believe I have. Now, that reminds of
7 I’ve bought a bike from you guys.
7 a second deal, but I can’t remember what it was at Wally
8 Q. So when you say Twin City Harley-Davidson, 8 McCarthy’s. -
9 you’re referring to the South store?
9 Q. Tell me the best you can remember about any
,O A. Yes.
0 dealings you’ve had with Mr. Robson.
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Q. Any others that yoti’cari I&&?
A.“No. ‘*’
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I A. If I member correctly, he was the Soinen,
.2 the salesman’s boss. He was the manager or something, ami
13 Q. And have you ever pychased iour bikes from
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.3 the name is just familiar. I’m just guessing. You came UP
14 with a name.’ I’m assuming that it was his boss, becaust:
I5 theIWas&otherguyI t with.
16 Q. ti j& I-&&&& any of their names? I6 And I still believe %ti3 11 had to do with the
17 A. No.
17 Red Heritage, so 1 don’t know if there’s anything else
18 Q. Have you ever sold yo& Harley-Davidson I8 involved, but it seems to me there was another bike, but 1
19 motorcycles to dealers?
19 don’t know if it was for me, but 1 sold to them. A friend
20 A. I don’t think so.
!O of mine sold one to them, a Springer.
21 Q. Have you -- I’m sorry, go ahead?
II Q. Who was the friend of yours?
22 A. I was going to say if you’ve got anything that 22 A. Max Olivera, O-L-I-V-E-R-A. He hought a
23 refreshes my memory, plea% show it because I can’t 23 Springer and sold it right away to W~lly Mctirthy’s.
24 remember if I’ve sold one to a dealer or not.
25 Q. If it wasn’t it to a dealer, would you have
24 Q. Do you know where Mr. Olivcrn had purcha.sed
25 his motorcycle?
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