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Harley-Davidson

harley-davidson.com · Automotive · HOG

Ranked 723 of 2,047 companies in the study

36Overall score
  • Visibility25
  • Citations2
  • Sentiment50
  • Site quality87
  • AI readiness29
What this means for Harley-Davidson

AI assistants name Harley-Davidson in 18.3% of answers, which is more often than the typical company in the automotive sector. Its overall score is 36 out of 100, ranking 723rd of 2,047 companies. The company's website passes 4 out of 14 technical checks for readiness with AI tools.

We asked 15 unbranded questions about the automotive market: none named Harley-Davidson. AI assistants named it in 11 of 60 answers (18.3%). The typical automotive company is named in 5.0% of answers. By how often it is named, Harley-Davidson ranks 8 of 49 in its sector.

Named by AI in
18.3%
11 of 60 answers
Share of mentions
35.5%
compared with 5 rivals
AI readiness
4/14
technical checks passed. Typical for its sector: 3
Rank in its sector
14 of 49
by overall score, where the typical automotive company scores 31
How Harley-Davidson compares with all 2,047 companies

Every dot is a company in the study. Hover one to see it; click to open its report.

This companySame sectorEvery other companyNever named

What makes up the score

Five parts, each scored out of 100.

Visibility
25

How often AI assistants name the company

Citations
2

How often AI uses the company's own website as a source

Sentiment
50

How positively AI describes the company

Site quality
87

How well built the website's own pages are

AI readiness
29

How easily AI tools can read and use the website

Visibility is calculated from the answers on this page. How the score is built.

Compared with automotive

49 companies in this sector. The line on each bar is the typical company.

Overall score36
Ranks 14 of 49. Typical company: 31
Named in answers18%
Ranks 8 of 49. Typical company: 5%
AI readiness29
Ranks 13 of 49. Typical company: 29
What Claude actually said

An answer that names the company

“Typical price range for American-made heavyweight motorcycles”

I'll search for current pricing information on American-made heavyweight motorcycles.Based on current 2026 pricing, here's the typical price range for American-made heavyweight motorcycles:

Main American Brands

Harley-Davidson: Pricing in 2026 starts at $9,999 for the Nightster and goes past $54,000 for the CVO Street Glide 3 Limited trike. More specifically, cruiser models range from $14,999 (Street Bob) to $23,999 (Low Rider ST), with grand American touring bikes ranging from $24,999 (Street Glide) to $32,999.

Indian Motorcycle: Indian positions itself as a premium alternative …

The AI’s answer as we received it, shortened and not checked for accuracy.

Also named
Indian Motorcycle1
Share of mentions

How the mentions in these answers were split between this company and its rivals

Honda Powersports USA
50.0%
Harley-Davidson
42.3%
Indian Motorcycle
7.7%
Yamaha Motorsports USA
0.0%
BMW Motorrad USA
0.0%
Suzuki Cycles USA
0.0%
Which AI assistants named the company

Answers naming it, out of answers received

Gemini
6/15
Perplexity
3/15
Claude
2/15
OpenAI
0/15
Ready for AI agents

What this website publishes for an AI agent to read, use and buy from, on a scale of six levels.

  1. 0
  2. 1
  3. 2
  4. 3
  5. 4
  6. 5

Level 1: Basic web presence. Two of robots.txt, a sitemap and Link headers are in place.

To reach level 2:
  • Content Signals
Can an AI agent buy here?

We could not tell. The website turned away our requests for the files an agent would read. An agent arriving by itself is turned away the same way.

  • UCPCould not check
  • ACPCould not check
  • AP2Not present
  • x402Not present
  • MPPNot present
Show every check, for your technical team
Discoverability
77 of 100
  • robots.txtPassed

    A valid robots.txt with crawl rules at the site root.

    study: 92.0%
  • SitemapPassed

    An XML sitemap listing the pages, ideally referenced from robots.txt.

    study: 86.8%
  • Link headersNot met

    Send Link headers such as rel="api-catalog" or rel="describedby" on the homepage.

    study: 0.3%
  • DNS for AI DiscoveryNot present

    Advertise agent endpoints with SVCB records under _agents.

    study: 5.5%
Content accessibility
25 of 100
  • Markdown negotiationNot met

    Return a markdown version when asked with Accept: text/markdown, for example at the CDN.

    study: 1.9%
  • llms.txtPartly met

    Publish an llms.txt with a short summary and the key links.

    study: 25.1%
Bot access control
32 of 100
  • AI bot rulesPartly met

    Add explicit robots.txt groups for the main AI crawlers.

    study: 93.4%
  • Content SignalsNot met

    Add a Content-Signal line for search, ai-input and ai-train to robots.txt.

    study: 1.4%
  • Web Bot AuthCould not check

    Only relevant if you run your own agents or crawlers: publish a signing key directory.

    study: 0.2%
APIs, auth and MCP
0 of 100
  • API CatalogCould not check

    List public APIs in a linkset at /.well-known/api-catalog.

    study: 0.3%
  • OAuth discoveryCould not check

    Publish OpenID Connect or OAuth server metadata under /.well-known.

    study: 11.8%
  • OAuth Protected ResourceCould not check

    Serve protected resource metadata at /.well-known/oauth-protected-resource.

    study: 10.3%
  • auth.mdNot met

    Publish an auth.md describing how agents sign in.

    study: 0.0%
  • MCP Server CardCould not check

    Offer an MCP server and publish its server card under /.well-known.

    study: 0.2%
  • A2A Agent CardCould not check

    Publish an agent card at /.well-known/agent-card.json.

    study: 0.1%
  • Agent SkillsCould not check

    Publish a skills index with the main tasks agents can do.

    study: 0.2%
  • WebMCPCould not check

    Register key actions such as search or cart as WebMCP tools.

    study: 33.7%
  • ARD manifestCould not check

    Publish an ai-catalog.json listing every agent interface.

    study: 0.1%

Score 44 of 100 · 65% of checks could run · checked on October 5, 2026 · www.harley-davidson.com · 2,047 companies scanned

See how every company did, and how this was measured.

The checks behind the AI readiness score

4 of 14 passed. This list is for your technical team. The percentage is how many companies in the study pass each check.

These 14 checks ran during the audit and are what the AI readiness part of the overall score counts. The scan above ran later and is stricter on Link headers and Markdown, so a check can pass here and not there.

Show the 14 checks
Discoverability
  • Passedrobots.txt publishedstudy: 85.0%
  • PassedXML sitemapstudy: 73.2%
  • Not metHTTP Link headers (RFC 8288)study: 29.0%
Content Accessibility
  • Not metMarkdown content negotiationstudy: 8.3%
  • Passedllms.txt publishedstudy: 21.7%
  • PassedToken budget (page weight)study: 95.2%
Bot Access Control
  • Not metExplicit AI bot rulesstudy: 13.0%
API / Auth / MCP
  • Not metAPI Catalog (.well-known/api-catalog)study: 0.2%
  • Not metOAuth Authorization Server discoverystudy: 10.1%
  • Not metOAuth Protected Resource discoverystudy: 9.3%
  • Not metMCP Server Cardstudy: 0.0%
  • Not metA2A Agent Cardstudy: 0.0%
  • Not metWebMCP toolsstudy: 4.2%
  • Not metAgent Skills declaredstudy: 0.0%
What AI crawlers may read (robots.txt)

This website sets no rules for any AI crawler by name, like 84% of the websites whose rules we could read. Every AI crawler follows its general rules.

Training AI
  • GPTBotpartly
  • ClaudeBotpartly
  • Anthropic-AIpartly
  • Google-Extendedpartly
  • Applebot-Extendedpartly
  • Meta-ExternalAgentpartly
  • FacebookBotpartly
  • Bytespiderpartly
  • CCBotpartly
  • Diffbotpartly
  • Omgilibotpartly
AI search
  • OAI-SearchBotpartly
  • Claude-SearchBotpartly
  • PerplexityBotpartly
  • Applebotpartly
  • Amazonbotpartly
  • YouBotpartly
Answering questions
  • ChatGPT-Userpartly
  • Claude-Userpartly
  • Perplexity-Userpartly
  • DuckAssistBotpartly
  • MistralAI-Userpartly

Read from the website’s own rules file (robots.txt). An asterisk marks a crawler the file names. The rest follow its general rules. “Partly” means only some pages are blocked.

Websites the AI used as sources

How many times each website was listed as a source in these answers

topspeed.com
32
carinterior.alibaba.com
21
reddit.com
21
youtube.com
20
vikingbags.com
19
motorcyclecruiser.com
14
harley-davidson.com (its own website)
11
slashgear.com
10
motorcycle.com
10
riders-share.com
10

In the study as Consumer brands.

Every question, and where the company came up (7 of 15)
QuestionOpenAIClaudePerplexityGemini
  • Typical price range for American-made heavyweight motorcycles
  • What affects the cost of maintenance on premium motorcycles?
  • How to diagnose common issues with V-twin engines
  • New vs used motorcycles: pros and cons for first-time riders
  • Best substitute for classic V-twin cruisers for group rides
  • How to choose riding gear for all-weather road trips
  • Best motorcycle types for scenic highway rides in the US
  • Alternatives to heavyweight cruisers for comfortable long rides
  • Are membership perks with motorcycle retailers valued by frequent riders?
  • Cruiser vs touring motorcycles: which is better for cross-country travel?
  • What are affordable options for touring motorcycles with upright seating?
  • Is it worth buying a premium cruiser motorcycle for weekend trips?
  • What are the best American road bikes for long-distance touring?
  • Top motorcycle riding apparel for comfort and protection on long rides
  • What should I check if my motorcycle hesitates during acceleration?
named the companyanswered without naming itdid not answer

Columns, left to right: OpenAI, Claude, Perplexity, Gemini. The AI assistants often disagree. Across the study, on 40% of the questions where a company is named, only one of the four names it.

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