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Janus Switches Halcyon 450 Engine Supplier From China to Taiwan

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Indiana-based Janus Motorcycles has switched engine suppliers for its Halcyon 450 from a Chinese maker to Taiwan's Hartford, marking Hartford's first entry into the US motorcycle market. No performance changes are involved; the move targets supply-chain stability and reliability, with the bike still hand-assembled in Goshen, Indiana.

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Shinji Hanoura

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What's actually interesting is that nothing changes on the spec sheet. Swapping the supply chain without touching performance is hard to spot compared with the old setup, but I'd call that a kind of technical honesty. Hartford's first US entry is a quietly notable detail too.