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He believes it can climb higher. Judging from its most recently quarterly report, Harley is doing it again, roaring right past this year's downturn. Sales were nearly 13 percent higher than in the same quarter last year and earnings per share were a penny higher than analysts were expecting and 26 percent above last year's first quarter. More impressive yet, those improvements followed stellar gains last year when sales rose 18 percent and profits soared 31 percent from 1999. Profits should get a further boost this year from an increase in production, says Yurman.