April 14, 2016 VIA EDGAR | ATTORNEYS AT LAW 777 EAST WISCONSIN AVENUE MILWAUKEE, WI 53202-5306 414.271.2400 TEL 414.297.4900 FAX WWW.FOLEY.COM WRITER’S DIRECT LINE 414.297.5678 pgquick@foley.com EMAIL CLIENT/MATTER NUMBER 102239-0134 |
Mr. M. Hughes Bates
Special Counsel
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Office of Structured Finance
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, DC 20549
Re: Harley-Davidson Customer Funding Corp.
Registration Statement on Form SF-3
Filed December 31, 2015
File No. 333-208825
Dear Mr. Bates:
On behalf of our client, Harley-Davidson Customer Funding Corp., a Nevada corporation (the “Company”), we are enclosing the Company’s request for acceleration of the effective date of the above-referenced Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 461 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. As indicated in the acceleration request, it is respectfully requested that the above-referenced Registration Statement be declared effective at 4:00 P.M., Eastern Time, on Monday, April 18, 2016, or as soon as is practicable thereafter.
Should any questions arise in connection with this filing or to advise that the Registration Statement has been declared effective, please contact the undersigned at (414) 297-5678, David B. Ryan at (414) 297-5761 or Jessica S. Lochmann at (414) 297-5817.
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| Very truly yours, |
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| /s/ Patrick G. Quick |
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| Patrick G. Quick |
cc: Michelle Stasny
Securities and Exchange Commission
James Darrell Thomas
Julia Landes
Damon Klein
Harley-Davidson Customer Funding Corp.
Nicholas Faleris
Jessica Lochmann
David Ryan
Foley & Lardner LLP
HARLEY-DAVIDSON CUSTOMER FUNDING CORP.
3850 Arrowhead Drive
Carson City, Nevada 89706
April 14, 2016
VIA EDGAR
Securities and Exchange Commission
Division of Corporate Finance
Office of Structured Finance
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20549-3561
Re: Harley-Davidson Customer Funding Corp.
Registration Statement on Form SF-3
Filed December 31, 2015
File No. 333-208825
Ladies and Gentlemen:
The undersigned Harley-Davidson Customer Funding Corp. (the “Company”), pursuant to the provisions of Rule 461 of the General Rules and Regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, hereby respectfully requests that the Commission grant acceleration of the effectiveness of the Company’s Registration Statement on Form SF-3 (File No. 333-208825), so that it may be declared effective at 4:00 P.M., Eastern Time, on Monday, April 18, 2016, or as soon as is practicable thereafter.
In connection with the foregoing request for acceleration of the Registration Statement, the Company hereby acknowledges that (i) should the Commission or the staff of the Commission (the “Staff”), acting pursuant to delegated authority, declare the filing effective, it does not foreclose the Commission from taking any action with respect to the filing; (ii) the action of the Commission or the Staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority, in declaring the filing effective, does not relieve the Company from its full responsibility for the adequacy and accuracy of the disclosure in the filing; and (iii) the Company may not assert Staff comments and the declaration of effectiveness as a defense in any proceeding initiated by the Commission or any person under the federal securities laws of the United States.
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| HARLEY-DAVIDSON CUSTOMER FUNDING CORP. |
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| By: | /s/ James Darrell Thomas |
| | James Darrell Thomas |
| | Vice President, Treasurer and |
| | Assistant Secretary |
