American Made?
#1
10-03-2010, 04:29 AM
American Made?
I was wondering if anyone knows how much of a HD motorcycle is acctually made in America and how much of it is out sourced to other countries? I became interested in this from another thread that is about another topic so I thought I'd start a thread about this subject. If you have information about this, please state your source so that others can reference it and see for themselves. If your just guessing or going off hear-say please don't answer.
#2
10-03-2010, 06:55 AM
All I know is if you took off all the outsourced parts a Harley it wouldn't start and it wouldn't roll. Starter= Japan, suspension= Japan, Carbs= Japan, Wheels (some) Australia and Japan, electrics= Japan.
99% of the Motorclothes are made in china too. When I visited York in the late 80's the boxes that held inner primary cases said Made in Japan.
Some will say it's a "global economy" or it's a "motor" company, I say in this economy everything that Harley makes should and could be made in the USA. We're paying premium prices for outsourced parts shipped half way around the world.
99% of the Motorclothes are made in china too. When I visited York in the late 80's the boxes that held inner primary cases said Made in Japan.
Some will say it's a "global economy" or it's a "motor" company, I say in this economy everything that Harley makes should and could be made in the USA. We're paying premium prices for outsourced parts shipped half way around the world.
Last edited by Willy G.; 10-03-2010 at 07:00 AM.
#5
10-03-2010, 07:28 AM
All I know is if you took off all the outsourced parts a Harley it wouldn't start and it wouldn't roll. Starter= Japan, suspension= Japan, Carbs= Japan, Wheels (some) Australia and Japan, electrics= Japan.
99% of the Motorclothes are made in china too. When I visited York in the late 80's the boxes that held inner primary cases said Made in Japan.
Some will say it's a "global economy" or it's a "motor" company, I say in this economy everything that Harley makes should and could be made in the USA. We're paying premium prices for outsourced parts shipped half way around the world.
99% of the Motorclothes are made in china too. When I visited York in the late 80's the boxes that held inner primary cases said Made in Japan.
Some will say it's a "global economy" or it's a "motor" company, I say in this economy everything that Harley makes should and could be made in the USA. We're paying premium prices for outsourced parts shipped half way around the world.
#6
10-03-2010, 07:31 AM
Just like "KFC" - I don't think HD will let you know their secret recipe. You hit the head w/global market & it would be hard building a bike w/o some foreign made parts. Only way to be certain is to build your own...
Last edited by Iceman24; 10-03-2010 at 07:35 AM. Reason: sp
#7
10-03-2010, 07:43 AM
I don't know how much of the bike is made in the US, but every 'geniune' HD accessory I have bought for it was made in China or Taiwan.
Kind of bothers me, as a huge part of me buying and staying with HD is to buy US products.
Kind of bothers me, as a huge part of me buying and staying with HD is to buy US products.
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#9
10-03-2010, 08:42 AM
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I see many posts like this but when I pulled the top 12 t-shirts off my stack, 9 of them were made in the USA. Where did you get the 99% figure? I'd like to see the source.
#10
10-03-2010, 08:50 AM
I have not seen any of the styled clothing that was made in the USA.