How much of a Harley Davidson is made in China?
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12-24-2008, 10:44 PM
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I'd bet 100% of the electronics are foreign. I'd bet alot of the bearings on the bikes are foreign too.
I saw Toyota crates in the york plant, If i'm not mistaken, I believe they do frames for Harley
I saw Toyota crates in the york plant, If i'm not mistaken, I believe they do frames for Harley
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12-24-2008, 11:04 PM
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12-24-2008, 11:08 PM
That's cool, I just don't like the Chinese market and make it my everyday goal to avoid products from there.
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12-24-2008, 11:10 PM
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85 % is good, Id be happy with that. Lights and stuff I don't care about. What I do care about is key components being made in the USA. I am looking at the situation from a safety/quality standpoint, China is not known for much of anything quality wise, much less mechinal things. If the forks or brakes are from Japan, I guess that is cool because the Japanese know their **** 
Same with European countries.
Same with European countries.
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12-24-2008, 11:12 PM
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That would seem odd, as I don't think Toyota makes Toyota frame components, so it would seem weird for them to make frames or frame components for someone else.
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12-25-2008, 12:35 AM
When it comes to mechanical things like engines, transmissions cars, trucks and such I would agree. However, when it comes to toys like die cast motorcycles, miniature trains and the likes, their quality and ability to mimic the original puts the Japanese to shame....
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12-25-2008, 01:13 AM
Who cares about toys, the new generation of kids plays with them till they are in grade 2 and then it's all TV and YouTube from there on under the watchful eye of the over protective mom that shuttles them everywhere because there are 100 rapists hiding in the bushes ready to pop the **** out.
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12-25-2008, 01:27 AM
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According to the book by Wayne T. Price, "How to Buy American, Second Edition", Harley-Davidson motorcycles are listed as 95% American made. The AFL-CIO, The Union Label and Service Trades Department lists Harley-Davidson as an American Union made product. Each H-D motorcycle bears the PACE and Machinists Union label on it's frame. This means that it is a predominately American manufactured product, not an American assembled product.
Where it is true that some parts on the Harley-Davidson motorcycle are made outside the United States, the company tries very hard to procure American products when it can. It manufactures many of it's own parts right here in the good ole US of A. It is American owned, American made and Union supported.
Where it is true that some parts on the Harley-Davidson motorcycle are made outside the United States, the company tries very hard to procure American products when it can. It manufactures many of it's own parts right here in the good ole US of A. It is American owned, American made and Union supported.