Boy, if this was Victory that did this you all would be knocking them soo bad, calling them traitors and what not. But since this was HD it's alright...
Interesting. I wonder if that had any impact on the Japanese motorcycle companies that would come later. I guess the cycle is complete now...license and build Harleys, build Japan specific bikes, export Japan specific bikes, build Harley knock-offs.
Boy, if this was Victory that did this you all would be knocking them soo bad, calling them traitors and what not. But since this was HD it's alright...
MADE IN AMERICA.. Bwahaha
Exactly! It will either go one of 2 ways. There will not be much said or there will not be many posts.
Boy, if this was Victory that did this you all would be knocking them soo bad, calling them traitors and what not. But since this was HD it's alright...
MADE IN AMERICA.. Bwahaha
There is some other sites on the subject. A lot of companies could not survive the depression and HD was not doing well at the time either. I'm pretty sure they were not anticipating war with Japan when they made the decision to sell licenses in the far east. The Japanese were already experts at duplicating technology. The most interesting part of the history is the fact that the Japanese loved the motorcycle. They finally closed the factory when the average citizen could not afford a big American style V-Twin and police departments started going with cheaper alternatives.
They finally closed the factory when the average citizen could not afford a big American style V-Twin and police departments started going with cheaper alternatives.
Boy, if this was Victory that did this you all would be knocking them soo bad, calling them traitors and what not. But since this was HD it's alright...
10-29-2010, 03:25 PM
