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I certainly agree with most of you talking about global economy etc...
At least you guys in the U.S.A. benefit from buying your Harley, parts, etc at a low cost. I live in Greece, i want to buy an American product and i get Chinese! The price? 2011 Street Bob: 17000 EUR = 23800 USD !!! Anyway, i love my SB, ride safe!!! :) |
I'd like to see more stuff made in Mexico. Seems like it'd be a he'll of a lot cheaper to ship from Mexico plus if Mexicans have jobs in Mexico, they're not going to be coming to the US. Illegal immigration problem solved.....
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I went to the Harley manufacturing plant in Kansas city a few years back and saw the Dynas being made. The boxes the unspoked rims were coming out of were definitely imported. Was a little surprised that they were making tanks right there but buying a simpler part. Wonder where them crappy Dunlops on my bike come from?
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Originally Posted by streetpep
(Post 8877027)
My cousin came from Italy for the first time in his life and wanted to buy some Harley apparel, so I bring him to the local dealership. He bought a nice button up shirt which was $60, a tee shirt and a money clip. When we got home he was looking at the tags and he noticed that everything was made in china. He was disappointed because He said Harley is a symbol of the USA and they don't even make there products here, that to me is f##ked up. He said if he noticed it he wouldn't even bought it because they charge so much for stuff even more in Europe and probably get it made for a fraction of the price and they are not even Americans making it. I don't know how stuff works but what do others think?
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Originally Posted by Austin Dave
(Post 8877196)
If I know something is made in china, I don't buy it.
Remember American Made doesn't always mean Made in the USA |
Pollution is also made in China.
World is full of $hit when we all pretend to care about the environment and human rights. James Cameron get the f*ck out of my oilsands and head to China....and remember to stop off at a Walmart while you are at it. Anyways...New World Order loves China, not much we can do about it. In the meantime our hogs suffer from it. |
Originally Posted by Flippy02
(Post 8877258)
there is a company that now makes chopsticks in the US and sells to China
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Originally Posted by frenchbiker
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Ask your italian cousin where Gucci, Ferragamo, Prada, Benetton and other famous italian brands are manufactured.
But whatever - it's not a problem unique to the US. Europe outsources a lot of stuff to the Workshop of the World as well. I wonder whether stuff that should be made in the USA would actually be that much more expensive, without the shipping costs. How much of the decision to outsource comes from a desire for larger profits, rather than reduced cost to the end-user. And one wonders if the Chinese workers take pride in their work? Do they believe that they are making the best widgets possible? |
Originally Posted by Austin Dave
(Post 8877196)
If I know something is made in china, I don't buy it.
Get over it!:icon_screwy: |
What??? harley's making motorclothes in China!!!
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