So much for "Made in America"
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So much for "Made in America"
https://www.yahoo.com/finance/video/...202800704.html
It's bad enough that HD uses Chinese parts in their U.S. made bikes, now
Harley Davidson is building a plant in Thailand.
I remember reading just a few months ago that the CEO and some executives from HD met Trump at the White House.
It's bad enough that HD uses Chinese parts in their U.S. made bikes, now
Harley Davidson is building a plant in Thailand.
I remember reading just a few months ago that the CEO and some executives from HD met Trump at the White House.
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https://www.yahoo.com/finance/video/...202800704.html
It's bad enough that HD uses Chinese parts in their U.S. made bikes, now
Harley Davidson is building a plant in Thailand.
I remember reading just a few months ago that the CEO and some executives from HD met Trump at the White House.
It's bad enough that HD uses Chinese parts in their U.S. made bikes, now
Harley Davidson is building a plant in Thailand.
I remember reading just a few months ago that the CEO and some executives from HD met Trump at the White House.
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it's a facility which assembles "complete, knocked down" (CKD) kits for final assembly. the bikes will still be manufactured here, except for the final assembly steps. The kits get shipped to Thailand for assembly.
Thailand has a 60% tariff on imported motorcycles, so having CKD kits assembled there gets around that.
it's the same thing Mercedes did when they started selling the Sprinter van here. we have a 25% tariff on imported trucks, so they shipped CKD kits to South Carolina for final assembly.
it would be silly for them to ship unassembled bikes halfway around the world just to have them put together and shipped back.
Thailand has a 60% tariff on imported motorcycles, so having CKD kits assembled there gets around that.
it's the same thing Mercedes did when they started selling the Sprinter van here. we have a 25% tariff on imported trucks, so they shipped CKD kits to South Carolina for final assembly.
it would be silly for them to ship unassembled bikes halfway around the world just to have them put together and shipped back.
Last edited by jz78817; 05-26-2017 at 09:16 AM.
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Nothing is 100% American, or Chinese, or German, etc. Even Chinese bikes use parts from all over the world. Of course I'd prefer my car (Mustang GT) and bike to be built here but the truth is a lot of it's parts were built somewhere else to save money. If they couldn't do that then some vehicles would never become a reality. Especially the lower volume ones.
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