Lets stop being cheap
Tourer
Joined: Sep 2012
Posts: 487
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From: Yorkshire, England
Quality & price will always win out, regardless of where it's made. If it's second rate it simply won't sell.
Our problem in the west is that we're living in the past - the orientals can do a lot of things better & cheaper these days.
I remember buying a brand new Harley jacket on vacation in California in the early 90's - couldn't wait to get home and show it to my buddies - until one pointed to the label 'Made in Korea'. I corpsed!
Our problem in the west is that we're living in the past - the orientals can do a lot of things better & cheaper these days.
I remember buying a brand new Harley jacket on vacation in California in the early 90's - couldn't wait to get home and show it to my buddies - until one pointed to the label 'Made in Korea'. I corpsed!
Supporter
Joined: Jun 2012
Posts: 2,912
Likes: 73
From: Pittsburgh, PA
"..Unions lift wages for non-union members by creating a higher prevailing wage.
Even if you aren't a union member, your pay is influenced by the strength or weakness of organized labor.
The presence of unions sets off a wage race to the top.
The absence sets off a wage race to the bottom..."
- Eric Lui, American author, lecturer, policy advisor.
..or put another way, no unions = no Middle Class.
It doesn't get any simpler than that.
Around here, even the non-union guys (the smart ones anyway) are against right-to-work laws, because they know it will only mean smaller paychecks for them...
I'm a proud 35-year member of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers.
American by birth - Union by choice.
Even if you aren't a union member, your pay is influenced by the strength or weakness of organized labor.
The presence of unions sets off a wage race to the top.
The absence sets off a wage race to the bottom..."
- Eric Lui, American author, lecturer, policy advisor.
..or put another way, no unions = no Middle Class.
It doesn't get any simpler than that.
Around here, even the non-union guys (the smart ones anyway) are against right-to-work laws, because they know it will only mean smaller paychecks for them...
I'm a proud 35-year member of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers.
American by birth - Union by choice.
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Joined: Jun 2009
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From: Paradise
I learned the hard way. I have always had foreign cars. I decided to go american and got a 2012 Charger Srt8. The car is great but service dept/sales were complete ******. Wont happen again. Ill go back to jap cars maybe european.
Anyways anyone wanna buy a used chargeR? lol
Anyways anyone wanna buy a used chargeR? lol
I can honestly tell you that the folks at H-D hear what everyone is saying about this subject, at one time (only a couple short years ago) we would see more and more non-US manufactured items, mostly in clothing, then P&A. Every dealer meeting it will come up in one form or another about keeping H-D products stateside (manufacturing) and from what I am told, we will start seeing U.S.A. made jackets, t-shirts, shoes and boots and more P&A, hopefully at a fair price.
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Joined: Jul 2010
Posts: 1,132
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From: Las Vegas
I can honestly tell you that the folks at H-D hear what everyone is saying about this subject, at one time (only a couple short years ago) we would see more and more non-US manufactured items, mostly in clothing, then P&A. Every dealer meeting it will come up in one form or another about keeping H-D products stateside (manufacturing) and from what I am told, we will start seeing U.S.A. made jackets, t-shirts, shoes and boots and more P&A, hopefully at a fair price.
3rd Gear
Joined: Jan 2013
Posts: 7
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From: Arizona
it's not always being cheap, sometimes we are just going for a look or a sound and its cost prohibitive come on $700 for a set of pipes is a little out there for most of us to handle after shelling out 15K plus for the bike. i went the cheap route but some oem muffelers on ebay and will be modifying them to help get me that harley sound i want but not everyone has that option these aftermarket companies have got to calm down on these prices imsorry but about a hundred dollars in parts and chrome does not justify a $700 price tagi dont want to hear the research and development excuse that is not true...