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Phelonius Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 1897	Harley, the American motorcycle 11/03/10 at 18:26:44 http://hellforleathermagazine.com/2010/11/harley-outsources-motorcycle-produc... Phelonius
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Serowbot YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline OK.... so what's the speed of dark? Posts: 28387 Tucson Az Gender:	Re: Harley, the American motorcycle Reply #1 - 11/03/10 at 18:38:43 now they're gonna' have to take off all their "Buy American" stickers... ...
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Phelonius Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 1897	Re: Harley, the American motorcycle Reply #2 - 11/03/10 at 22:04:17 I think it will be an improvement. Their quality will be right up there with the Enfield. Phelonius
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mpescatori Serious Thumper Offline Romanum Thumperium Cavalco, yeaaah !!! Posts: 3547 Rome, Italy Gender:	Re: Harley, the American motorcycle Reply #3 - 11/04/10 at 02:45:59 Yep ! I can see it coming, "Harley Enfield", a Sportster with a 650 OHV single... Here's how it sounds...
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prsavage Senior Member Offline atgatt Posts: 306 Nanaimo BC Gender:	Re: Harley, the American motorcycle Reply #4 - 11/04/10 at 06:23:01 That's funny chit right there! That's a great comparison of the two Harley's sounds.
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Midnightrider Serious Thumper Offline Alliance Member Posts: 3244 Winston Salem, NC	Re: Harley, the American motorcycle Reply #5 - 11/04/10 at 06:50:25 I'm not a huge Harley fan but its a sad day in American history. More American jobs being outsourced overseas, its depressing.
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bill67 Serious Thumper Offline old tired Posts: 8517 genoa city wisconsin Gender:	Re: Harley, the American motorcycle Reply #6 - 11/04/10 at 08:31:21 If the Harley workers want their jobs they need to take a cut in pay,If Harley goes to India for some of the work it want be long before they will keep getting more of their work.Just like China
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Re: Harley, the American motorcycle
Reply #7 - 11/04/10 at 09:24:50

Midnightrider wrote on 11/04/10 at 06:50:25:

I'm not a huge Harley fan but its a sad day in American history. More American jobs being outsourced overseas, its depressing.

Actually, the move is a good move for both Harley Davidson and their workers.

The plan is to manufacture all the parts and components in Milwaukee, crate them and ship them to India for final assembly.

That way, the "Indians" would not have to face a 60% markup on the sticker price because of import taxes.

So it's a win-win situation, quite possibly an increase in productivity because now it'll be easier to sell in an emerging market.

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Phelonius Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 1897	Re: Harley, the American motorcycle Reply #8 - 11/04/10 at 11:33:06 Awe, you gave away the secret, you outed Harley. Phelonius
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runwyrlph Serious Thumper Offline Semper ubi sub ubi Posts: 846 pa Gender:	Re: Harley, the American motorcycle Reply #9 - 11/04/10 at 12:19:36 from the article.... it remains to be seen if pot-bellied pirates will be screaming “They took our jobs!” .... ( not that i'm in such great shape myself)
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Re: Harley, the American motorcycle
Reply #10 - 11/04/10 at 14:35:20

mpescatori wrote on 11/04/10 at 09:24:50:

Midnightrider wrote on 11/04/10 at 06:50:25:

I'm not a huge Harley fan but its a sad day in American history. More American jobs being outsourced overseas, its depressing.

Actually, the move is a good move for both Harley Davidson and their workers.

The plan is to manufacture all the parts and components in Milwaukee, crate them and ship them to India for final assembly.

That way, the "Indians" would not have to face a 60% markup on the sticker price because of import taxes.

So it's a win-win situation, quite possibly an increase in productivity because now it'll be easier to sell in an emerging market.

The move for General Motors to go to Mexico and other countries was a win win situation. Shocked

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