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100% Tariff on 51-500CC motorcycles!
01/23/17 at 08:10:44

It looks like the US is proposing to put a 100% tariff on 51-500cc bikes that are brought into the US. That is a pretty small portion of the motorcycle market.....and likely will never have any affect on an old guy like me - unless they start to include bigger bikes later on. Most tiny bikes are already 49cc to avoid any license requirements - and most builders could bump most of their motorcycles up to 501cc without too much trouble. The real tragedy would be that the 125cc, 250cc, 400 cc bikes would most likely disappear, as they are already a bit overpriced. I haven't read the article yet to see if if applies to the dirt bike market - it would suffer the most as those bikes are all in the 51cc to 500cc size.

I saw this on another forum - but the cool thing is they have a Suzuki advertisement that has a blue S40!

http://ridermagazine.com/2017/01/18/ama-has-a-beef-with-proposed-100-percent-...

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ls650v Junior Member Offline 97 savage Posts: 73 Clinton Twp, MI Gender:	Re: 100% Tariff on 51-500CC motorcycles! Reply #1 - 01/23/17 at 08:51:58 "... 100 percent tariff on European-made motorcycles with a engine size between 51cc and 500cc." "Affected manufacturers include Aprilia, Beta, BMW, Ducati, Fantic, Gas Gas, Husqvarna, KTM, Montesa, Piaggio, Scorpa, Sherco, TM and Vespa"
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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: 100% Tariff on 51-500CC motorcycles! Reply #2 - 01/23/17 at 09:09:42 Be a good day to buy a few Kawasaki 300s..
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Dave YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 18099 Camp Springs, Kentucky Gender:	Re: 100% Tariff on 51-500CC motorcycles! Reply #3 - 01/23/17 at 09:16:34 Evidently it is not Japanese bikes....just ones made in areas that boycott US beef. The asking price for used Trials motorcycles just got expensive (Sherco, Scorpa, GasGas, Montesa, Beta, Fantic).
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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: 100% Tariff on 51-500CC motorcycles! Reply #4 - 01/23/17 at 10:27:28 Well, THAT is a different story.. and I like it.
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sjaskow - FSO Senior Member Offline Posts: 365 Frozen Tundra of MN Gender:	Re: 100% Tariff on 51-500CC motorcycles! Reply #5 - 01/23/17 at 10:42:04 I'm a member of the AMA and I used their contact site to let all three of my Federal reps know that I thought it was a stupid idea.
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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: 100% Tariff on 51-500CC motorcycles! Reply #6 - 01/23/17 at 10:48:02 Relax,it's Not Forever. It's a ploy. If they won't buy from us,we make it hard for them to sell here..They change their policy, the tariff is gone.. Geeze, people, think..
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1st2know Senior Member Offline Currently between Savages Posts: 295 Seattle, WA Gender:	Re: 100% Tariff on 51-500CC motorcycles! Reply #7 - 01/23/17 at 11:44:11 We already have the chicken tax on pickup trucks (regardless of origin) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicken_tax If we get a beef tax, then I demand a pork tax, to round out the tariff menu.
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HAPPYDAN Senior Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 270	Re: 100% Tariff on 51-500CC motorcycles! Reply #8 - 01/24/17 at 09:23:06 Do you think there is any chance this could induce US manufacturers to produce cycles and scooters in that size range?
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Kenny G Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com The Singles Club...LOL Posts: 1754 Robson Ranch, Denton, Texas Gender:	Re: 100% Tariff on 51-500CC motorcycles! Reply #9 - 01/24/17 at 09:30:33 Dan, If they do they will make them in India. Kenny G
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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: 100% Tariff on 51-500CC motorcycles! Reply #10 - 01/24/17 at 10:00:24 Just how long will it take before they decide to drop the embargo on our beef? Nobody is about to spend the money to build manufacturing that would only fill a very small and very temporary segment of the market.
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old_rider Serious Thumper Offline Backyard Bill Productions Posts: 3147 flordia panhandle Gender:	Re: 100% Tariff on 51-500CC motorcycles! Reply #11 - 01/24/17 at 11:33:13 Well, there goes my new BMW 310R purchase LOL, am really looking forward to test driving one, except there have not been any on the floor of any dealers around here as of yet. Middle of 2017 is supposed to be sales date... hope they keep it.
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engineer Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 872 Gender:	Re: 100% Tariff on 51-500CC motorcycles! Reply #12 - 01/24/17 at 12:44:45 Just what I was thinking old_rider. But it is made in India and will ship from India so maybe it won't count. The only thing German about it is the badge and the engineering. I'm also looking forward to seeing one.
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Serowbot YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline OK.... so what's the speed of dark? Posts: 28663 Tucson Az Gender:	Re: 100% Tariff on 51-500CC motorcycles! Reply #13 - 01/24/17 at 15:14:31 Dave wrote on 01/23/17 at 09:16:34: Evidently it is not Japanese bikes....just ones made in areas that boycott US beef. That's sooooooo logical...
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MMRanch Serious Thumper Offline Evil flourishes if Good Men do Nothing. Posts: 5837 LYNCHBURG TN Gender:	Re: 100% Tariff on 51-500CC motorcycles! Reply #14 - 01/24/17 at 17:01:22 Old Rider Well, there goes my new BMW 310R purchase you think there might be one of these at the Daytona track during Bike Week ? The Germans' like American Beef don't they ? I'm OK with the price of BEEF going up a little , I might be able to afford a trip to Bike-Week again !
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