Re: [CR]Re: Classicrendezvous digest, Vol 1 #1792 - 18 msgs

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From: "J.Dunn" <bikehunter@msn.com>
To: "Dennis Young" <mail@woodworkingboy.com>, <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
References: <B9DDDE88.D56%mail@woodworkingboy.com>
Subject: Re: [CR]Re: Classicrendezvous digest, Vol 1 #1792 - 18 msgs
Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2002 18:46:24 -0800

"Years ago Harley decided to have their engines made in Japan and guess what? They stopped leaking oil!! "

Don't know if this is true, but if it is, and Harley made an airplane, NOW I might ride in it. Not in the old days.

John in Boise


----- Original Message -----
From: Dennis Young
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Sent: Thursday, October 24, 2002 4:29 PM
Subject: [CR]Re: Classicrendezvous digest, Vol 1 #1792 - 18 msgs



> Years ago Harley decided to have their engines made in Japan and guess what?
> They stopped leaking oil!! Brand origin loyalty is great thing, but going
> into the garage for a screwdriver and slipping and breaking your neck is
> another.
>
> Dennis Young
> Hotaka, Japan
>
>
> >> Would people buy Harley-Davidsons if they were made in Taiwan? Or a
> >> Porsche/Audi/BMW if they were made in Taiwan? I doubt it. Brand loyalty is
> >> an unbeatable thing, but part of the "brand" itself is the country and
> >> culture that produces the object.(cut)