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

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From: "Raoul Delmare" <R.Delmare@Charter.net>
To: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
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Subject: Re: [CR]Re: Classicrendezvous digest, Vol 1 #1792 - 18 msgs
Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2002 21:28:47 -0500

Well , let's see , I'm off subject ,

AND , I'm writing a me-too atta-boy !

But ,

Yup .

Harley-Davidson has a grand total of two ( 2 ) major plant locations : Milwaukee & Kansas City .

Raoul
Kansas


----- Original Message -----
From: Jim Merz
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Sent: Thursday, October 24, 2002 8:59 PM
Subject: FW: [CR]Re: Classicrendezvous digest, Vol 1 #1792 - 18 msgs



> Harley engines are not made in Japan! They are still made in Milwaukee.
> Some parts are made overseas, but the engines are not made there for
> sure.
>
> Jim Merz
> Bainbridge Is. WA
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: classicrendezvous-admin@bikelist.org
> [mailto:classicrendezvous-admin@bikelist.org] On Behalf Of Dennis Young
> Sent: Thursday, October 24, 2002 5:30 PM
> To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
> 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)