Harley sales drop in US, rise in Asia. So: new Thailand factory

[Two Checks]

Unless you know something about Showa USA and their labor force, and the products produced in their factory that you are not sharing then you are drawing conclusions without facts.

Hmmm...seems the mention of Showa hits a nerve. It is a subsidiary of Showa Japan.
That is a fact.
It states on the Showa JAPAN website they are a supplier to HD.

[Kev m]

Hmmm...seems the mention of Showa hits a nerve. It is a subsidiary of Showa Japan.
That is a fact.
It states on the Showa JAPAN website they are a supplier to HD.

Edit- it's not like any of this matters. I'm not sure where this thread is going and probably should just stop responding. It's borderline political at this point, but certainly isn't regarding any particular sacred cow to me.

That said, I already wrote this so:

A nerve? Not in the slightest. But I haven't offered up innuendo instead of facts in this discussion.

Last I checked they linked to their subsidiary Showa USA and showed their multiple us manufacturing facilities.

That doesn't mean they are the sources of Harley's suspension, but it doesn't automatically mean it's coming from an Asian plant either.

I wouldn't be surprised if different models/components came from different locations either.

None of this is in conflict with any statements I've made though.

<shrugs>

[GearheadGrrrl]

Reminds me of 20 years ago when I pulled up in my new Ford Ranger to buy some parts at the local VW dealership. One of the salesman who knew my history of two previous VW Golf diesels and BMW bikes asked me why I didn't buy german again. I pulled the domestic content statement out of the glovebox and showed him... My new Ford Ranger had more German content than many of the new VWs on their lot! It's engine came from Germany and transmission from France and the rest mostly from the U.S. The Passats still came from Germany then, but the Jettas and much of the Golfs came from Mexico, and unless you got a diesel the engines often came from Argentina, Brazil, or Mexico.

[Tennmoto]

What amazes me is how far flung these parts logistics are these days , you wonder why it isn't better
To keep it all closer together like the auto industry in Michigan, although many parts are made down here
In Tn, but not oceans away , dang