I don’t own a Harley but think this stinks. They should have supported Trump in getting the tariff rescinded rather than use it as an excuse to shift production to Europe and Thailand. Now, US can block re-import of Harley products.
Harley was moving their production before any thought of tariffs were intimated. Harley’s sales have dropped due to several reasons which have nothing to do with Trump’s policies. I think the Union that Harley is in contract with is playing the victim “I’m a Democrat” card.
“Now, US can block re-import of Harley products.”
Harley is opening production facilities in Europe for the European market. They claim they aren’t going to be shipping motorcycles back to the U.S. market as the existing U.S. facility is covering that market.
Unfortunately for Harley their market is a dying breed of consumer. Older baby boomers are their market, and as the boomers die off those that follow aren’t interested in the Harley Davidson products. America has been feminized to the point H.D. hasn’t a future.
Harley outsourced all there American IT to India and sold there data centers to a Japanese company to manage a while back.